Tristan Theoretically

Herder of Nerds, Solver of Problems and Knower of Things.

[Tristan Theoretically @Tychonius]

@FoldingNapkins @waitbutwhy Chart is disengenuius. Especially the middle column.

[Jreg @mc_swm]

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. Anyone whose ever seen an insane person would quickly realize that the insane person's defining characteristic is actually doing a great number of different things without it really being clear what they're expecting. Insane people are not good to committing to something over a long period of time. Their minds are too lateral, doing the work of connecting everything to everything else. This is a definition cooked up by somebody with Autism (which is a hyper-rational anti-insanity that's so extreme it becomes a mental illness because you're actually supposed to be a little bit insane) and was almost certainly not coined by Albert Einstein who was at the very least ALSO schizotypal.

AudHD is very hot right now among millenials and zoomers, autism plus ADHD. The autism explains the vertical lock-in hyperfocus and the ADHD explains the lateral jumps and inability to commit. Never mind any amount of the symptomatology that is just being medicated with skyhigh doses of vyvanse that's accentuating the lock-in along with feelings of euphoria, that's neither here-nor-there.

I have my own cute little word for my cluster of symptoms: schizophreniADHD. Schizophrenia is defined by its positive symptoms: hallucinations, odd-thinking, delusions; these are added to the baseline human state. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia are the inverse—they are what is taken away. Anhedonia, withdrawal, and worst of all: lack of focus. My ability to intentionally repeat tasks between days has been shot. Never mind any amount of the symptomatology that is just cyberpsychosis and cyberADHD (everything feels like mental illness when the wires wrapped around the amygdala creep down into your soul); that's neither here-nor-there.

I am insane. I have always been insane. I have never not been insane. I am familiar with insanity. And it is not doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. I would maybe shift that over to being the definition for "being on vyvanse" instead.

The definition of insanity, in the modern world, is not being ABLE to do the same thing over and over again. Every reward in this high-time preference wretched chungus world is locked behind the ability to work at it consistently. To do the same thing every day.

I was meant to be born in a low-time preference low IQ culture with fish and sunlight and community and instead the vicious nature of Total Whitey Cultural Victory brought my genetics deep into honkey lands and spliced genomes together that had never yet touched. The vitamin D and omega 3 in my imagined ancestral homeland (which has become a sort of hyperborean/lemurian/atlantian/meccan hodgepodge of random countries due to my exactly equal ethnic make-up of 10 different races that have cancelled out into Beige) would have never allowed my mind to unravel—and even if it did then I would end up having a role as a shaman in the tribe, a speaker of God, or at least one of the more lovable hobos.

Instead I found my mind shaped in a cold climate with cold, atomized people and nothing but a hazy genetic memory of warm cultures and climates. Instead, I find myself in a situation where the definition of sanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting incremental results.

And so I must work at being less insane, and working at being less insane means waking up every day and doing the same thing every day. On some level the "expecting different results" thing is besides the point. To tell you the truth, I expect nothing but the incremental and personal improvements of learning how to stay consistent day-to-day. On not being swept up by the whim of a 30-minute burst of creative energy that peters out into nothing before the project can even get off the ground. I need to learn how to focus if I'm going to survive in this high-time preference world. I need to become more Autistic and less Schizophrenic. I need to learn how to Be Sane.

On that note, Big Chudgus.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

The only language for God’s excellencies is understatement.

“The Lord is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.” Isaiah 28:29

[Golan Levin @golan]

@doctorow @doctorow Parking this here on the off chance you find it useful.

[Tristan Theoretically @Tychonius]

@CodysLab A nuclear reactor

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Watch the super hot plasma field grow as Starship re-enters the atmosphere!

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Liftoff of Starship!

[Tristan Theoretically @Tychonius]

@CBCNews That's so cool! Great idea. I wish geothermal wasn't so expensive.

[The Tweedy Mutant @the_tweedy]

@earthy__crunchy Some places to start: two steps from hell, dan theissen, glory oath + blood

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Oh god this just messed me up

[Tristan Theoretically @Tychonius]

A local engineering firm (Ontario) is making charming edutainment videos teaching about structural engineering.
Check it out and comment your questions so the next videos can delve deeper into the design of structures!

https://t.co/2sU5GsH6uC

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

How to make an origami jet

[Chad Bird @birdchadlouis]

To lead a quiet life doesn’t mean that you lower your expectations as much as you lower your gaze. Instead of looking up to the next accomplishment, the next rung on the ladder, you look down at the daily life you live, the children God has given you, the spouse by your side, your aging parents, your dear friends, the poor and needy—all those “little things” you miss when you’re always looking up to the “next big thing” in your life.

- Your God Is Too Glorious (2nd edition). Available at https://t.co/Tc3bvc4WDB and Amazon.

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

Navigating "corporate speak" isn't easy.

Here's a helpful guide I put together:

"Let me check with my team" = No

"Possibly" = No

"On my roadmap" = Not happening

"This will be done in Q4" = This will be done in Q2 next year

"Disagree and commit" = I hate you

"Per my last email" = Try reading, for once in your life

"Challenging landscape" = We're going out of business, quickly

"Digital transformation" = We're going out of business, slowly

"Let's circle back" = We'll never speak of this again

"Take it offline" = We'll never speak of this again

"30,000 foot view" = I don't know what I'm saying

"Low hanging fruit" = Easy promotion

"Open up the kimono" = HR violation

"We use AI" = We don't use AI

"We use machine learning" = We don't use machine learning

"All hands on deck" = Let's actually try for once, please

[Tristan Theoretically @Tychonius]

https://t.co/1Ze6gFyHYU

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Marrying well makes everything easier.

[Tristan Theoretically @Tychonius]

@HodlingJ @ZubyMusic https://t.co/nh36DUF3WU

[Andrew Gazdecki @agazdecki]

Positive energy is contagious.

This applies in life, startups, business, entrepreneurship, whatever.

Say thank you to others often.

Help and root for others to succeed.

Be happy when others win.

Remind others you appreciate them.

Small acts of kindness go a long way.

[Jason Major @JPMajor]

“A little greenhouse effect is a good thing, but there is a delicate balance”