Wealth
ESG Is a Trojan Horse: ESG represents all of Bitcoin’s political enemies combined, overcoming this finance gerontocracy clears the road to 10x-100x from here. “ESG is just a factory for naming enemies […] when you think ESG, you should think CCP” –
Peter Thiel
Will ETH Meet The Hype? Ethereum is worth $386Bn which is close to Visa’s $460Bn, whereas bitcoin is worth $831Bn compared to Gold’s $12Tr -
Peter Thiel
Bitcoin As the Speed of Lightning: Lightning network removes all the friction in the financial system because it’s free, fast, and interoperable. Companies have to adopt it to remain competitive. “If you don’t support lightning, it’s like cutting yourself off from the Internet”
– Michael Saylor
The Ultimate Safe Haven: “Bitcoin is an ethical safe haven for any public figure, it’s the technical safe haven for any technology company, and it’s the financial safe haven for any investor
” – Michael Saylor
When a Renewable Isn't Actually: People do not realize that renewable energy projects are not sustainable or renewable. Sunlight and wind are renewable, but the projects themselves are not (windmills/panels need to be replaced) -
Anas Alhajii
7 Vicious Cycles That Can Keep Oil Prices High: - Anas Alhajii
- 1st cycle: the oil price oil export cycle
- 2nd cycle: the oil price natural gas cycle
- 3rd cycle: the oil price power shortages cycle
- 4th cycle: the oil price economic diversification cycle
- 5th cycle: the oil price nationalism cycle
- 6th cycle: the oil price social spending cycle
- 7th cycle: the oil price limited investment observative capacity cycle
Health
Stop Telling Your Kid They are a "Bad Sleeper": Sleep identities (good, bad, or irregular sleeper) are rooted very early in childhood development. Don’t tell your child they are a bad sleeper, this only reaffirms a negative sleep identity that can last a lifetime -
Dr. Chris Winter
Wake Time > Bed Time: Be more strict on waking up time rather than bedtime. Takes pressure off of the nighttime routine is good for forming a healthy relationship with sleep. Tell your children that they don’t need to sleep, but they do need to be in their bedroom–they will take it from there -
Dr. Chris Winter
It Was Never About Food Deserts, It Is Food Habits: Poor nutrition is a 90% demand problem and only a 10% supply problem
- Steven Dubner
Bipartisanism Is Also a Demand, Not a Supply Problem: Bipartisan politicians: everyone complains there are none, but no one wants their politicians to compromise
- Steven Dubner
Wisdom
If You Ain't First, Your Last: Early childhood impressions can shape the way you live the rest of your life, for better or for worse. Even the most successful people struggle with overcoming deeply embedded identity issues. “One of the impressions that I received was that my value comes from my performance, specifically to be #1. And if I’m not #1, then I’m a person with no value. I feel heaviness as I talk about it because it’s such a burden.”
– Bo Shao
Sound Familiar? The Cultural Revolution in China created a
“race to show your ideological purity” to the regime. Citizens were sent to the countryside to perform manual labor until their
“thinking was reformed”. Even children were forced to dox their parents for speaking out against elites
– Bo Shao
The Five Roots of War: – Chris Blattman
- Unchecked leaders: leaders do not bear the majority of costs or have a private incentive (Chris believes this is the fundamental cause of most violence in the world)
- Uncertainty: when the opposing group’s strength or intentions are ambiguous, war seems like an appropriate risk to combat uncertainty
- Commitment problems: some circumstances give one side an irresistible incentive to risk war
- Intangible incentives: intransigence for ideologies, choosing war rather than changing your view
- Misperceptions: miscalculating the complexity of the enemy or yourselves
Know the Source of Your Frustrations: Is there really an external problem with your child or is it an unconscious internal battle you’re struggling with? You have to be a better person before you can be a better parent.
–Bo Shao
Reflection: Reflection is thought that is stripped of passion, unfocused and idle, wandering in the realm of possibility. It never translates into action, decision, or commitment of the soul and it drains life of its vibrancy and immediacy -
Kierkegaard
Passion vs reflection: Passion is humanly essential, the inward motion of the soul, a focusing of one’s energies on an ethical or religious ideal. Personal commitment unifies the individual and is the source of individual character, It gives form to life, It is immediate and concrete, Reveals who we are, Only with passion do we become definite -
Kierkegaard
