Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸

population has grown ~9x in 200yrs, while poverty trends to 0 people act as though capitalism is a zero sum game, but it’s actually the only system that creates positive sum outcomes the average person today is far richer than most kings in days past

Every single thing you want in life is on the other side of something that sucks. That suck might be 100 workouts, 100 bland meals, 100 hours of work, or 100 hard conversations. Embrace it as the cost of entry. The answers you seek are found in the actions you avoid.

One of the great political moves by the left in recent years has been convincing a large portion of America that "the rich" don’t pay taxes and it’s all poor people, when the exact opposite is true. The Top 1% pay 46% of all income taxes. The Top 10% pay 76% of all income taxes.

It’s amazing that this even needs to be said in 2026, but the collapse of communism was a good thing:

If you hate billionaires, go all the way, pussy. Ditch the iPhone, the laptop, the tablet. Get off the internet. No Amazon, no big box stores, no Starbucks. Grow your own food. Thrift your clothes. Walk everywhere. And obviously no working for, buying from, or interacting with

The purpose of goals, is to obliterate them with the consistency and momentum you build because of them. Don’t set a limit for your top, just explore your potential with consistency and intensity.

CooperBaggs 💰🍞 15. Be kind 16. Avoid drama at all costs

Emotional intelligence and communication ability is at least 75% autonomic regulation - which also unlocks control over your own time perception and thus what does and doesn’t need to be said in a moment, the rest becomes easy.

Confidence comes from keeping promises to yourself.

In theory, consistency is about being disciplined, determined, and unwavering. In practice, consistency is about being adaptable. Don't have much time? Scale it down. Don't have much energy? Do the easy version. Find different ways to show up depending on the circumstances. Let

"health isn’t just something we build through better inputs - better diets, better habits, better routines — but something we experience as the quality of energy moving through us. And the difference between feeling alive and merely being alive may come down to how well we learn

The human body does not reward intention. It adapts to repeated stimulus. Success in strength, metabolism, and performance is not luck. It is the result of consistent effort applied over time. When the input is inconsistent, the output will be unstable. When the input is

“It took me 43 years to realize there are no adults. Just kids in adult bodies trying to figure things out the best they can. People's maturity varies wildly. There are some people who are basically adults at 13, and others who are still children at 50.”

Everyone can describe their dream life in detail. Very few can describe a decision this year that moves them toward it.

The cost of avoiding structure is that every day has to be renegotiated from scratch.

Spirit Airlines died tonight at the hands of the socialist crusader, Elizabeth Warren She must be so proud to add another casket to her achievements. Tonight at 3am, Spirit turns off the lights. 14,000 jobs gone. 30+ smaller airports lose service. JetBlue offered $3.8 BILLION

Sen. Bernie Sanders Yes, but Bezos employs over 1.5 million people at Amazon. That’s a lot of jobs he created, even after some layoffs. How many jobs have you created? For all the value Bezos has provided his customers and employees, he deserves a yacht. What value have you provided to anyone?

It is time for the United States Postal Service to ban junk mail. Unsolicited spam calls are already prohibited by the FCC. Emails are heavily regulated by the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Junk mail is the majority of mail, 100 million trees per year. Enough!