Sean

no risk, no opinion.

[Sean @seanarmia]

Wanting to be liked and signalling are traps for the middle class.

[Arjun Khemani @arjunkhemani]

.@naval: “The opportunities have never been more equal than now.

@elonmusk and @JeffBezos have the same iPhone you do. They don’t have some better version of an iPhone.

They’re eating food that might be marginally better than yours, but it’s basically the same.

You might even have a better diet than them. You probably have more time to go to the gym than them.

They’re not immortal, and they’re not going to be—most likely, not at this time scale.

So you have more youth than them. You have a lot of advantages over them.

The wealth gaps are actually much smaller than people think.

A lot of that is due to mass production, which comes from specialization, labor, and capitalism.

But it’s very easy to overlook that and agitate—because that gets you higher in the status hierarchy with other monkeys.

It makes you look like you’re fighting for noble causes and gives you status, which is really what people are craving these days.

They’re craving status, not money or wealth.

And status is a zero-sum game.

So it’s kind of an evil game to play because there have to be losers for every winner.

And the only way to win is by crushing somebody else down.”

[Naval @naval]

@sriramk My “formula.”
• Write down something that you experientially, deeply know to be true and was not obvious to you earlier.
• Remove every extra word. Use simple words.
• Ignore how your followers may react. Never write for the audience.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

What’s terrifying about this clip isn’t their ideals…these sweet gals’ hearts are certainly in the right place. What’s terrifying is they have the civic, political, and economic literacy of a 9 year old. When a charlatan like Abdul comes along with the Jr High class president schtick of “no more homework and the vending machines are all free!”, they fall for it.

I don’t know how you get to that age with ZERO understanding of supply chains, manufacturing, labor costs…but a lot of folks think that medicine and MRIs and hospitals just materialize out of thin air like unicorn farts. They’ve never built anything in their lives, so they have no concept of how things function…things are just…there. They think milk comes from the store. They think rich people don’t pay taxes, even though the top 1% fund 40% of government with their taxes already, and yet 40% of all Americans contribute ZERO federal income tax at all. These people don’t understand that you could tax the wealthy at 100% and it would only fund the government for 120 days. Then you’re screwed.

Too many Americans simply have zero understanding of how anything works, and even though they’re living in the easiest times in human history, they think things are “terrible out there”. These commie scammers roll through and promise them things that sound great, but aren’t possible in reality, and have devastating consequences if tried…but because they don’t know anything, they fall for it. Sadly, so many of our politicians and their advisors are such atrocious communicators, there’s like zero countervailing narrative to push back on the commie gobbledygook, so we are gonna have to learn the hard way. Guys…we just had a sample of socialism: Covid. We all got universal basic income, and it ended up tripling our costs and they’ll never go down. Ever. That one brief little experiment in command and control government will haunt us the rest of our lives. Bleak stuff, man.

[𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐄 @ConsulofRome_]

Ancient historians tell of a consul named Publius Decius Mus who sacrificed himself to ensure victory in the battle of Vesuvius by charging into the enemy lines to his certain death.

[Shibetoshi Nakamoto @BillyM2k]

based on my life observations, moral self-righteousness is positively correlated with incompetence

[Orthodox Christian @orthodox_33ad]

"Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience."

— Saint John of Climacus

[𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐄 @ConsulofRome_]

And the building still exists today

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Listen to Elon!

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

On public speaking: know your subject cold, eliminate inner monologue, & speak truth. Hear your own words at the same time as the listeners.

@naval

[The Knowledge Archivist @KnowledgeArchiv]

"Anyone who really wants the truth, ends up at Jesus."

— Johnny Cash

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"Staying informed" is overrated.

@naval

[Zhuo Xi @birdxi1988]

Published more than a decade ago, Antifragile may be one of the most important books in the age of AI
( or Super Intelligence)

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

Ajax the Great (Telamonian Ajax) was a towering Greek mythological hero and prince of Salamis who fought in the Trojan War. He was second only to his cousin Achilles in strength and bravery among the Greek forces. Described in Homer's Iliad as massive and broad-shouldered, fighting with a giant seven-hide bronze shield and an immovable defensive style. After Achilles died, Ajax competed against Odysseus for Achilles' divine armor. When the armor was awarded to Odysseus for his cleverness, a humiliated Ajax suffered a fit of temporary madness (induced by the goddess Athena) and slaughtered livestock thinking they were his enemies. Recovering his sanity and overwhelmed by shame, he killed himself using the sword Hector had once gifted him...

For years, the Greeks have fought beneath the walls of Troy. They crossed the sea after Paris carried Helen, wife of King Menelaus, from Sparta to his city. Now, ten years later, the war has taken its greatest warrior. Achilles lies dead, and Ajax lifts his body from the bloodied field.

Around them, the battle still rages. But for a moment, everything narrows to this: one man bearing another, glory reduced to weight.

Achilles had known what the war would cost him. His mother, Thetis, had told him he faced two fates: he could stay home, live a long life, and be forgotten—or go to Troy, win undying glory, and die young.

He chose Troy.

After withdrawing from the fighting, Achilles returned to avenge his friend Patroclus. He killed Hector, Troy’s greatest defender. But victory could not save him. Paris struck Achilles down with Apollo’s aid.

Now he is carried.

Ajax, the strongest of the Greeks, does not weep. He does not falter. He simply endures, his strength no longer a weapon, but a duty. In him is something quieter than Achilles’ fire, but no less heroic: loyalty that does not break.

The ancient artist who painted this scene on a great krater nearly 2,600 years ago did not need to explain it. He understood what the poets knew.

Glory fades. Strength fails. Even the greatest fall. But something remains: the man who carries his brother-in-arms from the field.

#archaeohistories

[Naval Quotes @NavalQuotes247]

"All the benefits in life come from compound interest - relationship, money, habits - anything of importance."

@naval

[𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐄 @ConsulofRome_]

On this day in AD 19, Germanicus died.

Of him, Tacitus wrote:

‘If he had become emperor, they said, and held of the title of ruler by right, he would have surpassed Alexander in military success as easily as he did in mercy, moderation and all the other worthwhile qualities.’

[Gordon Fang @GoujianofYue]

You need to give up your search for optimal strategies, there is no universal advantage. Zhuangzi 's advice was just to live authentically. There are things you can't change about your context, nor yourself. If life catches you unprepared, exercise fortitude.

[Alberta Memes @BertaMemes]

Don’t buy a house from Singh builders.

Houses are built with toothpicks.

Total garbage.

[Sean @seanarmia]

Letting.

[Riqs @riqsz5]

Explain your 2026 so far in one word.

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

If it entertains you now but will bore you someday, it’s a distraction. Keep looking.

@naval