I do not deserve to be insulated from the Great Darkness, nor made a 'kept man' in an opulent estate. I do not deserve great Cathedrals of stone, nor seraphic choirs, nor gilded frescoes that smell of frankincense... I deserve the world as I have found it; I was born at this

One thing you realize once you have a Twitter account over a certain size, especially if it’s one like mine that generates a fair amount of controversy, is that you are really, truly on your own intellectually. There’s no shortcut to thinking. There’s no way around figuring it

Many ppl with avg intellect or below have *never* in life had a smart confidant to converse with for long periods. There's a lot of self-select social class IRL, they get brushed off. But an LLM doesn't do that. Even if its not a IRL replacement, its something they've never had.

Location info is accurate.

I sold all my Bitcoin. I am putting it all into physical nickels. Yes, you read that correctly. Here is the math: A nickel is worth 5 cents forever (legal tender). But the metal inside (copper/nickel) is worth 6.2 cents right now. I am buying money for a 20%+ discount. If

Everyone’s worried AI will replace authors. So I decided to test it (again). I fed Claude Sonnet 4.5 nearly 100,000 words of my YA space opera—the complete novel, 5,000 words of a prequel I’d already written, character guides, alien speech patterns, explicit instructions about

There’s this recurring trope that Europe is overregulated and the US is this sort of free-wheeling world where anything goes. As with everything, the reality is far more nuanced. I used to believe this trope myself… until I actually lived in Europe and experienced it. In

Found the storyline for the next Robert Kroese trilogy

Japan is still the poster case for declining birth rates even though almost all developed countries have even lower birth rates by now. The reason of course is that while Japan's decline started decades ago, it is a shock to the system of Europe, Asia and North America. Japan

A thread of useful concepts to equip you for 2026:

People on Bluesky are so mad about this that their posts are gaining literally tens of likes.

My psychological type is that of a cosmopolitan liberal / libertarian. I have high openness, I am university-educated, and I have lived in the liberal cities of London, Berkeley, and Copenhagen. These factors would give fairly high confidence in the prediction that I would be

Marcus Rubius appointed proconsul of Venezuela. Gavin Newsom elected President in 2028. Marcus Rubius conquers all of South America. Newsom blocks his return to run for President in 2032. Marcus Rubius leads his legions across the Panama Canal, hereafter known as “the Rubiocon.”

Jesus, J.R.R. Tolkein was a real party animal.

Carl The problem is you've got an enormous number of people hypermotivated to use this as an excuse for another Floyd uprising, and enormous number hypermotivated to use this as an excuse to classify anti-ICE protesters as "terrorists" -- and the very high probality that this was an

Before AI coding agents, I'd constantly have 2 or 3 side-projects that I would struggle to finish AI completely changed the game Now I have 15-20 unfinished side-projects

White Northern Europeans did better than most people, but the reality is that almost all of everyone's ancestors were primitive savages until quite recently. I don't see why this point is fought so passionately: it is the obviously correct read on history. Thatch roofed

“Intellectuals are naturally attracted by the idea of a planned society, in the belief that they will be in charge of it.” Roger Scruton

The most effective form of wealth redistribution is economic growth. When the economy grows, the poorest benefit from cheaper goods, better jobs, and new opportunities. Static zero-sum policies benefit no one.

Ozempic? Try Marlboro. Prozac? Try Miller Lite. Adderall? Try White Monster. There is always a natural alternative to everything.