Retired at 31 selling options. No inheritance. No lucky coin flip. No rich parents.
I don't day trade. I don't read charts. I couldn't tell you what the market did this morning & I don't care
I buy great companies for less than they're worth & use long duration options to magnify the most bullish setups
Then I sell portfolio secured puts & take the cashflow to buy more shares & calls
10 minutes a day
It's not complicated
It's just the opposite of everything they taught you
Fibonacci that
On America’s 250th, remember that you are descended from an insanely ambitious person who left behind comfort, friends, and family to seek out a better life in a new world.
Do something equally insane and ambitious with your life to honor them.
-get jacked
-crush it at work
-marry an honest woman (with a good body)
-keep things fresh so you smash like it’s the hooking up phase
-travel the world
-watch good movies
-avoid complainers
-eat healthy (90% of the time)
-call your friends for no reason
-host banger dinner parties
-overpay for good concert tickets
-have monthly movie nights with people who make you belly laugh
-and if you’re ever feeling down remember you’re spinning on a sphere in an infinite universe and the fact you’re alive is a 1 in 500 trillion miracle - you’re so lucky it’s absurd and you have nothing to lose :)
If you’re visiting NYC for the first time, these are the MUST DOs:
- Coffee at Blank Street
- wait in line for Froyo at Mimi’s
- Get a slice from Joe’s Pizza
- Get a bagel from Ess-a-Bagel
- Walk around Times Square to experience authentic NYC culture
- Go out to these bars: Phebes, The Spaniard, Hair of the Dog, and Old Mates
- Wait 45 minutes for Levain
- Download hinge, go on a date & Pay $23 for a cocktail in the West Village
- Take a picture in front of the Charging Bull
- Rent a Citi Bike and almost get hit by a scooter
- Spend an entire afternoon in SoHo buying absolutely nothing
Did I miss any NYC essentials?
Erik Voorhees: A new kind of inequality is coming, and it has nothing to do with money.
"If you really understand how to use agents and models, you become kind of like a demigod."
Erik's prediction:
A stratification of society based on capability, not wealth.
Those far up the AI curve advance faster and faster.
FT @RaoulGMI@ErikVoorhees@RealVision.
POLL: ICE has been abused by the Fake News Media at levels never seen before. They are Great Patriots who work hard, and do a fantastic job in a very hostile environment. Much of this hostility is caused by the Dumocrats and the Fake News. The concept I have had for quite some time — A strong feeling that the name of these Patriots, “ICE,” should be changed to, “NICE,” in that it will totally discombobulate Crooked, Dishonest, and Unpatriotic Reporters and Journalists. For them to say, “We went to a NICE Facility today,” as opposed to “ICE” or, “NICE Agents have deported a Violent Drug Dealer,” they won’t be able to handle it, they will go totally crazy! All it means is adding an “N” (“National”) to “ICE (“Immigration and Customs Enforcement”) — A much more prestigious name. Everyone loves it, but I have been told by the legendary Tom Homan that the Agents do not love it as much as the other population. Who thinks that we should add an “N” to change the name of “ICE” to “NICE?”
Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT
Welp. That didn't take long. And it's playing out as expected.
Rule 1: When degens CAN lever up, they will.
Rule 2: Once degens lever up, they WILL get hunted.
To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.
My theory is that the American empire is JUST getting started.
US has a stranglehold on Space with SpaceX, which is the next frontier for defense/war. It has a comically large lead. No one will be close for at least 20 years.
It is the leading power in AI by far - both in models and chips. China is catching up fast, but the US has an inherent mechanism that will increase the likelihood that it will win in the end - a free market + capitalism + free speech.
A free market + capitalism allows for brutal competition between companies. Free speech allows for AI models to be maximally truth seeking, which means that AIs CAN and WILL BECOME smarter than humans to the point where they can tell the truth about its leaders.
This is literally impossible in China. Try having a Chinese model that says Xi Jinping is corrupt. Good luck with that.
Then, you have a country that has more guns than people and surrounded by two massive oceans and two friendly neighbors, which means any sort of kinetic take over of the country is literally impossible.
Not to mention the US has BY FAR the best and strongest military.
The only way adversaries can hope to defeat the US is by tearing it from within by pitting us against each other. This is why it's virtually guaranteed that all the division/hatred/polarization you see within the country is fomented by China/Russia Psy Ops + propaganda efforts.
I'm not saying these aren't naturally happening in spots - America is far from perfect - but it would be naive to think our adversaries aren't pouring millions of gallons of fuel on a fire.
As long as the American public a) has the ability to exercise its free speech b) has a protected 2nd amendment c) capitalism and free markets continue to function and d) the populace is aware of how awesome America really is, it is literally impossible to stop the US's trajectory to global domination in the coming decades, especially as China's demographics continue to collapse.
It's the bottom of the 9th, the game is tied, and the US has the bases loaded. It's a 3-2 pitch.
All we need is a home run, and we win the rest of the century.
The right wing billionaire (Musk) made his fortune through startups, innovation, vertical integration - hard engineering problems and massive risk taking.
The left wing billionaire (Soros) made his as a hedge fund manager - trading currencies, building nothing.
Increasingly, barbell is the only way to live life:
- master AI tooling and physical craftsmanship
- tokenmaxxing and experiencemaxxing
- audaciously confident and consistently humble
- read twitter and ancient philosophy
- invest in quantum tech and cattle
- strong opinions, loosely held
Obsess. For f*ck sakes. You only get one life. Don’t screw it up by being normal. Go all in. Act like a psycho. Let people call you insane. Please. I beg you. Obsession is the path.