Having a mental model of the world that is 20 or 30 years out of date is one of the worst things for your overall quality of life and safety. Yet I’d estimate 90% of the people I meet fall into that category.

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MDono10 7 months ago
Went to college and read "the world is flat" and was taught this is the future and that the future is now... Can confirm.
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Trivium 7 months ago
Having a mental model of the world that is less than 3000 years old is short sighted. Some of us have been here for a long time. Glad you Bitcioners finally showed up.
It really depends for each topic. I want to own my games inside cartridges, I don't want to subscribe for stuff that's already on my car and I don't want to register in every store I enter. It's a grandpa mentality ? Maybe, but it's fucking based.
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wildcatfish 7 months ago
That's the majority of congress and most bureaucrats.
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porter 7 months ago
So I think I have a pretty up to date mental model What are the things idiots like me tend to get wrong
Idk what you get wrong specifically, but here are some things I notice people get wrong. Most people still trust legacy institutions (media, government, universities) as if it’s 1995. They’re not aligned with public good anymore. 1. The middle-class script (college → job → house → pension) is dead. The new game is assets, sovereignty, and network leverage. 2. Globalism isn’t inevitable. We’re in a live shift toward deglobalization, multipolarity, and national reshoring. 3. People underestimate AI and biotech. It’s not just job loss — it’s a full rewiring of knowledge, health, and identity. 4. Energy is the base layer of everything. Ignoring physical constraints while pushing ESG narratives is delusional. 5. The real crisis is spiritual. Meaning collapse is upstream of political/economic chaos. Most people don’t see it. 6. Institutions are not dying they are already dead and only their corpses remain.
It's surreal to me to talk to people who still see the world the way I did in the 90's, even though I encounter such people all of the time.
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Den Yellek 7 months ago
The truth from the past persists. The fads fade. Look to the past and see what remains. The further back and the longer it persists the more likely a deep truth is contained.