The kind of person who believes that you solve the problems technology creates with "more technology" tends to believe that you solve the problems that mimesis creates with "more mimesis".
You make sure your mimesis and your scapegoating mechanism is stronger and harder than your enemy's. That's how you think you will win.
You have caught the woman in the act of adultery. Congratulations. Now what?
Interesting Civil War stat: In both armies officers had a 15% higher casualty rate than enlisted men. General officers had a 50% more chance of being killed in combat than a private
The end of physical media is depressing. You don’t actually own digital media streaming companies can literally delete it and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Advice from Mookie Wilson, former Major League Baseball outfielder and coach.
Mookie is most remembered for being the Mets player who hit a ground ball through the legs of first basemen and Red Sox player Bill Buckner in the bottom of the 10th inning of game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
Healthy Trades:
Late night TV -> Yoga + Sleep 🧘
Extended Desk Time -> Short walks 🚶
Conflict/Noise -> Quiet time in nature 🌲
Sugary Snacks -> Nourishing "real" food 🧑🍳
Social Media -> Reading books.📖
RIP, Charlie Munger
One of the last authentics.
WSJ, Mark Spitznagel, founder, Universa Investments:
"Munger was a guiding light that taught a generation (or two, or three) of investors, including me, how to think—what to focus on, what not to focus on, the importance of mental models, and how to avoid so much of the BS from the industry and academia."
A big one for CHAOS KINGS: @nntaleb, @tferriss & me chatting extreme risk, Black Swans, stoic philosophy, Universa and much more together in NYC. https://t.co/P7xEfcKmYy
Forgot that a revised version of The Bed of Procrustes has been out for a few months; added a set of aphorisms from 2022.
BTW the Bed of Procrustes is the most read book of aphorisms of the 21st century.
. @HeirDash becomes the first artist to bless our Gem Sessions series with a premiere of his new track “No Sun” 🌒 Out now exclusively on our Channel.
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