andymr

21st century pilgrim

[andymr @astroblis]

Two ears and one mouth for a reason

[andymr @astroblis]

Age of the renaissance man

New renaissance (S / T)

[Grug 🪨 @grugcapital]

My post about a fake Citadel interview question on counting buckets made it to LinkedIn lmao

[mimogged @nayana317668]

American cultural hegemony has become so pervasive through the internet that children across the world, including in Europe, are basically growing up as Americans.

[Teepandjab 🇺🇸 @teepandjab]

It’s funny how TikTok comments think Bryce Mitchell is some like woke king

[Westside L.A. Guy @WestsideLAGuy]

If I had to summarize the biggest difference between the America of today vs that of my childhood, it's that the country now feels like a perpetual array of fraud, grift, transactional scheming. Everyone is out to get a piece of the pie, no sense of a national story or vision.

[Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters]

Let me get this straight:

- 1% of people account for nearly 2/3 of all violent crimes. Think about how wild that is!

- When those 1% are executed or imprisoned, society flourishes in safety and trust (England+America 1700 to 2000)

- When those 1% are allowed to terrorize the public, they cause incalculable damage (even outside of the crimes themselves)

Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

[Nick Hinton @NickHintonn]

“Whoever is humbled is happy with any fate because the Lord is his wealth and joy.”

— Saint Silouan

[Lee Kuan Yimby @LeeKuanYimby]

America must install skateboard pump tracks underneath all highways. Why is China building nice things like this and all we get is La Sombrita.

[Atelier Missor @AtelierMissor_]

Deep down, we are mythological beings.

Only in a mythological world can we become what we were meant to be.

[Mingu @lowgradef]

In fiction evil is often written to have depth and complexity while good is written to be simple and boring. But in real life evil is boring and predictable while good is complex and unique every single time.

[Aristo @aristomarinetti]

Balzac was right when he said: When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes.
When they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

[andymr @astroblis]

“The future is already here, it’s just not very evenly distributed” - William Gibson

Real arbitrage has always been, and always will be knowledge

[LindyMan @PaulSkallas]

I've spent enough years abroad to see the differences in what is the worst insult you can give a person

In France it is something like not being cultured or civilized

in Britain it's being a person with no sense of humor or incapable of taking a joke.

in the US it's calling someone a loser

[Nick Hinton @NickHintonn]

Everyone is suffering and searching for meaning. It’s not unique. In fact, it’s a privilege, to have time to think, and not just survive. “Normies” actually realize this.

[The Real Estate God @TheRealEstateG6]

The biggest thing I would tell younger guys is to really think about where they want to end up in life and aggressively plan around it

Most good things take 5-10 years to happen. You need to start now

Very easy to wake up one day old and living a life you never really wanted

[BOSS @thebeautyofsaas]

whoever possesses communication skills will run laps around the masses in the next decade. it has become clear that the ability to stand out comes down to communication (sell yourself). everyone under 20 is completely ignorant of the fact that the world runs on social skills

[andymr @astroblis]

You really do gotta eradicate the bitch in your heart everyday

[O.W. Root @owroot]

I think one of the things that depresses people most is the feeling that there are no possibilities left. It's why we are so carefree and optimistic when we are young and many are less so as they age. When we are young we always feel like anything could happen; the entire road is open in front of us. But it's when we get older that many feel like there are no new avenues left. Like the path is set in stone and there is just nowhere else to go. So they get depressed and bitter. I think one of the keys to avoiding that is basically just staying agile and always having something else cooking or moving. It can be tiring I think but it's better than the ennui of easy predictability.