Twish Tapyal

[Naval @naval]

@EdLatimore Plato: Avoid rule by inheritance (nobility), might (timocracy), money (plutocracy), & mob (democracy). Train an elite of philosopher-kings.

[Naval @naval]

Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t want your children to buy.

[Cassandra Unchained @michaeljburry]

Who needs humanoid robots? The ChatGPT moment was free and instantly made cheating in school a literal no-brainer. Nothing can spread as fast or make more of an impact than turning off the brains of all students across the world in one instant.

https://t.co/c474H1XHkE

[Cassandra Unchained @michaeljburry]

Could be smart phones castrated society.

[Twish Tapyal @twishtapyal]

@Travis_Kling he's actually becoming like an ancient philosopher, idk if its good or bad, but we can certainly see that. he's just trying to free his mind.

[Balaji @balajis]

India is building startup cities.

[Naval @naval]

What is an Alpha Male?

It may be helpful to think about masculinity by asking yourself, what is an alpha male?

What is the hyper example of masculinity?

And when you look at that definition, whatever it is for yourself, then you will realize what you aspire to be and how you can be your most masculine.

In my value system, an alpha male is like that gorilla who, when crossing the street with the gorilla tribe, makes sure that all the women and children and smaller gorillas get across first. He blocks the road with his body as the rest of them make the crossing.

An alpha male is an alpha male because he takes care of the tribe. In times of war and famine, he eats last. In exchange, in peacetime, he gets to eat first. But that's not the goal. The goal is he is built to do his duty. He is built to take care. He is built to be the protector. He is built to do the right thing for the largest group of people.

And he does it because it's in his nature. He doesn't do it for recompense. So you have to look deep inside your nature and find out what do you want to take care of? What is more important than yourself? What do you want to give to without any hope of return? Is it God? Is it children? Is it society? Is it family? Is it your nation? What is it that you care about more than you care about yourself? That you will defend, that you will protect, that you will uphold and that you will promote.

For example, today I would argue that people like Elon Musk, who even though they're businessmen and they make money, sure, they are trying to advance the tribe. They're trying to do what's best for the species. They're trying to get us off planet. They're trying to get us into electric cars. They're trying to get us advanced AI. And if it is done in a mostly selfless way where it's about taking care of people, then I think that is an alpha male.

And that is an expression of masculinity. It is showing that you're so strong, that your shoulders are so broad, that you can carry others with almost no effort. You can carry others as part of what you do. And the stronger you get, the more you carry.

So the best way to find your masculinity is to ask yourself, what is my duty? What am I duty-bound to do? What do I want to do to a level where it involves taking care of something outside of myself?

And it has to be genuine and it has to be heartfelt and it has to be done without hope of reward or recognition. So it cannot be something that is given to you by society. It cannot be something that is inflicted upon you by books, by your parents, by movements, or by something that's going to make you popular with the people around you. In fact, if it's a true core value, it's something that you will do even if and when it makes you unpopular with the people around you.

Good luck with everything and don't listen to other people.

As a footnote, one thing that's become popular recently is men who attract other men by showing off jewelry and cars and how many girls they have. They've gotten pretty big on social media, but those are essentially perverted, almost a caricature of feminine behaviors that they're doing to attract other women and to attract young men. But no true alpha cares what car they drive or how much jewelry they have or how many girlfriends they have, and they certainly don't use that as the way to signal their alpha. It signals exactly the opposite. It signals status-seeking, desperate, attention-seeking behavior. So don't go down that route.

[Naval @naval]

People who live far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles can’t fathom.

[Balaji @balajis]

@amasad India is also a strong contender.

This video from @bhaumikgowande depicts a neighborhood in Aerocity, Delhi. It was built from bare land in less than three years!

Point: while we do like Forest City in Malaysia, new cities are coming up fast. There are now many alternatives.

[Naval @naval]

Politics as junk food for the mind. https://t.co/yJT3RZ0rpE

[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

Any incredibly hard thing pursued diligently has an ability to feel like purpose. Those who chase hard problems often never struggle to find purpose in life.

[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

Our need to be publicly interesting makes us detest routines.

[Conor McGregor @TheNotoriousMMA]

India invented chess. Invented Yoga. They even thought us how to count. Einstein said we owe a lot to the Indians. There is even a golden temple in India that feeds 100,000 people a day for FREE! Man, the Indians are fucking awesome!
If you are Indian, I say thank you ❤️ 🇮🇳

[Cassandra Unchained @michaeljburry]

Staying married, a happy household, evidence of the parents working hard, childhood sports and watch all competitions, lots of hugs, reward merit, punish only egregious misbehavior, don't yell, restrict social media, monitor messages through 8th grade, the real expectation is college and academic excellence without pressure from parents, get children reading books early, no pacifiers, respond to needs not wants, babies sleep on their own through the night by 6 months, identify develop and support any talent or aptiude, one sport after age 10 is ok, communicate openly and easily with kids through grade 12, allow mistakes, and leave them alone in college. And then hope.