About the only thing machines can't automate is capital allocation, because central planning can't account for the irrationality of humans the way individual status quo contrarians can. And so, begrudgingly, we arrive here: https://x.com/vitrupo/status/1…

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so i forced myself to use tiktok last month and this has made me really worry about next gen ( i know i'm a millennial and we are just uncool)

1. the 1 second dopamin hit is so real and raw. it's almost irresistanble,

2. creators actually become slave…

Shigeta's Dream: The Gachafication of Everything

on the current politico-economic climate

pretty incredible that there's a reasonable case to be made that human intellect forever peaked with early/mid zoomers

> born just in time to harvest max nutrition + technology/education
> born too early for brainrot

you're literally the chosen one anon...…

It’s called inertia, you simply continue doing the same things that brought you happiness in your 20s

Most people don’t ever take any time to seriously reflect on the direction of their life, and instead of making decisions, they simply make the same choices…

this can be reversed but it starts with the individual
- organize dinners
- get coffee with friends
- plan a party
- see a movie together
- offer to help people move
- volunteer

people are less exposed to social behavior now so their benchmark for whats…

NEW: Is the internet changing our personalities for the worse?

Conscientiousness and extroversion are down, neuroticism up, with young adults leading the charge.

This is a really consequential shift, and there’s a lot going on here, so let’s get into the…

Naval Ravikant: The only true test of intelligence, is if you get what you want out of life.

India has been on this wave for 9 months. You guys think it's bad in the west? I'll do a full thread on India.

Problem many have is curve fitting, over analyzing, attempted overoptimizing, simply too much thinking into things that will change results by 1% or less

You should just vibe check the world and make decisions based on your gut, do the basic things right…

The Region-Beta Paradox (RBP) is a behavioral science framework that describes the tendency for people to recover faster from more distressing experiences than less distressing ones.

The RBP can be seen when someone is in a situation that is not bad enough…