David Yuen

On the journey to learn to enjoy the journey

[David Yuen @yuendavid]

@MrBeast 4,500,000

[Race 🕊️ @multiplanet1]

Elon Musk got rejected by Netscape. He walked into the lobby, was too shy to talk to anyone, and walked out. Never got the job.

At his first company Zip2, the board demoted him. Twice. They refused to let him be CEO.

He got fired from PayPal as CEO while flying to his own honeymoon. The board voted him out mid air.

He almost died of malaria in 2000. Ten days in intensive care. Lost 45 pounds. A day from death.

His first child died at 10 weeks old.

His first rocket exploded. Falcon 1, flight one. Burned on the pad.

His second rocket exploded.

His third rocket exploded. The last of his money was nearly gone.

Tesla nearly went bankrupt in 2008. The closest he ever came to a nervous breakdown.

Both companies almost died on the same Christmas Eve.

He was sued by investors. Mocked by the people who built cars before him.

His childhood heroes, the astronauts who inspired him, testified against his company to Congress.

The Cybertruck window shattered on live stage in front of the world.

He overpaid for Twitter by his own admission and watched its value collapse.

He was beaten unconscious as a child and thrown down a flight of stairs.

He has said he goes to sleep alone and it kills him.

He failed in public, over and over, for thirty years.

He is the richest man in the history of the world.

The difference was never the absence of failure. It was the refusal to stop after it.

[David Yuen @yuendavid]

Why are aliens never wearing clothes or a spacesuit. They're always butt naked.

[David Yuen @yuendavid]

This is lame af

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

They walk among us.

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[SightBringer @_The_Prophet__]

⚡️Children remember the moments when the family becomes fully alive.

That is the core. Vacation is just the common vessel.

A child does not encode childhood as a spreadsheet of responsible parenting.

They encode atmosphere.

They remember the motel pool, the gas station stop, the smell of sunscreen, the weird restaurant, the long drive, the sunset, the parents laughing differently, the feeling that normal life cracked open and something larger appeared.

That is why ages 5 to 10 hit so hard. The child is old enough to form durable narrative memory and young enough for the world to remain enchanted. Parents still feel mythic. A beach, cabin, lake, theme park, road trip, or even a cheap rented house can become sacred geography.

The real mechanism is interruption of routine plus emotional safety.

Ordinary life teaches stability. Trips create myth. The family leaves the repeating loop of school, work, chores, screens, exhaustion, and time pressure. For a few days, the child experiences parents outside their normal roles. Mom and dad are no longer just managers of homework, food, discipline, bedtime, and logistics. They become companions inside an adventure.

That imprints.

The money matters far less than parents think. Luxury is mostly adult vanity. Children remember intensity, freedom, attention, surprise, and togetherness. A $200 trip can beat a $10,000 trip if the child feels wonder and the parents are emotionally present.

Many adults are starved because their childhood had no sacred interruptions. Everything was duty, stress, survival, noise, pressure, or emotional absence. No mythic family scenes. No private homeland in memory. No recurring proof that life could be warm and strange and alive.

That matters for the adult psyche. People draw from childhood memories during loneliness, fear, ambition, loss, and love. Those memories become inner architecture.

Deepest compression: a good childhood is not built only by protection. It is built by unforgettable shared worlds.

Take the kid somewhere. Break the loop.

Make the ordinary world disappear for a few days.

That becomes part of them forever.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

"Two Canadians passengers who left hantavirus cruise are now in Ontario, Canada," per CP24

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

There is now confirmation that the cruise ship carrying hantavirus can spread from human to human, per WHO

[maro @ProofofMaro]

The 11 disappearing scientists and their field of research:

1. Amy Eskridge - anti gravity propulsion and electrostatic propulsion systems
2. Michael Hicks - Earth space observation systems
3. Frank Maywald - planetary robotic systems
4. Anthony Chavez - research classified, clearance at Los Alamos National Lab
5. Monica Reza - orbital communication systems
6. Melissa Casias - research classified, high security clearance at Los Alamos National Lab
7. Steven Garcia - nuclear weapons engineer
8. Jason Thomas - chemical biology and experimental drug development
9. Nuno Loureiro - plasma physics and fusion science
10. Carl Grillmair - exoplanets, stellar streams and near earth objects
11. William McCasland - Director of Air Force Research Lab, hypersonics, directive energy systems, and advanced propulsion tech

[alpha man @alphaman_111]

On day 1 of my high school history class, our professor got up and said

You are 15 or 16 years old. 200 years ago people your age were married, planted crops, had children, and built a cabin by winter. You can do your homework. The bar set for you historically is embarrassingly low. You are not dealing with regional famine or plague. You do not have to save your family from marauders or go into battle to destroy your enemies. You have to sit down and learn from someone who cares about you in a safe, air-conditioned room. You have no excuses.

[Pierry Chan @pierrychan1984]

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[Lincoln @flabbytofit99]

Your kids will complain about you when they're adults.

That's guaranteed.

"Dad was always on his phone." "Dad worked too much." "Dad had weird rules about snacks."

But there's a difference between minor complaints and actual damage.

The question isn't whether you'll mess up.

It's whether you'll mess them up in ways that actually matter.

HERE'S WHAT CREATES REAL DAMAGE:

Not missed soccer games. Not strict bedtimes. Not working long hours.

It's this:

• Growing up not knowing if they're loved
• Being punished for having emotions
• Feeling like nothing they do is good enough
• Learning their thoughts and feelings don't matter
• Walking on eggshells because Dad's moods are unpredictable

That's the stuff that sticks.

That's what ends up in therapy 20 years later.

And here's the hard part: You can't prevent it by being perfect.

You prevent it by being intentional.

TELL THEM YOU LOVE THEM

Not just when they earn it.

Even when they're being difficult. Even when you're frustrated with them.

They need to know your love isn't conditional on their performance.

DON'T PUNISH THEM FOR FEELING

Kids have big emotions and no idea how to regulate them yet.

That's not defiance. That's development.

Your job isn't to shut it down. It's to teach them how to handle it without losing your mind in the process.

PRAISE EFFORT, NOT JUST OUTCOMES

"You worked really hard on that" beats "You're so smart" every time.

One builds resilience. The other builds fear of failure.

ACTUALLY LISTEN

Put your phone down when they're talking.

Not because every story about Minecraft is riveting.

Because they're learning whether their voice matters to the person who matters most.

STAY REGULATED

Your kids aren't afraid of boundaries.

They're afraid of unpredictable reactions.

Calm and firm beats explosive and inconsistent every single time.

And when you do lose it? Apologize. Model repair.

THE STUFF THAT WON'T MATTER AS MUCH AS YOU THINK:

→ Missing some of their events because of work
→ Being stricter than other parents
→ Not buying them everything they want
→ Having rules they think are weird

They'll survive that.

What they won't survive unscathed is feeling unloved, unsafe, or unheard at home.

Your kids won't remember every moment you were there.

But they'll remember how you made them feel when you were.

They won't remember every rule you enforced.

But they'll remember whether you enforced it with respect or rage.

They won't remember every mistake you made.

But they'll remember whether you owned it or blamed them for your reaction.

You're not going to get this right every time.

I don't.

But if your kids grow up knowing:

• They're loved unconditionally
• Their emotions are valid
• They can trust you to stay calm
• Their voice matters in your home

You didn't just avoid damage.

You gave them a foundation most people don't get.

That's not perfection.

That's just being the dad they actually need.

[Sophia ❣️ @KeruboSk]

Millennials are the elite generation because they cranked out 12-page essays the night before they were due. No ChatGPT. No Claude. Just lo-fi beats playing in the background, Black coffee at midnight, footnotes that were somehow correct, and pure delusion. Grade was an A minus. Period.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature:

“Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.”

The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Meta announces they'll be shutting down the Metaverse, after pouring $80,000,000,000.00 into the project.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.

May God bless America.

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

Whatever the reality, this marks a major epistemological turning point in the modern world.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

An employee is four days into a pre-approved week of PTO. He is hiking. His phone buzzes with an "URGENT" text from his manager.

Manager: "I know you're off, but the client is freaking out about the Q3 data. I can't find the file. I just need you to hop on for 20 minutes to locate it. Everyone is panicking."

Employee: "Hi. I am out of the country with limited service until Monday. The file is in the Shared Drive under 'Q3_Final.'"

Manager: "I looked there. I can't see it. This is a disaster. If we lose this account, it’s going to look really bad that you weren't available to help. Just log in quickly?"

Employee: "I am not logging in. If the file is missing, check with Brenda. She has a backup. I will be back online Monday at 9 AM."

Manager: "Wow. I hope you realize how unprofessional this looks when the team is drowning."

Employee: "If the entire department collapses because one person is hiking for four days, that is a structural failure, not a personnel issue. See you Monday."

Brenda had the file. The client didn't leave. The "disaster" was just anxiety masquerading as urgency.

Your availability is not a skill; it’s a resource. If you give it away for free whenever someone panics, you aren't being a "team player" — you are enabling poor management.

Real leaders build systems that survive vacations.

[BC Government News @BCGovNews]

When we turn the clocks ahead on March 8, it will be the last time change ever for BC. We're changing to a permanent daylight saving time, simply called Pacific Time (PT).

Learn more: https://t.co/ED0BCM14Io

[Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital]

"SO BASICALLY THIS AI COMPANY ANTHROPIC SOLD THEIR AI TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT USED IT TO CAPTURE THE VENEZUELA PRESIDENT AND ANTHROPIC WAS LIKE DON'T USE OUR AI FOR THAT AND THE GOVERNMENT WAS LIKE DON'T BE A BITCH AND ANTHROPIC SAID SCREW YOU AND THE GOVERNMENT SAID SCREW YOU BACK AND GAVE THE CONTRACTS TO OPENAI INSTEAD BUT THEN THEY USED ANTHROPIC ANYWAYS TO TAKE OVER IRAN JUST OUT OF SPITE. ANYWAYS DO YOU LIKE CRYPTO?"

[Jacob Edward @JacobEdwardInc]

Neither of these men are married or have kids.

Both are simply obsessed with their own personal perfection and optimization.

There is nothing impressive about a single man with no kids sleeping well and being fit.

Show me a man with young children, a full time job, disrupted sleep, who works out regularly, eats healthy, trains Jui Jitsu, with a muscular body…

THIS is impressive. THIS requires extreme discipline.