Probably nothing to worry about

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Underrated skill in 2024: Strategic Ignorance

In a world of infinite information, strategic ignorance has never been more valuable.

Every minute, 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube

Every day, 500 million tweets are uploaded to X

Every year, 67 million people die

The

“By being humble and curious you may not win many arguments, but it won’t matter, for even losing arguments will become a victory that moves you toward the far grander prize of truth.” — Gurwinder

Samuel L Jackson got his first major movie role aged 40.

Tolkien started the Lord of the Rings at 45, and finished it at 63.

Darwin published Origin of the Species at 50.

Harland Sanders founded KFC at 62.

'Grandma' Moses began painting at 78.

You’re never too old to start.

Owning cats during early life may more than double the risk of developing schizophrenia-related disorders in young adulthood, though the impact on milder psychotic-like experiences remains unclear. dlvr.it/T5yWnm

New article up - big review on the attractiveness of the Dark Triad.

A couple of tables summarizing research using DT vignettes and facial morphs.

Is the DT attractive - or do high DT individuals simply engage in more short-term mating effort?

datepsychology.com/is-the-dark-tr…

“It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it.” — Steven Pressfield

Brand new 3+ hour episode now live with MrBallen 🚀

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This is the third episode from our Volume Video Wall set. It’s the most technically complex with 4 fully custom designed environments in Unreal 5. The production team spoke to Ballen’s team in

“Upper ranks of corporate life are dominated by insecure overachievers: people who are driven by a deep sense of inadequacy and are not having any fun, even though they've supposedly won this very competitive race.” — Oliver Burkeman

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Brand new 3+ hour episode now live with MrBallen 🚀

🔗 youtu.be/NEIVgSYPYcU

This is the third episode from our Volume Video Wall set. It’s the most technically complex with 4 fully custom designed environments in Unreal 5. The production team spoke to Ballen’s team in

Utah Friday ⛷️

H/t ⁦Chris Williamson⁩’s newsletter:

For decades, smart people have been quietly turning your life into a series of games. They've been doing this because the easiest way to make you do what they want is to make it fun.

So how do we play, without getting played?

My new essay.
gurwinder.blog/p/why-everythi…

Recording with the great Steve Stewart-Williams today 🚀

Join Dissident Dialogues Festival of Ideas next week in NYC (May 3rd - 4th) with FAIR Advisors Michael Shellenberger, Lee Fang, and Jonathan Kay + Thomas Chatterton Williams John McWhorter Greg Lukianoff Stella O'Malley Nick Gillespie Ayishat Akanbi Steven Pinker Ayaan Hirsi Ali Chris Williamson Kathleen Stock and many others!