White collar workers are fungible compute

Acid test from Naval to avoid fooling yourself: “Would you still do it if you couldn’t tell other people about it? If you would, it’s real. If not, it’s just a social ego boost.”

Still going to open credit cards I can’t afford to stack qantas points though

Just got X premium. Is it worth it?

Bitcoin or bust

As intelligence converges, agency diverges.

Want a long healthy life for yourself and loved ones? Stack cash now. Tech in the next 10 to 30 years will split mortals from immortals and money will decide who gets there first.

2018: Harvard says Bitcoin is more likely to hit $100 than $100K. 2025: Harvard buys $116M Bitcoin at $116K. Everyone gets Bitcoin at the price they deserve.

One of the strongest power laws of Bitcoin is what I call "the power law of power laws". For each cutoff (0.01 BTC, 0.1 BTC, 1 BTC, 10BTC) compute the power law of addresses for that cutoff. Then regress in log log space. 99.4% R Squared. Pure network effect.

Neuroplasticity works faster under high emotional intensity. If you can resist a craving when it’s at its peak, you get a bigger rewiring effect. This is why the hardest moments matter most, they’re not setbacks, they’re high-voltage opportunities to change.

Is a verified account really worth it?

Metaplanet seems crazy cheap at these prices. Also eyeing up some united health care LEAPS

your social anxiety or whatever is coming off as really rude btw. like you're making everybody super uncomfortable

the highest status people in high school usually don't have top grades, so they have huge incentives to make good grades low status a big part of peoples egos is making sure nothing else can take their ego down

Back when I was socially anxious it confused everyone and prevented a lot of good things from happening. People wanted to interact with me and I wasn’t letting them

Chris Lakin x.com/eigen_spectra/…

Australian Tax Office 2025 🇦🇺 #australia #taxes

With information and knowledge becoming cheaper and more accessible, it’s hard to see an easy path forward for universities

my therapist said this to me, and it hit me like a brick: “Procrastination is how you preserve the fantasy of your potential.”

"They should - and they must - be taken down, by any means necessary. They are cancers in society!" George Abaraonye, the new president of Oxford Union, flagrantly promotes political violence. It comes after he celebrated Charlie Kirk's execution.