100x Man

Let’s talk about inequality

You think it’s unfair that he has 100x what you have

You think that system is evil

Or that he is evil

Or in the best case: that this is just a bug in the system

That 10x is maybe sensible, but not 100x

The only bug in the system is when someone has 100x despite NOT being a 100x man

But 100x man DO exist

One man’s work can easily be worth 100 times the work of another man

And when a bunch of men like that come together — they build a 1 000 000 x business

100x man exist, capitalism or not

In capitalism, of course, 100 000 000 000 x men exist.

Their superiority gets scaled by the leverage of capital, and other superior men’s help, and some luck

But 100x man exist, capitalism or not

I saw them

We’re not equal, not even close

Never underestimate how much better one can be than another, at given thing

Never underestimate how mediocre the mediocrity is

Never underestimate how brilliant excellence is

Find out yourself

Mingle with the mediocrity and mingle with excellence

Learn to do something excellently

Then find someone who does it better than you. See the levels to his “excellence thing”

Also learn to do something excellently — and then try to teach it

Try having others do it

Try having others do many things

Try doing very many things, and try having others do very many things, and watch others do very many things

You’ll see how EXTREMELY varied human ability is

How absolutely one man’s output can be worth 100 lesser man output

And in VERY TANGIBLE, MEASURABLE, OBJECTIVE way.

And EVEN BEFORE the capital, to provide them leverage

Observe all that, genuinely explore it, first hand experience it, meet such man, become such man,

and then ask yourself if the world really is so unfair

Or perhaps we are being unfair in failing to appreciate just how DIVERSE and UNIQUE each and every single one of us is

There’s nothing wrong with being a 100x man

There’s nothing wrong with being a lesser man

What matters is that you do your best today

What matters is that you do your best today — but do your best THERE WHERE YOUR “BEST” MATTERS

This is why I’m telling you about the 100x man

You don’t want to compete with that man

You either want to be that man — or work with that man

Or perhaps only work for that man

You don’t want to pretend that this man does not exist

And you definitely don’t want to be putting this man down

And again, this is no stupid fucking cult of personality

All cults are delusional, therefore deleterious

100x man is a fact

To do better you want to learn facts

This fact has been denied for too long, because we’re all so envious and insecure

When you get over your envy, insecurity, petty ambition — you don’t feel hostile to others, you don’t feel threatened — and you are actually capable of appreciating them

And then you appreciate the 100x man

Not in a cultish way, not in a fanboy-ish way

But in a “how can I contribute to that man’s cause” kind of way

In a “what can I learn from that man” kind of way