I think the biggest problem with using AI tools to delegate thinking is that you rob your mind of a chance to wrestle with an idea. I love the feeling of writing something and having to rummage through hours of research to grasp a concept. And I love knowing that it's a process

Sharing some of my wife's wholesome content. Also, I'm gonna be a dad. We're both thrilled.

Recessional, David Mamet

I came back home after a second date. The door from the parking garage into my apartment building was one of those heavy, industrial doors. And the hinge, often broken, made for Russian roulette game of when it would slam shut violently. I parked my truck. I didn't see anyone

All else aside, where do these people think that money is? What do they think it’s doing? Do they think it’s in a vault somewhere, in gold coins, separated from the rest of the economy, and from the companies that created it, doing nothing until it’s spent on diamonds?

anyone else who is on substack notice this cringe style of posting that reeks of self-importance

Most “make money online” folks would be better served making money offline with the skills they’ve developed.

The pay-to-network style events never yield serious social capital. It's either paying to spin your wheels or paying someone to meet others who want to charge you to go further, after they run the annoying Dale Carnegie shtick or "deeper questions" bits. If you're serious about

Hi there 👋 former D1 athlete here Some parts of this story might be true. However, when you are at the top of your sport, recruiters will find ways to get in touch with you. Every above average athlete with college prospects starts getting letters the summer after their junior

The Dad’s been killing it lately with great takes on the recent obsession with leanness. The weirdest thing has been watching based lifting bros adopt what is essentially woke standpoint epistemology. If Mark Rippetoe, a guy in his late 60s with a pot belly says you’re too

All the great books worth reading are expensive and mostly out of print (and often banned as well)

You’re the strongest man in the world. You just deadlifted 1113 lbs in competition conditions, the most of any man in history. You still have a faint outline of abs despite weighing 445 lbs. You post this picture and a bunch of sub 200 lb bros who have body dysmorphia and

The biggest tell a manosphere/red pill account has no clue what they're talking about is when they quote Roissy/Heartiste. A dude quoting Roissy is like Roissy, a sad dude stewing over game literature.