@jordanbpeterson@BjornLomborg 15) "The reason we think is so our ideas can die instead of us" - Alfred Northwright
Many people hold too tightly to their ideas. They are not actually pursuing a solution to a problem, they are trying to prove their idea is right.
Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir on social commentary in books:
"I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that."
"I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that."
"To that end, I also don’t talk about my personal political opinions publicly. I don’t want readers to even know, honestly. I don’t want that in the back of their minds as they read my stuff."
Is this why he has the #1 sci-fi movie in decades?
this is my biggest inspiration for my own podcast advertising model. know your audience and figure out who would ideally advertise to them. then you have leverage to charge what you deserve.
Friendly reminder that if your customers always complain about your prices - you don't need to lower your prices, you just need to raise your customers.
You can't just have high work ethic, you need high "learn ethic."
Work ethic is often being able to do the same thing over and over again without getting bored.
Learn ethic is being able to try a new thing over and over again without getting frustrated.
You need both to win.
The richest man on earth offered to pay federal workers out of his own pocket and the government said no.
Read that again.
They don’t want us to win, they never did.
3 types of business problems:
1) You don't have enough customers
2) You don't keep the customers you have
3) You don't make enough per customer
Figure out which one you're dealing with, put all your resources towards that, and ignore everything/everyone else.
How to develop good taste:
1. Copy others
2. Learn the rules
3. Study history and learn why the rules are the rules
Good taste = a language. Good taste means speaking the right words so you can say what you're wanting to say.
This clip is a great example.
"I'm not a good drummer. I just copied what worked. Works every time."
He's dumbing it down, but Dave Grohl learned the fundamentals of drumming by copying others then took bits and pieces from history to create something new but effective in the language he wanted to speak (grunge).
I define that as good taste.
The CIA didn't hide a cancer cure. The pharmaceutical industry made it unprofitable to pursue one.
I've been using antiparasitic drugs like ivermectin and mebendazole in my cancer protocols since 2017. Not because cancer is a parasite. That's an oversimplification that leads people down the wrong path. It's because parasites and cancer cells run the same biological playbook: hijack the host, evade immune detection, replicate, spread. Drugs designed to disrupt one can hit the other.
What I've seen clinically is that these drugs, when used properly alongside immunotherapy, can extend lives that the conventional system had written off. But they're not magic bullets. Every cancer is different. Dosing matters. Combinations matter. I've also seen cases where fenbendazole appeared to accelerate tumor growth when used incorrectly. The science here requires precision.
Mebendazole has over 200 published studies showing anti-cancer activity. The evidence has been building in plain sight for years. The real question isn't why the CIA had this document. It's why drugs that cost a few dollars per dose still can't get funding for large-scale cancer trials. You already know the answer.
RFK JR: "Ever wonder why... the school systems don't teach any real life skills anymore?"
"Because the moment a man becomes self-reliant, the system loses control."
@FoundersPodcast listened to your episode on Koenigsegg - you should look into @MateRimac He is of a similar caliber of engineering genius. Might even be a good candidate for the new show. built an electric car when he was 19 and has built @AutomobiliRimac over the last 17 years
A mentor once told me this: When you feel stuck, shrink the goal. One finished task. One closed loop. One workout. One hard conversation. One thing that moves you forward. Momentum is just a byproduct of movement.