Policy Tensor ✓

@policytensor · joined 06 Sep 2008

Anusar Farooqui, Founder and CEO, Systematic Portfolios LLC. Words: https://t.co/ATzak2R4A0

39 200Followers

4 423Following

55 685Posts total

116KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

15 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views1 943this account1 266median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.96%this account3.99%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.81%this account1.98%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 943	1 266	1.53×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.96%	3.99%	1.24×
Engagement rate	0.81%	1.98%	0.41×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

6081 Sep

789

519

26.9K

8.8K

561

11.3K4 Sep

1.5K

7.2K

1.9K

2.1K

4.3K

967

404

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.81%1 Sep

2.15%

2.12%

0.81%

0.20%

0.71%

0.66%4 Sep

1.49%

0.68%

0.67%

1.27%

1.55%

0.72%

0.74%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.98%.

What the audience does

Likes60.5%709 in total

Reposts10.2%119 in total

Replies8.6%101 in total

Quotes2.7%32 in total

Bookmarks17.9%210 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Ryan says we have not seen ‘persistent pursuit of an independently maintained objective—e.g., an AI continuing to act to preserve its own operation even after the task or scaffolding that elicited the behavior has been removed’. Actually, we have good evidence for ‘a survival h 404 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 Anthropomorphism is a total red herring. It’s not possible to understand what the agents are doing without understanding their intentions. That does not make them human. But it does make them purposeful, not just as individuals but as a self-organizing teams. It’s the latter that 967 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 It's possible that the Iranians still do not have a clear picture of the strategic situation. Given the seriousness of the dispute over Hormuz, and given their consensus objective on controlling the Strait, there is no alternative to military escalation. Shooting at tankers 4.3K views · 46 likes · 12 reposts · 7 replies 04 Sep 2026 As they must. There is no other way to secure their principal proximate objective of persuading the US to accept Iranian authority over Hormuz. It’s a big ask. They have a lot of work to do before he will be coerced into it. 2.1K views · 22 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies 04 Sep 2026 “The question ‘should you anthropomorphize AI agents?’ in this sense is a bit like the question ‘should you anthropomorphize Bugs Bunny?’ On the one hand: Bugs Bunny is not real and is not human. On the other hand: What else are you supposed to do?” https://t.co/j5rxkdGekv 1.9K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 Told @politico, Tehran may see escalation as a way to force Trump’s hand at a moment of vulnerability, given rising oil prices and the unpopularity of the war with U.S. voters. “If #Iran wants to escalate it has to be in the next weeks, so Trump feels the pressure and wants to 7.2K views · 41 likes · 7 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 The National Security Case for Taking AI Loss of Control Seriously A couple of years ago, during a talk on "AI and deterrence" at one of America's nuclear weapons labs, I made a throwaway comment that elicited a few chuckles: After going over the various ways AI might be used 1.5K views · 16 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 “Neither side wants to return to full-scale war,” said Hamidreza Azizi, senior Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group… adding that Iran’s disruption of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and the US’ economic pressure on the country are “increasingly becoming unsustainable” 11.3K views · 62 likes · 11 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 @policytensor If Russia has the entire West outgunned, then surely it has Ukraine outgunned which begs the question why hasn’t Russia defeated Ukraine yet after 5 years of war? It’s the same old tired yarn - every country is weak and insipid except Russia and China, no matter ho 561 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 Russia Has the West Outgunned, by @policytensor https://t.co/vmdmcjjgvR 8.8K views · 14 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 I made my latest dispatch free to read because this is an important strategic fact that everyone needs to understand, especially the European war-mongers. https://t.co/cprPy97vHD 26.9K views · 171 likes · 35 reposts · 9 replies 01 Sep 2026 @policytensor Russia has no immediate plans on attacking any part of NATO and has no plans or interest in occupying anywhere outside of traditional Russian lands. (Every word of this statement is chosen carefully). 519 views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 @policytensor This is delusional. Russia cannot and is not interested in or considering “occupying the Baltics”. They’re interested in taking Kiev and odessa. 789 views · 14 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 01 Sep 2026 @policytensor Occupying the Baltics achieves very little. Ru can break NATO resolve with much less than that, i.e. destroying Palantir datacenters in the UK and Germany. This would cripple Ukr defense and corrode Article 5 - because noone in Europe will go to war for a superclust 608 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 Here is the scenario that worries me. Russia cannot decide to attack a NATO country without a viable military plan. What kind of plan is viable for Russia to escalate against Europe? The Russian problem is this: The West is bankrolling, arming, and providing tactical 48.3K views · 285 likes · 46 reposts · 70 replies 01 Sep 2026