Energy demand in China has increased rapidly over the last few decades due to rising incomes and industrialization.
The country now uses about the same amount of energy per person as the European Union. You can see this in this chart, with new data from the Energy Institute’s Statistical Review of World Energy. This measure of primary energy is based on the substitution method, which tries to account for the inefficiencies of fossil fuels compared to renewables. Source: Our world in data (This Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie and Pablo Rosado.)
Gary Vaynerchuk: "The root cause of burnout often lies in the lack of understanding WHY you're doing WHAT you're doing.
Are you doing it for affirmation, money, or fame?"
📢 China's public spending on scientific research is now above America's
• Chinese researchers focus mostly on applied fields, whereas US still leads on basic research • Beijing has precise priorities: AI, quantum, chips, neuroscience, genetics, biotech, deep space/oceans Source: Agathe Demarais, OECD
BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi has sold her Tesla, $TSLA, position worth ~$500,000.
She has also purchased an addition $1.2 million of Nvidia, $NVDA, and $5 million of Broadcom, $AVGO. Nancy Pelosi made millions buying nvidia, $NVDA, over the last two years. It appears that she is now doubling down on semiconductors stocks. Are chip stocks setting up for favorable legislation and/or US support ⁉ Source: The Kobeissi Letter
UK election
Source: No Context Brits on X
What is the link between the Japanese index Topix and Taylor Swift?
Finally after 35 years Japan's Topix has topped its 1989 high, which on a completely unrelated note was hit a few days after the birth of Taylor Swift... Source: David Ingles, Bloomberg
Another new low for the Citigroup US surprises index on the back of poor macro numbers this week (ADP employment, ISM services, etc.)
Source: Bloomberg, Ronald-Peter Stoeferle, CMT, CFTe, MSTA
Here's the link to a great article from Sequoia which argues the tech industry needs $600B in AI revenue to justify the money spent on GPUs and data centers:
https://lnkd.in/exFU9Wdp Bottom-line >>> OpenAI is the biggest AI pure play and is at $3.4B annual run rate. This feels like a bubble unless products worth buying show up. Source: Sequoia, Dare Obasanjo @Carnage4Life
