Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026They basically describe much of western europe and japan 030
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 25/03/2026BYD 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...open.substack.comThe 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. 140
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026open.substack.com/pub/certaind...open.substack.comThe 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. 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026open.substack.com/pub/certaind...open.substack.comThe 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. 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026karel102.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.karel102.substack.comThe empathy deficit for Uber and taxi driversMany 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 010
Reposted by Thomas MullerThe “Enemy” @unknownwoman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Yes, they are incompetent fascists We are oppressed by idiots 926227
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Miller’s resignation should be included as a hard requirement for any future funding 070
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Yeah. AGI is poorly defined. And irrespective of the definition, the idea of sudden disruption misunderstands the limits science progresses, irrespective of the amount of compute or ‘intelligence’ open.substack.com/pub/karel102...open.substack.comAI Won't Start a New Scientific RevolutionThe believe that AGI will start a new scientific and industrial revolution is based on a misunderstanding of research and progress 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Yeah… little appreciation of how technology progresses. Even with far more compute and ‘intelligence’ 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 19/12/2025open.substack.com/pub/karel102...open.substack.comAI Won't Start a New Scientific RevolutionThe believe that AGI will start a new scientific and industrial revolution is based on a misunderstanding of research and progress 020
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Someone should tell Zuckerberg that making his own head the flagship model for Meta glasses is hurting adoption 010
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 29/11/2025😂. electrek.co/2025/11/28/t...electrek.coTesla has sold ~100 cars since entering the world's largest country in JulyAfter years of trying to enter the Indian market, Tesla finally opened its first store in July. It's not going great so far. 010
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 17/11/2025I hear little else than the claim that Europe has condemned itself to irrelevance in the AI race. They might echo the hype but actions remain limited… 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 17/11/2025If that is the case, could Trump weaponize ICE into his personal thug squad? 100
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 13/11/2025karel102.substack.com/p/silicon-va...karel102.substack.comSilicon Valley's tech optimism is mysteriously absent for population declineTech optimists that single out population decline as a major existential threat are incoherent 010
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 09/11/2025And can be achieved with “AI” from 10 years ago i.e., variable controls… 010
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 09/11/2025It is a mistake to confuse a marketing press release with a tech breakthrough…. A COP of 7 isn’t actually that difficult when you’re heating a reservoir like a swimming pool, which allows you to keep the temperature lift low 120
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025amantiswaves.substack.com/publish/post...amantiswaves.substack.comMusk is the now the second person that receives a Trillion dollar pay-packageSome disclosure seems in order 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Also, Tying targets to profitability may finally snap some investors back to reality. 010
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Years ago, Musk’s dance moves had people in China joking they were the first proof he’s an actual engineer… 010
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025It’s all a farce now… amantiswaves.substack.com/publish/post...amantiswaves.substack.comMusk is the now the second person that receives a Trillion dollar pay-packageSome disclosure seems in order 010
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 21/10/2025As with the cyber-truck, biting off more than you can chew can doom a project. They should follow the more gradual approach that China is following. amantiswaves.substack.com/p/china-to-t...amantiswaves.substack.comChina to the moonPeople don't need more reminders of China's technical prowess, but the race on who will get their first is an interesting comparison between different technical approaches 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 03/10/2025So necessary… because the number of individuals and institutions willing to accept the damage or even mild inconvenience of taking a principled stance are so depressingly rare… 010
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 26/09/2025China finally realizes the obvious route to improving its image. Their clear climate leadership, despite the long road ahead 100
Reposted by Thomas MullerDave Lee @davelee.me · 19/09/2025Dutch late night TV has its take 507207428833
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Strange that not a single one of the founder-led/owned companies is willing to fight. Wasn’t ostracism an important part of Atlas Shrugged… 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 25/08/2025www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comA Letter to America’s Discarded Public ServantsYou all deserved better. 001
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025We can discuss “domination” once it’s defined. Until then, it’s just an expression of emotions. 100
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Not trying to be pedantic but domination muddles what it pretends to clarify. If this simply about reducing alternative supplies and thus increasing fossil fuel prices? Or OPEC-like collusion? Is this about China dependency? Or are we imagining O&G companies restricting sales to blue california? 100
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025“Always, constant, unwavering, 24/7 power supply” 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025The article makes some fair points, but the article’s message is dilusional AI propaganda 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Deflect by individualization. And by claiming AI will ex-machina solve problems that are largely political. 130
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025WTF does energy dominance mean in any context…? You can’t even strawman that sentence into something meaningful… 110
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Agreed. AI also lessens the **need** for freedom. Last century, liberal societies with an educated & free middle class decisively won the economic competition. But an elite with AI might not need a free middle class for innovation & growth. And China may already be proving that point.open.substack.comTechnology Is Breaking the Link Between Liberal Democracy And Economic GrowthAI automation spreading across the service sector will sever the link between economic success and an empowered population, eroding the foundations of liberal democracy. 112
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 15/08/2025So while education reform helps, it wont stop let alone reverse the continued evolution towards a plutocracy 010
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Just as the premium for higher education is reversing, and college graduates have the worst prospects ever. 100
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 15/08/2025In which Brooks treats academic and wealth segregation as interchangeable, and focuses on education reform as the solution. 100
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Must even watching little white bristle worms on the bottom of the deepsea be framed in competitive China vs US terms, instead of simply celebrating the human scientific achievement? 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Why assume the data center boom instead of low returns and economic uncertainty is reducing investments in other fields? Non ai VC and PE is starved for cash because it has not been delivering returns. What areas that provide good financial returns are now not being funded in your opinion? 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Krugman has been reminding us almost weekly this would happen sooner rather than later 011
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Predictable from yesterday’s Bret Stephens column (“The Trump Presidency Takes a Better Turn”) in The New York Times. Another wrong pivot exactly opposite to Trump’s next move 000
Thomas Muller @willemcd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025During the worst days in India and China you can see the actual smog looking from one part of a hotel lobby or mall to the other side…. 011