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1. Negative Partisanship: Many people’s political views revolve not around what they support, but what they oppose. They’re always fighting against something rather than for something, and the constant focus on what they hate makes them nasty and miserable.

4. Reminiscence Bump: Americans of all ages tend to believe America peaked – morally, politically, economically, artistically – whenever they were a kid. Seems people who yearn for the time when their country was great are mostly just yearning for their childhood.

5. Region-Beta Paradox: Often we fail to improve our lives simply because things don't get bad enough. If your new job is hell, you’ll leave it, but if it’s just unsatisfying, you’ll likely grind it out. Thus, small problems often threaten our quality of life more than big ones.

6. Dark-Ego-Vehicle Principle: Social justice activism is widely regarded as driven by noble intentions, but it attracts large numbers of psychopaths, narcissists, and other dark tetrad personalities who use it to feed their sense of self-importance and to dominate others.

9. Stockdale Paradox: The optimal state of mind is neither optimism, which leaves you unprepared, nor pessimism, which destroys motivation, but optimistic pessimism: by preparing for the worst outcomes, you increase confidence in dealing with any outcome, and thus, increase hope.

15. Goal Dilution Effect: We assume that the more arguments we give, the better our case. In reality, our weakest arguments dilute the strongest. Generally, you’ll only be as convincing as your worst point, so instead of making as many arguments as you can, make only the best.

18. Overview Effect: When astronauts see the earth from space — a tiny marble in an infinite void — all their earthly problems, and everyone’s earthly squabbles, suddenly seem trivial. When something is bothering you, zoom out to see if it really matters.

“Cynicism is not a sign of intelligence but a substitute for it, a way to shield oneself from betrayal & disappointment without having to actually think.” — Gurwinder

One reason politics is such a mess is that smart people have better careers to pursue.

“Education should not be intended to make people comfortable; it is meant to make them think.” — Jonathan Haidt

If every parent took their duty as a parent to be the most sacred responsibility in their life, we could have a thriving culture in two generations.

Stop complaining about results you didn’t get from work you didn’t put in.

Number of people killed by animals per year: Mosquito: 725,000 Human: 475,000 Snake: 50,000 Dog: 25,000 Tsetse fly: 10,000 Assassin bug: 10,000 Freshwater snail: 10,000 Tapeworm: 2,000 Crocodile: 1,000 Hippopotamus: 500 Elephant: 100 Lion: 100 Wolf: 10 Shark: 10 According to

“Woke” is when you: 1. Reduce individuals to group identities 2. Reduce these group identities to “victims” and “oppressors” 3. Reduce any disagreement with these reductions to “oppression” or “bigotry”

The best way for algorithms to predict your preferences is to decide your preferences — by turning you into a tribalist. Polarization is demographic segmentation.

No, I’m not sad the CCP-controlled-digital-fentanyl-for-kids-spyware-brainwashing app is about to go away and neither should you be

Yes. Aristotle was completely correct when he said that the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it is the mark of an educated mind. Our society has a shortage of educated minds, despite so many being credentialed.

One of the benefits of Apple's closed ecosystem is supposed to be that users are protected from apps that can do sneaky invasive things like this. Why was TikTok even allowed in the app store?

If you don't enjoy a book, stop reading it. If you don't enjoy your job, prepare your exit. If you don't enjoy the company of someone, just say no. People waste so much time either because they feel guilty for cutting their losses, or because they're scared of being disliked.

More than 300 million people globally don’t have a single friend.