Yup, and this is why he wins. Human's are not wired for "rugged individualism" we are wired for community. People who can't see that and speak to that will keep losing to people who can. A rant about it ->

A Libertarian’s Guide to Understanding the Popularity of Socialism – HannahMR

Why is sexual assault so endemic in our culture? Because we are obsessed with power. We have this collective unconscious view of the world as a zero-sum hierarchy and we are obsessed with being above others… obsessed with having power over others. Grape isn’t about sex, it’s about power. If you have an insatiable need to feel that you have power over someone else, what is the most brutal and intense way to prove your power over them? Grape. Famous prolific abusers, Epstien, Diddy, Weinstein, etc. are all men obsessed with accumulating power. No coincidence there. Countries with the lowest ages of consent or lowest ages at which marriage is allowed are also the most patriarchal, Afghanistan, Iran, etc. I doubt there is a higher rate of people with pedophilic urges in these places, it is simply that having a very young bride gives the husband much better odds at controlling his wife. It’s not about sex, it’s about power. And this epidemic of sexual abuse will continue for as long as we keep our cultural obsession with having power over others.

My hair is getting pretty ridiculously long. It's a pain. But I'm thinking I'll keep it till summer when I'll do a dramatic chop. But until then... what are some fabulous hair styles that require super long hair?

In a strange plot twist the red pilled dudes have gotten so bizarre that when I get pulled into a debate with one of them I now spend most of that time defending men. At this point the only way they can make their world view work is if they decide that indeed men are violent monsters and that is appropriate and necessary. ...and so I just wind up spending all my time explaining that men are actually wonderful, unique, honorable, caring people.

It’s sad to see Bitcoin framed this way, but we shouldn’t be surprised. When we talk about the technology almost exclusively in terms of investment and profit, then that’s exactly how people will understand it.

You know what I plan to do in 2026? I’d like to not spend time discussing NGU. Instead I'd like to spend lots of time discussing the utility of Bitcoin. I’d like to have many conversations discussing Bitcoin in it’s cypherpunk freedom tech context. Please join me.

Good morning! Happy International Hangover Day! 🥳😉

The Chicago color palette

I woke up early and went to the gym, then I ate salmon and brussel sprouts and had Ginger Tumeric juice... I guess I'm just trying to really confuse my body by spending a whole day giving it only the best stuff just to trash it this evening.

O look, I found a word for people on Twitter...

Did Christianity get co-opted? I often feel unseasy around Christians or those wearing crosses as my experience with Christianity is that it is a doctrine based on hierarchy, submission, and punishment. It is fueled by comparison, hate, shame, and fear. But then I know Christians who swear to me that their experience is all about love. ...how can that be? Well I recently learned about Gnostic Christianity. This was one of the earlier forms of Christianity and it was much more focused on inner experience and knowledge rather than institutions and punishment. But then, somewhere around 300 ce it shifted. ...it got co-opted. And that makes perfect sense. We can see now that’s how politicians and “leaders” of all varieties function today. They take something that is very popular among “the people” and twist it and turn it to fit their needs. Perhaps the tyrants of the day co-opted what Christianity was, and made it conform to their hierarchy, submission, and punishment based structures?

I don't like Captain Kirk and I specifically don't like him due to how he failed to handle the Kobayashi Maru. The whole point it to test your character, your emotional maturity, to see if you are mature enough to handle the inevitable no-win scenario that life will throw at you. Are you capable of doing the right thing even when you know that the outcome won't go your way? He failed... massively. He should be ashamed of that.