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When the birth rate problem had spread to the agricultural classes by 100 AD, Trajan's welfare program tried to stimulate the birth of freeborn men. But all such policies failed, as Tacitus later said, "so powerful were the attractions of a childless state..."

Due to popular demand, I’m sharing my daily readings with my newsletter subscribers. Here’s a clip from my latest reading of Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man. Enjoy! theorygang.substack.com/p/marcuse-clos…

What's the book you've recommended most to others?

Ngl I keep tarot cards on my desk

What a lovely compliment from a reader 🥹:

Soooo, he's Nietzsche in Twilight of the Idols. Or rather an external recurrence thereof.

Marcuse's idea of existential pacifism could be good or bad. Bad pacifism = the matrix. Good pacifism = not pacifism at all --just existence.

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Virality = stupidity

So what are the Elon stans, or rather the people who have to stay cordial with him saying about his...uh... stance. 😆

Oh this is a fun game. Imagine if broke people didn't have access to Google. Then multiply the difference by 100.

Reading Adam Smith is like reading kindergarten math problems for 786 pages.

I'm very pleased with this essay I wrote on autonomy. Please someone tell me how dumb I am before I start thinking I know things. theorygang.substack.com/p/the-paradox-…

Software antichurn is extremely lucrative I'll give you that

Jevons paradox but for information: no matter how easily we can access information, there will always be idiots. The infinite scroll beckons.

Everything contains a paradox. Contradiction is a feature not a bug in existence.

"..if romance requires risk, then our “safety-first” culture will become increasingly incapable of romance. Rather than giving in to fear, we should face the uncertainty of life bravely. To live is dangerous, to love more dangerous still. Both call for heroism." Fantastic piece.