Sara’s Weekly Update #26
Welcome to my newsletter! I write down my thoughts & opinions on the topics I read/watched last week. My topics of interest are broad, please feel free to skip to the issue you like.
House Elects Mike Johnson as Speaker, Embracing a Hard-Right Conservative
Finally, after three weeks of chaos, the house has elected a speaker. And this speaker is also one of those who voted to overturn the 2020 election results. Looks like the GOP is leaning toward the far right.
Mitt Romney on today's Republican Party
Character Counts, character of our leaders makes a difference and it shapes the charcter of our country, thats the party I come from & I don’t recognize that in the great majority of our party today and that for me is very troubling.
It is indeed troubling for me too. We need two food parties to debate important topics and get better outcomes. Lately, I feel we are not having productive debates, it’s just pointing fingers & creating conspiracies.
I don’t think I heard a sinlge member of my caucus Republicans in senate say “you know Donald Trump is great, aren’t we luncky to have him as our leader”. Donald Trump represents a failure of character which is changing I think in many respects the pysche of our nation and heart of our nation. And that’s something which takes a long time if ever to repiar.
It is sad to see what the US is going through. Hope it will come out stronger.
It’s very hard to stand for the values & stand against the majority of your own party members. I am glad at least very few Republicans stand for the values & characters and I am sure they will be remembered for this in history.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
It's a lengthy interview but goes back all the way to 1993 when the company was started, and how took big bets on Riva 128 & AI which has paid off big time.
Position yourself closer to the opportunities, you don’t have to be perfect.
We need to be closer to the apple tree so that when the apple falls we can catch it or at least pick it up from the ground.
He tries to skim through important research papers & often in touch with researchers who are thinking decades ahead and that helps him position Nvidia closer to future opportunities.
Prioratize your time carefully, don’t let outlook control you, then you have plenty of time to achieve anything you want. \
It’s something like “You can get anything you want but not everything”. Prioritization is the key here.
And btw, I happened to get a pic with Jensen last week after our company meeting in Austin. He’s kind enough to take pics with like 100+ employees there.
Maine shooting suspect found dead in cargo trailer, motive still a mystery
It is sad to see this keep repeating and no one takes action on this. Our prayers are with the victim's family. I believe common sense gun laws will help prevent these.