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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. 🇺🇸🇪🇸

Orcas Island, WA
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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.

      327 replies 3,495 retweets 18,760 likes
    2. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Oct 24
      Replying to @mixblendr

      Antonio García Martínez Retweeted Antonio García Martínez

      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.

      3 replies 5 retweets 152 likes
    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 …

      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    5. Steve Pinches‏ @sjpinches Oct 25
      Replying to @antoniogm @mixblendr

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

      2 replies 0 retweets 91 likes
    6. 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

      12 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
    7. 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).

      4 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    8. 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.

      2 replies 0 retweets 45 likes
    9. 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....

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    10. Steve Pinches‏ @sjpinches Oct 25
      Replying to @antoniogm @georgie @mixblendr

      Yep, I get that’s your schtick. But you’re a journalist and need to get facts right and admit when you get them wrong.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Oct 25
      Replying to @sjpinches @georgie @mixblendr

      You're still claiming European rail is profitable?

      11:10 AM - 25 Oct 2018 from Seattle, WA
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        2. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @sjpinches and

          It's not a schtick (speaking of journalism). It's called addressing an audience. It's not always about you, Mr. Euro.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Steve Pinches‏ @sjpinches Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @georgie @mixblendr

          You’re shooting all over the place. We are talking about one thing: Is Eurostar profitable. It is. You said it wasn’t. You were wrong.

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        4. Rational Bot‏ @Rationalbot Oct 26
          Replying to @sjpinches @antoniogm and

          Great win on a technicality there, considering you derailed (hah) the argument with this bullshit. The point being - a 25 year old tunnel isn't some striking proof of European competitiveness in "innovation."https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/the-state-of-research-and-innovation-in-europe-in-7-charts/ …

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        5. Steve Pinches‏ @sjpinches Oct 26
          Replying to @Rationalbot @antoniogm and

          “Technicality” 😂

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        1. Steve Pinches‏ @sjpinches Oct 25
          Replying to @antoniogm @georgie @mixblendr

          Oh for goodness sake, man. You said Eurostar was massively subsidised and unprofitable. It isn’t. Then you started riffing about the entire European rail network. Own it and move on.

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