Inspired by the Besties, here are the 2025 Tremendous Awards…
Biggest Business Winner: The United States. Wherever you look, American businesses are ascendant. A.I. models, GPUs, robotics, space…America ran the table in 2025.
The U.S. has always had an advantage in technology. As technology becomes the only game in town, the U.S. is outpacing the rest.
Biggest Business Loser: Legacy Automakers. In 2025, it became clear that the old school carmakers just aren’t competitive anymore.
Ford took a $20 billion charge on its EV business. None of the legacy companies are anywhere in self-driving. Meanwhile, Chinese automakers are turning out EV’s at unbelievably low prices.
How much longer do these dinosaurs have?
Biggest Political Winner: Zohran Mamdani. Zohran Mamdani beat an incumbent mayor and former governor to become New York City mayor.
I doubt Mamdani will be able to deliver on most of his campaign promises. But for now, he looks like a winner.
Biggest Political Loser: Centrists. The Republican Party has been taken over by MAGA. The Democratic Party is being taken over by socialists.
The big losers are centrist politicians. With less power and a poisonous political environment, many are retiring,
Breakthrough of the Year: Xenotransplantation. In January 2025, physicians at Mass General transplanted a pig kidney into Tim Andrews. He is alive and well.
We already raise tons of pigs for meat. What if we could also harvest an endless supply of organs?
CEO of the Year (Not Named Elon Musk): Jensen Huang. NVIDIA trounced its competitors again in 2025, owning the market for AI chips. The stock soared 39%, adding trillions in market value.
Disgrace of the Year: Somali Daycares. At the very end of 2025, Nick Shirley exposed massive fraud in Somali daycares in Minnesota.
Nick shows us how much of our tax money is wasted by incompetent and perhaps complicit politicians.
And don’t forget, Minnesota is a small state. Can you imagine how much fraud there is in New York and California?
Wrap-Up
In 2025, the leaders in technology pulled away from the rest.
The United States distanced itself from Europe. Tech companies like NVIDIA and Tesla trounced old industries.
At the same time, the political left and right became increasingly extreme. In a time of rapid change, maybe this is inevitable.
I’m both excited and apprehensive to see what 2026 holds.
Who would you give an award to for 2025?
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