The difference between those who are constantly offended and those who are never offended, is not ‘privilege and power’ but dignity and detachment.

Nothing is more fraudulent than calls for a "dialogue on race." Those who issue such calls are usually quick to cry "racism" at any frank criticism. They are almost invariably seeking a monologue on race, to which others are supposed to listen.

Robert F. Kennedy on extremism.

13.8 billion years... 🤯 Explore the #COSMOS calendar of the universe.

Humility and skepticism are the same idea: humility is about assessing how much you know, skepticism is about judging how much other people know. In both cases, the goal is to stay on the sweet spot, as too much or too little of either will cause trouble.

We are leading people into a false sense of security. In reality, no one is coming to save you, no external validation can fill the void, the most urgent things to know are the hardest to stomach, and none but a few have the capacity to hate you as much as you can hate yourself.

Never get so high off the arrogance of new information that you forget you once didn’t know what you do today.

This is the best thing about my day.

Before social media, people were often judged by their deeds. Now they are mostly judged by their opinions. Being “good” requires no kindness, only the right memes & hashtags, and those revered as saints need no heart of gold, only a silver tongue & brazen nature.

If you want a reasonable timeline, follow reasonable people. And if you want reasonable followers, post tweets reasonable people would want to read. Your Twitter experience is mostly determined by your own actions, so complaining about it is really just complaining about yourself

Changing your mind should be celebrated. People call each other out over past contradictory statements like it's a big gotcha or a sign of hypocrisy and fraud. Maybe sometimes, but much more often it's a sign of growth, humility, and willingness to learn and integrate new info.

The healthcare system needs to change. Diet and lifestyle should be the focus vs. pills and profits…

Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things youtube.com/watch?v=5Peima…

This was Awesome! Cant wait for more. I hope there is a lot more of this kind of think on x #KaijuNo8

As corporations drape themselves in rainbow colors for Pride month, remember that they only engage in such activism in the West where it's fashionable, and not in the East where it's actually needed, because their activism is motivated not by principles but by PR.

If you criticize the right for any reason, people assume you’re a leftist, and vice versa, because their tribal brains misinterpret all critique as attack. The truth is, being critical of the other side comes naturally to us. True critical thinking is being critical of your own.

Love a good snowstorm in the mountains.

Sleeping Indian in winter

My buddy who thinks he is a lap dog.

Jackson Hole