average couple in their 30s before seed oils

one of the main reasons 60s-70s dissident radicalism was so influential was that they managed to infuse it with a sense of glamour and adventure (even if just a facade)

not an ounce of that in the current left dissident movements. exact opposite actually (neurotic PTA mom vibes)

😂💯

half of tech twitter’s heads will instantly implode if beff succeeds

most people can’t be bothered to do 30 minutes of back of the envelope math to see if their long term plans even make any sense

This is the human version of the wolf/dog evolution meme.

90% of being a good dad is just saying “let him cook” and “skill issue” at the right times

(government voice): “you’re free to take out thousands in 25% interest debt to fund your uber eats habit but investing in startups is too risky unless you’re an accredited investor”

delivery robots everywhere in Los Angeles and humans happily coexisting with them

would need armed guards to pull this off in SF

how much of post-WW2 gdp growth is just women transitioning from difficult to quantify labor (childcare etc) to easily quantifiable labor captured by gpd?

SF isn't going far enough to keep housing prices rising. restricting supply is not enough. they need to take action now and start randomly selecting homes for demolition by lottery

guys making $500k a year excited about their $80 a month in twitter ad revenue sharing

nuclear submarines are a Dune ass technology

what happens when one country skims the best of the best from the rest of the world for 100+ years?

we’re seeing the results of that experiment, and they’ll only get clearer over the next 50 years. not going to be pretty for the rest of the world unless AI saves the day

many ultra productive people who seem to be winging it actually have extremely strict routines and rituals, they just don’t talk about it

The most impactful sci-fi stories I've ever read and you should read too:

1) Starmaker and Last and First Men by Olaf Stapleton

Perhaps the most epic stories of all time told by the father of the science fiction genre himself.

Starmaker traces the history and meaning of…

'How does being on MDMA affect your experience of traumatic events?', studied on survivors of the Hamas festival attack on Oct 7

It's mindblowing this research even happened, and even more interesting to see the results!