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Thomas Muller

@willemcd.bsky.social
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What can be said at all can be said clearly - Wittgenstein People are either moral, or logically consistent, but never both. Cleantech, China, AI and other interests Karel102.substack.com

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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
BYD and Xiaomi are beating Tesla because of their world-class operations and because their CEOs made better decisions than Elon Musk, not because they copied the hidden doorhandle. The Origins of Chinese Tech Leadership: It's Competition, Stupid. open.substack.com/pub/certaind...
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The Origins of Chinese Tech Leadership: It's Competition, Stupid.
Internal competition rather than government support has been the most decisive driver for China's newfound technological leadership.
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
open.substack.com/pub/certaind...
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The Origins of Chinese Tech Leadership: It's Competition, Stupid.
Internal competition rather than government support has been the most decisive driver for China's newfound technological leadership.
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
open.substack.com/pub/certaind...
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The Origins of Chinese Tech Leadership: It's Competition, Stupid.
Internal competition rather than government support has been the most decisive driver for China's newfound technological leadership.
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
karel102.substack.com/p/the-empath... Whatever path we take or decline to take, the AI transition will require compassion for the actual people affected, rather than for abstract future dystopias.
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The empathy deficit for Uber and taxi drivers
Many in the tech world profess deep concern about AI’s future labor disruptions, but reactions to self-driving range from indifference to celebration, with little sign of compassion for those affected
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The “Enemy” @unknownwoman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Yes, they are incompetent fascists We are oppressed by idiots
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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AI Won't Start a New Scientific Revolution
The believe that AGI will start a new scientific and industrial revolution is based on a misunderstanding of research and progress
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
😂. electrek.co/2025/11/28/t...
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Tesla has sold ~100 cars since entering the world's largest country in July
After years of trying to enter the Indian market, Tesla finally opened its first store in July. It's not going great so far.
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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Silicon Valley's tech optimism is mysteriously absent for population decline
Tech optimists that single out population decline as a major existential threat are incoherent
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
It’s all a farce now… amantiswaves.substack.com/publish/post...
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Musk is the now the second person that receives a Trillion dollar pay-package
Some disclosure seems in order
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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 19/09/2025
Dutch late night TV has its take
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Cook today
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants
You all deserved better.
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Unbelievable. How the EUs lack of spine is now giving it the worst result. It is not too late. Retalliate and then negotiate. www.ft.com/content/309d...
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Donald Trump deal to leave EU facing higher tariffs than UK
Brussels is not expecting same access to US market as British steel, cars and other products
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💀 unfound footage 👻 @burg.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
incredible things are happening in China
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...
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Opinion | Living Among the DOGE Wreckage
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
karel102.substack.com/p/augmented-...
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Another tech fantasy that is bound to die upon contact with reality. karel102.substack.com/p/augmented-...
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Augmented Brains Are Not The Future of Humanity
Fundamental cognitive barriers will prevent humans from merging with digitial intelligence
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Anyone noticed the level of sycopathy of ChatGPT is suddenly - the the past week or so - far higher than it already was? Inspired by Trump's minions perhaps? It is unbearable
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A pity Bezos already sacrificed his integrity by bribing Melanie and meddling with the WP; had he stood his ground, he would have gained wider respect than any of his space ventures ever will. www.bbc.com/news/live/cp...
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White House blasts 'hostile' Amazon over tariffs while marking Trump’s 100 days - live updates
Trump's team says showing tariff costs for consumers was
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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
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Melanie @melscott98.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I was a bit flummoxed by your post, initially. But not now:
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Trump agenda for April 1) Crash the world economy with tariffs 2) Wreck NATO by annexing Greenland 3) End 1st and 5th amendment rights for immigrants 4) Welcome measles to toughen the species 5) Pardon financial criminals 6) Help Putin smash Ukraine 7) More memecoins!
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
y’all are wild
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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
my absolute zero take is that we should only have people in public office capable of experiencing shame and guilt
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Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Insane
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” @USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?” NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY* (not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Trump claims power to overturn Article I of the Constitution (Congress's authority over spending); Article II (predecessor's pardon power); and Article III (by defying a federal court order).
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
More important than anything else—including even defense spending and economic reform—EU leaders must broaden popular support. To withstand a semi-fascist revolution that Musk, Bannon, and others are promoting. More effectively than the Russians were ever able to do as the US elections have shown
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This is such madness. Beyond the human toll and economic fallout, even the direct savings are likely a net loss.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10/03/2025
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Benjamin Slyngstad
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The more you know...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Just so we are clear - the reason why JD Vance has constantly refused to go to Ukraine is because he is a coward. He would NEVER go there and meet with their soldiers or talk with their leaders. Because their courage and integrity would show him for what he is - a sniveling jerk.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Vance mistook Ukraine for the Republican congressional caucus
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Musk’s stupidity knows no bounds…
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Let's use that microeconomic lens and look line-by-line at what DOGE is doing. In each case, the key issue is whether the benefit exceeds the cost. And in dozens of cases Elon is creating huge costs for very little benefit.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Ukraine's megalomaniac dictator
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Trump gangster government
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Germany has half the debt to GDP ratio of the US and 1/4 of Japan’s. There is a lot of room. And surely a recession, crumbling infrastructure, and a war near Europe’s border qualifies…
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
You don't need to be a coder to figure this out. Simply type: tab age You'll discover a smattering of 99 year olds, a few 100 year olds, a couple of 101 year olds, and a pileup of 150 year olds, but no-one in their 130s or 140s. That's a clear sign you've discovered a coding issue rather than fraud
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Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Indeed…
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 12/02/2025
Opinion: It is disgusting to read the boast of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, that ‘we spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper’. That this raises constitutional and legal issues for the US republic is quite clear www.ft.com/content/3e47...
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