Social Geometry is now available in paperback for those of you who hate pdfs. I’ll be giving away 10 free copies, first come first serve. https://t.co/ltMXCVTDsk
There are a lot of takes on here along the lines of "social phenomena is fractal." Here's a quick explanation of why you should be thinking in terms of sheaves instead:
John Thompson has been studying the guqin—a silk string zither—and classical Chinese music since 1974.
Here he is with Hong Kong filmmaker Lau Shing Hon performing a drinking song first published 1589 and attributed to third-century poet Ruan Ji: Jiu Kuang (Wine Mad)
Kanye said “I made Jesus Walks im never going to hell” and immediately his life became hell
Chance said “I met Kanye west im never going to fail” and immediately failed
Ancient Grek is just another language, with practice the upside is infinite. If you can get your listening level up to comprehending Thucydides at 2x audio speed, you will mog basically every classicist alive. It's literally free with a grinding mindset, but they will tell you it's impossible because their upbringing taught them diligence beats dumb repetition
The “power” of the tech billionaires:
A full-grown cheetah can kill you instantly. You are safe with it, because it has a narrow prey drive. Gazelles only.
Money is power. But tech money has a narrow drive. It only invests—and only incrementally, toward goals it can measure
Morning showerers are dirty freaks. Imagine going to bed dirty and rubbing a full day's worth of sweat and grime on your sheets.
Night showerers are obvious supreme. Wash yourself clean then go to bed clean.
TMSD
Jordan Peterson on why you stop truly seeing the world as you get older:
"There isn't anyone more entertaining to associate with than little kids, partly because they're not as cortically inhibited. There's no filter... they just say what they think"
"You can see what they see through their eyes. You're all filtered in, you see the presumptions everywhere. And then a child comes along and you think, oh yeah, that's an amazing thing, I'd forgotten all about that"
"I replaced my perception with my memory. And children reopen that"
1. Devolve power away from London
2. Break the deep state selectorate
3. Empower the monarchy by commoditizing their complements
4. Freeze the new structure with a codified constitution
Sorry but he’s #ourguy