Measuring things at @spindl.

My FID is lower than all but 52 of you.

Fun pastime: any time you see a tweet making fund of Europe, post in the group chat and let @antonio defend the entire continent.

The problem is that I'm basically 100% right, and nobody I ever debate this with knows enough about Europe to recognize that.

Our debate in that GC was totally ridiculous, BTW.

I'm absolutely right about both the quality of life in Europe, and how American intellectual influence abroad (beyond popular culture) is surprisingly thin given the very real geopolitical dominance in the past few decades.

Growing up in the UK, not quite Europe, I can’t recall any generation I’ve come in contact with (born in 1910 maximum) have any respect for American Intellectualism — It’s often the butt of a joke.

But as you said, popular culture is easily the biggest export the US has when it comes to global mindshare