Lifestyle

Why New Toys Are Exciting (And Your Life Is Not)

Toys are new = novelty. First they are new by the very fact that you don’t have them Second they are new because toys are continuously updated, to keep you enthralled   Toys benefit from memetic value Which itself benefits from scarcity We want that which others want. The more we don’t know what we …

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Philosophy

Stubborn When It’s Cheap, Weak When It Counts

Isn’t it fascinating? We’re so stubborn and recalcitrant and combative — even when we KNOW we’re wrong And yet, When we actually believe something, and for once for good reason, and for once it’s the RIGHT THING — we’re still too WEAK and PATHETIC to STAND for the truth, to stand for ourselves   This …

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Lifestyle Spirituality

Mediocrity More Scary Than Failure

What do you fear more? failure? or mediocrity?   Both are a social construct Alone in the woods — it’s annoying when you are building a small shed, and the structure collapses somehow It’s annoying, but You’re not a “failure” You’re not a “mediocrity” Those terms exist only in the society   Now what do …

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Philosophy World

Brand Destruction and Accountability

The times where you could “destroy your brand” are gone Therefore the times of accountability are gone too   First we devalued “brand destruction” with cancel culture We cancelled people for nothing So reaction to this action was devaluing of the cancelling, Devaluing of the brand destruction   Second we no longer agree on anything …

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Philosophy

The FAKE Prophets

“A broken clock is right twice a day” Perhaps you’ve heard this phrase   Have you heard about survivorship bias? Survivorship bias is when you come to a conclusion about the whole — drawing only on limited data which has passed certain selection process, i.e. “survived”   Now it’s time to combine the BROKEN CLOCK …

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Philosophy

Wisdom of Inexplicable Self-Correcting Open Systems (Rant)

Being precisely right is overrated Being “right for good reason” is overrated Just being right gets the job done   This is the magic of just DOING, vs overthinking Once you start doing it, playing with it, tinkering, solving problems — you find solutions Sometimes you even find solutions you don’t even understand   This …

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Philosophy World

Internet Is Not a Fucking Town Square

Internet is nothing but BUBBLES Echo chambers It’s literally nothing else It’s like 99% bubbles and echo chambers,   It’s not “social” It’s not “friendly” It’s definitely not a fucking “town square”, you dumb cunt   EVERYTHING on the internet is so constructed so that you become trapped in a bubble That’s how ALL incentives …

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Lifestyle Philosophy

It’s Not an OPINION, It’s a GUESS

“What is your opinion on…” The dumbest fucking question   You’re not supposed to have an opinion You’re not qualified   You’re not qualified You’ve no skin in the game You having opinion DOESN’T FUCKING MATTER I mean literally It doesn’t impact you in ANY WAY, if you have an “OPINION” on this subject   …

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