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Writer at @WIRED. Author of NYT bestseller 'Chaos Monkeys'. Formerly @Facebook, @YCombinator, @GoldmanSachs. Yes, I live on a boat and in a yurt. 🇺🇸🇪🇸

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    1. Sandy Parakilas‏ @mixblendr Oct 24

      Some people in Silicon Valley like to complain that Europe can't innovate. Yesterday I took a 190 mile per hour train underwater from London to Brussels in less than two hours. That inability to innovate would be welcome in California's transport system anytime.

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    2. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Oct 24
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      The Eurostar operates at a loss, as do most European railways, which need subsidies to survive. The last thing we need in the US is high speed trains (though every American who visits Europe seems to think otherwise).https://twitter.com/antoniogm/status/1037734814823018496 …

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      Antonio García MartínezVerified account @antoniogm
      First off, the trains. By God, the fucking trains and how every American waxes rhapsodic about them after riding them once. Here's some news for you: the US has the best rail system in the world...for freight. Which is what trains should be moving. https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2014/03/27/the-most-efficient-mode-of-transportation-in-america-isnt-a-prius-its-a-train/#c56c66516f83 …
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    3. Steve Pinches‏ @sjpinches Oct 24
      Replying to @antoniogm @mixblendr

      Eurostar made a £58m profit this year dude. And before you ask, Eurotunnel broke even. Unlike Uber.

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    4. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Oct 25
      Replying to @sjpinches @mixblendr

      Hmm.... Brexit won't help either.https://www.bbc.com/news/business-39291578 …

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    5. Steve Pinches‏ @sjpinches Oct 25
      Replying to @antoniogm @mixblendr

      That was 2016. You’re not very good at this are you?

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      Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Oct 25
      Replying to @sjpinches @mixblendr

      Actually, I've thought about far more than you have, as I've had this conversation every time some American friend comes back from the EU. Here are the rail subsidies by EU country (note units are in billions). What are you claiming? I've lost track. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_subsidies …pic.twitter.com/or6yKdjhZc

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        2. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          Anyone who claims with a straight face that European rail is financially viable, and that the current system is what would result if a market system reigned (by contrast with the US, where rail is minimally subsidized), doesn't know WTF they're talking about (as you seem not to).

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        3. George Wright‏ @georgie Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          Perhaps higj quality rail can only exist with subsidy? Perhaps Europeans have chosen to have decent trains, and maybe the European model works for Europe. Who knows? You seem irked by this.

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        4. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Oct 25
          Replying to @georgie @sjpinches @mixblendr

          And Europeans don't seem to realize the original tweet and linked storm wasn't addressed to them, but to Americans. The point is that many Americans fetishize the European lifestyle. I know, I was one of them. Then I got an EU passport, lived there (again) for a while....

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        5. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @georgie and

          There's much to be said for the European lifestyle. Also, there are some real drawbacks. The Americans who spend all of three days and like the trains never realize that. Because of course they never move there. That's what this thread is about.

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        6. Roberto Modica‏ @RobModica Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @georgie and

          What about the european lifestyle did you dislike?

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        7. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Oct 25
          Replying to @RobModica @georgie and

          Nothing, it's fabulous. On average, higher than in the US. Of course, that's not true for the 10% (better in the US). More like the place felt like a museum. Sorry to say, but Europe is somnolent. The US is nuts, but it's also dynamic. The action is here right now.

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        8. Andres Osinski‏ @AndresOsinski Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @RobModica and

          So... you didn't go out to restaurants, didn't work in anything remotely interesting. Your idea of dynamic remits to violence and ephemeral shit which just *might* not be that interesting in societies with centuries of actual high culture? Just a thought

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        2. Steve Pinches‏ @sjpinches Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @mixblendr

          I’m claiming that your statement, that Eurostar lose money, is factually incorrect. Which it was. You’ve now gone on a big whataboutery train about European rail in general. Facts matter.

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        1. Josh Booth‏ @MarinerWY Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          Um... car travel is massively subsidised. Road maintenance, for example. And I'd rather be subsidising something for the common good than for individual gain. I think *that* is the fundamental difference between European and US mindsets.

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        1. Benjamin Wolf‏ @benbawan Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          You do know, though, that streets are built and maintained by the state too, which amounts to a subsidy for drivers (and one with massive negative externalities too). That it's not companies receiving that money doesn't mean it's not a massive distortion & inefficient (it is).

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        1. Josh Long (龙之春, जोश, Джош Лонг, جوش لونق)‏Verified account @starbuxman Oct 26
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          you think ALL of your friends who visit Europe and agree w/ public transit are wrong? maybe they're on to something? Also, a public transit cost of billions translates into a huge windfall for the public good. less time/$ wasted for individuals, less land wasted for sleeping cars

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        1. Alexis Le Nestour‏ @Alenestour Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          Do you realise that transport by car is also subsidised by the fact cars don’t pay for the roads they use? Why train users should fund 100% of the cost and not car users?

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        1. Geoff Sampson‏ @lrn2swim___ Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          Please spin this one @antoniogmhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-22/south-korea-tops-global-innovation-ranking-again-as-u-s-falls …

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        1. Cosmin Szabo‏ @SzaboCosminM Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          That money are from our taxes, and we don't complain because train are affordable for all the people.

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        1. Yakov Yurovsky‏ @TheNewYurovsky Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          Moving the goal posts much?

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        1. Stacy Cashmore‏ @Stacy_Cash Oct 31
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          Looking at that list I would say it's cheap! Take my country, Netherlands, for every 2.5 euros spent, there were 17km travelled. That is 14 cents / km. Even though I don't take the train that much, I don't mind the subsidy for when I do. And it means less traffic for me! #winwin

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        1. Francis Bacon‏ @baconator_fts Oct 26
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          I’ve been living abroad in Italy and the transportation for the most part stinks here. The train strikes as we speak are totally screwing up my travel plans today to get to Rome. Europe still has a long way to go in modernizing the South. North is a lot better though I will say.

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        1. Vivek 🔍‏ @viks_sai Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches @mixblendr

          Do you mean rail subsidy is bad? Just curious as transportation equity is an important as well.

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