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Senior science and economics correspondent, @CipherNews . Fellow @Climatebase . Alumna @Columbia Energy Journalism Initiative. Also, lots of yoga.

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There are times when BELIEVING IN YOURSELF feels like an ACT OF REBELLION. Oh, but what a BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL, COURAGEOUS act of rebellion.
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. @AndrewYang : “What I’m saying to the American people is technology is the oil of the 21st century. That when I have AI that can do the work of hundreds of thousands of call center workers ... How much of that value is the American public going to see?”
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“You have record-high levels of corporate profits, but also at record highs in the USA right now: stress, anxiety, mental illness, depression, even suicides and drug overdoses. Student loan debt, record highs,” says @AndrewYang on @Freakonomics .
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The coronavirus pandemic has added fuel to the fire calling for UBI. Workers who can't work remotely face an impossible decision: go to work to get paid or stay home to help “flatten the curve” of coronavirus. @AndrewYang @AOC @TulsiGabbard @jasonfurman
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Billionaire (& perhaps one of the more unconventional tech CEOs) @Jack told @AndrewYang he is giving away all of his money in his lifetime: “I live by the principle of everything is connected, so if someone is in pain, I’m in pain, ultimately, over time.”
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. @jack announced he is donating $3 million to the @mayorsforagi UBI project. “This is one tool to close the wealth and income gap, level systemic race and gender inequalities, and create economic security for families,” he says. @AndrewYang @MichaelDTubbs
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"One of my supporters said something to me — that the opposite of @realDonaldTrump is an Asian man who likes math," @AndrewYang tells @CNBCMakeIt . "We made 'math' signs and then people just hold up 'math' signs."
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Billionaire @mcuban : "So be Patriotic. Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write."
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. @JeffBezos on spending his $131 billion: "The only way that I can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my @amazon winnings into space travel. That is basically it."
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. @AndreaKsWorld and I met two inspiring sisters in Los Angeles, @KherisPoppin and @TaylorAndrea_ . Together, they have launched a clothing company to combat racism and bullying. #FlexinInMyComplexion @aliciakeys @Nike @Lupita_Nyongo @SnoopDogg @LenaWaithe
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. @Mcuban : "The biggest issue for entrepreneurs, for capitalists, for those of us who are successful is, if someone is only going to be paid by the hour...they’re always going to fall behind ... income distribution, disparity is going to get wider & wider.”
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There is enough energy in the nuclear waste in the US to power the country for 100 years, & doing so could help solve the thorny & politically fraught problem of managing spent nuclear waste. The tech exists, but it has not been commercialized in the US.
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I spoke with a collection of tech workers who shared their stories with me of why they decided to leave tech-first jobs, which in many cases they enjoyed(!!) and were getting paid very well at(!!), because they felt compelled to take climate-first jobs.
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Silicon Valley is like the Wizard of Oz: Here's the formula startups use to make billions. http://t.co/bvW3ihAZc3 http://t.co/2Ofa4THw10
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. @AndrewYang will be speaking at the 2nd #DemDebate of the 2020 election tonight. The central tenet of his platform is UBI. He wants to give $1,000 to every American between the ages of 18 and 64. What's UBI? Here's everything you need to know:
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From @TonyRobbins on planning for the 2019 of your dreams: “We all want certainty so bad ... But if you’re totally certain every moment, what’s going to happen? You’d be bored. So we need uncertainty. We need a lot of it.” via @successmagazine
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I have started to take pictures of transmission lines when I travel. What happened to me!?
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6 years
The @CNBCMakeIt team at the campaign headquarters for 2020 Presidential candidate @AndrewYangVFA . Videos coming soon. Thank you for the pic @Jfaz311 !!! Always a treat to work with the amazing @j_leibowitz !!!
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I am so thrilled to be joining this team of incredible journalists covering climate tech! I can't wait to learn from my new colleagues @AmyAHarder , @amenasaiyid , @AncaGurzu , Bill Spindle & @JillianMock . Make sure to sign up for @CipherClimate 's newsletter:
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We are excited to announce @CatClifford as Cipher’s new senior science and economics correspondent based in NYC. Most recently, Cat helped launch the climate desk at @CNBC where she was the climate technology & innovation reporter. Learn more about Cat:
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5 years
I spoke with Sahil Lavingia, the 2nd employee at Pinterest, who left the company before his equity vested. He talked openly about what it's like to watch Pinterest go public and how his values have evolved in the last decade. cc @shl
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3 years
I spoke with @mzjacobson of @Stanford about his calculations for 100% wind, water, solar energy in the US in 2050. His models include no fossil fuels, carbon capture, bioenergy, blue hydrogen or nuclear power. Here's how/why he comes up with his roadmaps:
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. @Merck CEO Ken Frazier reflects on his childhood: "I know for sure" that being picked as one of a "few inner city black kids" and bused 90 minutes to get a "rigorous education" fundamentally "put my life on a different trajectory."
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9 years
Bold actions are called foolish when they fail and courageous when they succeed. @BucketFeet
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. @mcuban on the future of healthcare: "My son is 9 and by the time he's 40, let's say, the idea of going to a drugstore and buying over-the-counter medicine that says, 'You might be the one unlucky schmuck that dies from this,' is gonna seem barbaric."
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NYU Stern's @ProfGalloway : Facebook CEO Zuckerberg is “the most dangerous person in the world.” He reaches 2.7 billion people. And he "has not demonstrated ability, or will, to ensure the doomsday machine will not be weaponized (repeatedly) by bad actors.”
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. @CherylStrayed tells @tferriss the path to greatness is paved in humility. "Surrender to your own mediocrity."
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2 years
For her nuclear video for CNBC, @mpetrova92 spoke to @Heather_mom4nuk , co-founder of @moms4nuclear , & I wrote a piece featuring her voice. “We’re not utility executives. We’re not guys in suits. We’re not mad scientists,” Hoff told CNBC. They’re mothers.
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9 years
You live big, work hard and take risks. 10 Mind-Blowing Travel Destinations http://t.co/cAOgnZayUm cc @TripAdvisor http://t.co/LYBQ1juANN
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5 years
Recession prep yourself with these 7 money and career tips from @mcuban (with additional insight from @StudentLoanHero )
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5 years
The #YangGang got a show of support from @elonmusk this weekend. That's perhaps unsurprising as the @Tesla / @SpaceX boss & @AndrewYang have both publicly talked about how UBI will be an eventual necessity when robots & automation put humans out of work.
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9 years
Order your car filled up w/ gas while you are at work w/ @BoosterFuels app! Crazy or genius?
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8 years
Sharing economy showdown: By 2019: @Airbnb / @WeWork et al = $6.1 B. @Uber / @Lyft et al = $5.8 B. via @juniperresearch
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2 years
Huge week for the carbon removal industry. On the heels of $925M announcement from @stripe @Google @Meta & others Tuesday, @sacca 's climate investment firm @lowercarbon announced today it is launching a $350 million fund specifically for carbon removal.
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8 years
If you are serious about your #crowdfunding campaign, it HAS to have a VIDEO. Make it on a budget: #CrowdfundwithCat
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Real estate mogul and "Shark Tank" star @BarbaraCorcoran has some advice for grads: "Don't listen to your mother!"
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10 years
“Being an entrepreneur is based on a firm conviction that, ‘I can do it. I can make something happen.'" http://t.co/HySWR3IztM #TrepTalk
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7 years
The morning @barrymanilow got his $1 million check for his first big hit, he bounced a check at the grocery store.
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Stoicism helps @tferriss manage an "emotional free fall." And mitigating emotional reactivity "can be a superpower."
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6 years
The central foundation of @AndrewYangVFA 's campaign for president in 2020 is every American citizen ages 18 to 64 should get $1,000 in cash/month (UBI). So. He's picked one mom in New Hampshire to give $1,000 per month in 2019 to show the benefits of UBI.
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Scientists from @MIT and @Stanford published an analysis of closing Diablo Canyon, the nuclear power plant in Calif. They say keeping the plant open could save $21B in grid costs by 2050 and 90,000 acres of land. Industry watchers say it is a long shot.
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Entrepreneurs dream about having a third hand & an extra 8 hours a day. 31 Tips to Perfect Productivity: #EntNSBW http://t.co/XKzW4c4WT9
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9 years
Millennial entrepreneurs make more money than their older peers. They also care about giving back to society more.
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Go to Burning Man. Travel. Do yoga. Get outside your box of habits to change your perception of reality. http://t.co/VVo1e2qV0h @JasonSilva
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Don't forget to blow your own mind on a regular basis. Let crazy ideas become less crazy. Then they become possible. http://t.co/VVo1e2qV0h
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“Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” + 99 more inspirational quotes
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Googling “How do you make shoes?” to selling half a million pairs of sneakers: @BucketFeet
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The solar eclipse eclipsed the Super Bowl. (Yeah, space!!)
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The 50 Richest People Alive. Pro tip: There are a LOT of entreprenurs on the list. @WealthX
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Ray Kurzweil on how human intelligence will merge w artificial intelligence @neiltyson @92Y #ThatsGenius @JasonSilva
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"Sleep deprivation is the new smoking,” says @ariannahuff . It's glamorized, esp in startup life, but it's dangerous.
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Twitter billionaire boss @Jack shared the food, sleep and exercise habits he uses to maximize his performance with @bengreenfield . Among the biohacks Dorsey uses are ice-cold baths, no food all weekend and meditation.
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10 years
If rejection slows you down, entrepreneurship isn't for you. Determination is key, says @nathanblec of @Airbnb . http://t.co/MjaHAlcZsE
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“The leader is never tired. The leader never has a bad day, & the leader has to have more energy than anybody else." http://t.co/IFv5vCc7M7
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10 years
Self-made billionaires are Cinderellas of the biz world. Rags to riches stories around the world: http://t.co/MiWS6w65gJ cc @CPSThinkTank
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2 years
It's the late season California wildfires which are the most dangerous, according to @western_fire . That's because there's more dry vegetation built up from the hot summer weather and because of strong dry winds that blow through California in the fall.
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Today I went to the @CFS_energy campus in Devens, MA, where I toured the construction site of Commonwealth Fusion System's SPARC system. The tokamak being constructed there will be operational in 2025 & demonstrate net energy shortly thereafter, CFS execs told me. Story to come.
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6 years
. @AOC 's idea to raise taxes on those making $10 million or more got a lot of energetic attention. Of note. The billionaire investor Warren Buffett has made repeated claims that he and other ultra wealthy could pay more in taxes/don't need tax cuts.
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10 years
People brag about working long hours. Turns out, working endless hours may be nothing more than a waste of time. http://t.co/cUXqtZ3hWn
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The first in my "Transmission Troubles" series for @CNBC explains WHY the OLD transmission infrastructure in the US is a problem -- and is a particularly acute CLIMATE problem. Thanks to @RobGramlichDC , @JesseJenkins and @KStaschus for their contributions.
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I dove into the nitty gritty of the application process power generators go through to connect to the grid. The old, well-intentioned process is holding back the energy transition & reveals, yet again, the elephant in the room: Lack of enough transmission.
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Slack CEO @stewart : "Giving people even a very small safety net would unlock a huge amount of entrepreneurialism."
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9 years
“Ask yourself, ‘What would I do if I weren’t afraid?’” What @sherylsandberg would tell her younger self: @LeanInOrg
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On selling @reddit for $10 million in 2006 (most recently valued at $3 billion), co-founder @alexisohanian (husband of @serenawilliams ) says he needed guidance. His mom had just been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, and he had never seen so much $$.
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Millennials are a marketers dream: they're always plugged in. They're also a nightmare: they have no patience. http://t.co/tMNRtDGv2P
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8 years
Bill Gates is 61 now. He could become the world's first TRILLIONAIRE in his mid-80s. cc @OxfamAmerica @BillGates
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9 years
Next gen wi-fi, ‘li-fi,’ has the potential to be 100X faster than current data transmission. cc @dlarah15 @ByteLight
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Palm oil is in 50% of packaged goods Americans use, from ice cream to soap to lipstick. Rainforests are slashed & burned to grow palm oil plants, devastating populations of rhinos, elephants, tigers, orangutans. @C16Bio is making an alternative w/ microbes.
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“Our result is a significant step forward in understanding what is required for it to work. To me, this is a Wright Brothers moment,” Omar A. Hurricane, Scientist at @Livermore_Lab , told CNBC. “It’s not practical, but we got off the ground for a moment.”
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4 years
The coronavirus stimulus package is stuck in Congress. Meanwhile, on Friday, @AndrewYang 's non-profit, @HumanityForward , launched a $1 million+ relief effort, which includes giving $250 to $500 checks away to social media followers who need it.
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Details were released this morning about the $100 million carbon capture innovation prize sponsored by @elonmusk and being organized and run by @xprize . The contest will be for direct carbon capture and will run for 4 years.
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“To the rest of America, a [universal basic income] may seem like a pipe dream, but from my vantage point some form of it seems inevitable,” says @RBReich , the Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton.
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10 years
Need to write? Words stuck in your brain? Stand up, move away from the computer. Get a pen. Yes, a pen. And paper. http://t.co/HCT9Qj1gvM
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It's never too late to launch a business. McDonald's founder sold paper cups/milkshake mixers until he was 52. http://t.co/cykKn6tw46
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45 years after launching @Apple with Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak is launching a 2nd company. The Woz is entering the green tech space with @EfforceOfficial , a marketplace where organizations find investors to fund projects to improve their energy efficiency.
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9 years
"Train yourself to let go of the things you are afraid to lose." + 99 more inspirational quotes. INFOGRAPHIC:
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Push yourself over the edge of your personal reality to discover what else is possible. http://t.co/VVo1e2qV0h cc @natgeochannel @JasonSilva
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In the second installment of my Black in Silicon Valley series, I talked to Kyle Woumn, the 25-year-old tech lead of start-up @getoverflowco in Silicon Valley. He's young, but he's already seen a lot. And he wants to use his influence to help. @Kyleculus
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Equity #crowdfunding is the new wild west of startup finance. Attn entrepreneurs! Here is your NEED-TO-KNOW hotlist:
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How Old Is Too Old to Start a Business? Yes, Zuck started Facebook at 19. But Charles Flint launched IBM at 61. http://t.co/jLXx10fMxS
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Women raise more money with crowdfunding bc they use language of positve emotions and inclusivity. cc @BerkeleyHaas
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Freelancer NATION: There are going to be 3.8 million independent contractors by 2020 making more than $100,000/year.
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Brand name clothes => more confidence and success at work. Finally!! Justification for my shopping habit/addiction.
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A court ruled that you can't copyright yoga poses. That's big news for the biz of @BikramYoga http://t.co/3gG1fFbtvf http://t.co/3EgIvbJVH5
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