Hugo Ares

Founder & Writer • Dropped out at 17 • Ran 101km. Writing about truth, philosophy and human nature. Weekly letters:

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Je recherche un nouveau monteur pour faire du montage raw de vidéos YouTube (cutting) et miniature minimaliste.

[Hugo Ares @HugoAresMartin]

Je recherche un monteur vidéo (Reels, YouTube) pour une personal brand francophone dans la niche de l'immobillier. Budget mensuel: ~1000 EUR/mois

Envoyez moi un DM avec votre portfolio pour avoir les détails du projet.

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We are social animals deprived of cohesion in order to be easy to bait.

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One of the best hacks to succeed is to cooperate.

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We are like flowers.

Here for an instant,

To become.

No more,

No less.

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Having stuff isn’t fun.

Getting stuff is fun.

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Purpose isn’t binary, it’s quantifiable.

It’s proportional to the ratio of active challenges vs passive challenges you have.

Live with intention.

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The system has made parents more worried about their children’s grades/job than happiness.

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I don’t know anything.

I just have opinions about things waiting to be proven false.

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Does mind create matter, or matter create mind ?

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No one truly knows the meaning of life. No need to pretend.

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I asked GPT-5 to sum up my philosophy of life in one sentence.

Day 10 of daily prompts you can try to sharpen your mind.

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Day 11 of sharing daily quotes to elevate your mind.

Quoted in Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.

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I asked GPT-5: “What’s the most destructive trait a leader can have?”

Day 9 of daily prompts to sharpen your mind.

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Day 11 of sharing daily quotes to elevate your mind.

From The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene (quoting Friedrich Nietzsche).

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I quit high school to learn.

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Quitting isn’t a tragedy, it’s a skill.

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I asked GPT-5, “What is the greatest enemy of human potential?”

Day 8 of sharing daily prompts to sharpen your mind.

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Day 10 of sharing daily quotes to elevate your mind.

From Atomic Habits by James Clear (@JamesClear).

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Narcissism isn’t arrogance.

It’s an overdose of self-absorption.

Often coming from a lack of self-esteem.