increasing trend of young men becoming NEETs

a matter of time before muslims take over the world in that case

maybe in 500-1000 years if the world survives that long

Islam is an asymmetric religion because of its one-way nature

1) to marry a muslim, the other party has to convert - and if either parent of a child is muslim, the child will be muslim

2) becoming muslim is irreversible, sanctioned by the death penalty

history has already shown how a minority islamic group in a country can grow to being the majority over centuries

coupled with the current difference in birth rates, it feels like an eventuality

first read about this in Skin In The Game by Nassim Taleb

the boom of streamers

https://x.com/binji_x/status/1963049869666341249

Inconvenience is the price of community

applicable to maintaining friend groups as well

a small inconvenience is the price we pay for something invaluable like a community

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM3vOecyYIe/?igsh=MTQ1c2pqbDRoMDkyZw==

if you meet the singaporean on the road

https://substack.com/inbox/post/172555058?r=6et9eq&showWelcomeOnShare=true&triedRedirect=true

“living someone else‘s dream but trapped in my own nightmare”

such is the case for many

perspective and gratefulness is important

life satisfaction is highly consistent with your personality

https://x.com/ntfabiano/status/1963202446831858051

source: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-93961-003

Breakdown of the paper:

The study found that a person's life satisfaction is very, very strongly connected to their personality traits. When they removed all the usual problems from how things were measured, they could predict how happy someone was with their life almost perfectly (like 80% to 90% accurate) just by knowing their personality traits. Even with just a few personality questions, they could predict life satisfaction very well.

They found that being emotionally stable (not getting upset easily), being extraverted (outgoing), and being conscientious (organized and hardworking) were the most connected to life satisfaction. Being open to new things or agreeable (kind) had a smaller connection.

These strong connections were found in all three groups of people, even though they spoke different languages. They also found that life satisfaction stayed pretty much the same over 10 years, and its connection to personality traits also stayed strong over that time.

following advice that is optimal for the average person only optimises to become the best among average people

https://x.com/brandondrexel/status/1933015056587112658

Society is beginning to falter

https://youtu.be/MouQIGXpcLg?si=tTuf6DmvW-9pWZCX

is society reading enough?

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/nlb-offers-one-time-waiver-for-library-fines-one-free-delivery-service-until-end-2025?close=true

i feel like giving this a shot — dumbphoning

https://incompletelists.substack.com/p/6-months-with-a-flip-phone

global housing crisis

good reminder because i am one that keeps feeling a sense of “time is running out”

https://x.com/apewoodx/status/1964310627435815263?s=46&t=nluSw7cwYGx8zFxfoYi5Iw

the dollar and system

https://x.com/hash_cough/status/1964173778487038313?s=46&t=nluSw7cwYGx8zFxfoYi5Iw