I think about Atlas Shrugged's city of Atlantis a lot. A secret city where all the men and women of high capability left society to live amongst themselves. They were not so much sick of the mob but rather sick of pseudo or faux intellectuals clever enough to mooch of the

A leap is made, growth is obtained when you can look at someone who is self-aggrandizing, who needs acknowledgement, who gives themselves their flowers and you feel a compassionate sense of pity. Not anger, frustration nor the ego's need to compete or one-up them. Not only do

NEW EPISODE: Quick flank steak with tamari mustard butter - all in one pan in less than 10 minutes. Steak from The Wellness Farms

There is no demand for “average” content. Media is a winner-take all market. The AI-generated Library of Babel doesn’t have much value beyond the people steering and curating it. This is also why browsing feeds is a waste of time.

Scottie Scheffler is so good at golf that guys - and by guys I mean top 10 world-ranked professionals - will be 4 strokes ahead of him after one round and be like... damn, I'm gonna lose this lead.

I still think this is one of the greatest videos ever created, and the fact that it is actual audio from a Presidential debate makes it even funnier.

I like nearly all of Bruno Mars' hit singles. Eff the eff off, leave me alone. Deal with your own issues. 🎵 I'm a dangerous man with some money in my pocket, keep up 🎵

Walked into a rooftop bar/restaurant for a snack. They have a section roped off for a singles meet & greet event. Name tags, cocktails. People are trying man. It takes stones + humility to do that in a public setting. Perhaps some desperation 😂 Observations: physically,

THANK YOU, CENA!!! 👏👏👏 John Cena

Update: they have "hosts" with name tags that say "Wingman". They walk around making intros when there seems to be tension or guys won't approach One of them came out of the party and asked me to come in and talk to some of the ladies to liven things up 😂. Guess it's not going

My contention is that Tommy is shitting himself seeing Scottie 2 back. There's levels to this. Scottie just keeps coming. Incredible.

Big water. Another hidden enemy.

Pan-seared flat iron steak with Tamari soy-butter-spicy mustard sauce garnished with chives courtesy of this week's demonstration by Chef Andrew Gruel 🫡 (featuring the Wu)

“You can’t fact-check someone out of a worldview when that worldview is holding their identity together.”

I'm working on this under leg cross thing. Work in progress.

If you've worked in an efficiently run private enterprise, it can be a real shock to get a taste for government work, or life in a university. The latter is much easier, more relaxed - and many people do next to nothing for good salaries.

Looks like the AI doomsday cult is dying down. Several more doomsday cults to go.

Parents: I can’t stress this point enough: If your kids look people in the eyes, shake hands, smile, & can have an articulate conversation, opportunities for growth & community will be there. In this day & age, they’ll also stand out like a sore thumb. In all the right ways.