Aviral
@aviralsrivastava.com
"When I published The Black Swan in 2007, the U.S. accounted for about 20% of the world economy (using PPP), EUR about the same, and China around 6%. Now, the U.S. is 15% and declining, Europe is 14% and dropping faster, while China is north of 20%."
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The World in Which We Live
Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Ron Paul Institute, 2025
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December 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"When I published The Black Swan in 2007, the U.S. accounted for about 20% of the world economy (using PPP), EUR about the same, and China around 6%. Now, the U.S. is 15% and declining, Europe is 14% and dropping faster, while China is north of 20%."
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December 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
stoked to learn that my therapist, american, has read the book "My Experiments with Truth" by Gandhi
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
stoked to learn that my therapist, american, has read the book "My Experiments with Truth" by Gandhi
wrote something about the rising unemployment in india, how it differs from that of the US in statistical analysis, and data is curbed.
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aviralsrivastava.substack.com/p/understand...
Understanding Unemployment in India
Tale of MMS vs Modi
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November 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
wrote something about the rising unemployment in india, how it differs from that of the US in statistical analysis, and data is curbed.
aviralsrivastava.substack.com/p/understand...
aviralsrivastava.substack.com/p/understand...
TIL about Staten Island.
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Fresh Kills Landfill - Wikipedia
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November 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
TIL about Staten Island.
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i have this utmost strong belief that the reason behind unpopularity or lack of enougb popularity for a man like john adams is due to his anti-slavery stand and practice. and same reason is behind the hatred of gandhi by those indians who dont believe in caste equality
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
i have this utmost strong belief that the reason behind unpopularity or lack of enougb popularity for a man like john adams is due to his anti-slavery stand and practice. and same reason is behind the hatred of gandhi by those indians who dont believe in caste equality
Happy Diwali everyone! The good and the evil is within ourselves. may the good wins.
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy Diwali everyone! The good and the evil is within ourselves. may the good wins.
ran a half yesterday. 2 hours and 40 minutes.
October 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
ran a half yesterday. 2 hours and 40 minutes.
the best work is done, with best typing and focus, on 14 inch screen laptop. at least on mac.
October 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
the best work is done, with best typing and focus, on 14 inch screen laptop. at least on mac.
to my indian friends, on this gandhi jayanti, find out which of your friends are individualist, independent thinkers, v/s who piggyback on their daddy's opinions.
October 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
to my indian friends, on this gandhi jayanti, find out which of your friends are individualist, independent thinkers, v/s who piggyback on their daddy's opinions.
My parents were visiting me in nyc for 5-6 weeks and they left for India this past Thursday. No one prepared me for how lonely I’d feel after their departure. Video calls just don’t cut it.
September 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My parents were visiting me in nyc for 5-6 weeks and they left for India this past Thursday. No one prepared me for how lonely I’d feel after their departure. Video calls just don’t cut it.
happy srk finally won the national award for the best actor but I wish he had won for swades.
August 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
happy srk finally won the national award for the best actor but I wish he had won for swades.
waiting for a day tech people here build together and bluesky officially replaces tech twitter
June 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
waiting for a day tech people here build together and bluesky officially replaces tech twitter
Wearing a blue sky merch t shirt “world without Caesars” when a mom of two randomly spotted it and said, “I have the same t shirt”. 14th street red subway. Only in nyc haha
May 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Wearing a blue sky merch t shirt “world without Caesars” when a mom of two randomly spotted it and said, “I have the same t shirt”. 14th street red subway. Only in nyc haha
LLM agents are making me dumb.
March 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
LLM agents are making me dumb.
Between the two types of comedy - (i) simply sharing memes or movie dialogues in person, and (ii) playfully teasing each other, the latter requires wit, while the former is just an overdose of copy-pasted Instagram reels.
March 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Between the two types of comedy - (i) simply sharing memes or movie dialogues in person, and (ii) playfully teasing each other, the latter requires wit, while the former is just an overdose of copy-pasted Instagram reels.
TRUMP: "We have an interesting deal with Japan, that we have to protect them, but they don't have to protect us.... who makes these deals?"
The United States! After we literally wrote in a pacifist clause into the Japanese Constitution and neutered their military!
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The United States! After we literally wrote in a pacifist clause into the Japanese Constitution and neutered their military!
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Kareem Rifai 🌐 on X: "TRUMP: "We have an interesting deal with Japan, that we have to protect them, but they don't have to protect us.... who makes these deals?" The United States! After we literally wrote in a pacifist clause into the Japanese Constitution and neutered their military! https://t.co/Qh9m1H6gev" / X
TRUMP
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March 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
TRUMP: "We have an interesting deal with Japan, that we have to protect them, but they don't have to protect us.... who makes these deals?"
The United States! After we literally wrote in a pacifist clause into the Japanese Constitution and neutered their military!
x.com/KareemRifai/...
The United States! After we literally wrote in a pacifist clause into the Japanese Constitution and neutered their military!
x.com/KareemRifai/...
Why don't they build a pedestrian bridge on Hudson b/w Jersey City and Manhattan?
March 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Why don't they build a pedestrian bridge on Hudson b/w Jersey City and Manhattan?
Anyone who works at Atlassian? Looking for a referral for my partner.
March 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Anyone who works at Atlassian? Looking for a referral for my partner.
Getting conscious like a teenager, while carrying a rose for my valentine
February 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Getting conscious like a teenager, while carrying a rose for my valentine
@anthropic.com can you please add a functionality that generates new prompt for a new chat? That would help when chat gets longer and you start imposing restrictions/limitations.
Thanks! Awesome product!
Thanks! Awesome product!
February 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
@anthropic.com can you please add a functionality that generates new prompt for a new chat? That would help when chat gets longer and you start imposing restrictions/limitations.
Thanks! Awesome product!
Thanks! Awesome product!