🦾 On this day in 2008
Are we doomed to repeat history, just how toxic is IG (FB seems to know), and finally: news!
The Better Human Letter
Who is this newsletter for?
Well, everyone, but more specifically, it’s especially for those that don’t like comma overuse, like this, I mean, come on, right?
But for realz… this newsletter is for free thinkers, information seekers, betterment obsessed humans that want to make themselves and the world better.
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What to expect today:
⚙️ Two new sections that are easy to skim
📰 NEWS! Finally
🔥 The Useful $HIT corner
Let’s gooo…
📰 News 🚨
🎮 A Super Mario Bros animated Film is coming on 12/21/22 with a voice cast featuring Chris Pratt, Seth Rogen, Charlie Day, and other people I've not heard of.
🛒 Amazon used to offer free grocery delivery from their now acquired Whole Foods. Well, it looks like it was a bit too expensive for them as they have now rolled out a nationwide $10 fee on all local deliveries.
🇺🇸 American politics: Democrats trying to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure bill AND a $3.5 trillion spending bill to inject dollars into the social safety net, climate change mitigation, and education. (Hint: buy Bitcoin, get out of cash, and make sure you have your passports!)
🇨🇳 A giant Chinese real estate development group, Evergrande, needed a bailout. With $300 billion in debt, the company was running out of cash to pay its obligation payments. Many homebuyers that pre-purchased homes may be out of luck.
📸 Internal Facebook documents were leaked, showing the company knows how toxic Instagram is for teen girls yet the company has done little to address the issue. #notsurprised
🔥 Useful $HIT CORNER 🔥
🗓 On this day in 2008: Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, its largest single-day point loss, following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual - Source
🤬 Big Tech Censorship: Texas joins coalition supporting Florida ban on big tech censorship + BIG TECH CENSORSHIP IS REACHING FEVER PITCH LEVELS
🧠 Mind-boggling: Almost 9 million Americans suffer from a behavioral disorder called Trichotillomania which involves ripping one’s own hair out. 90% of adult sufferers are women.
🤷♀️ Not surprised: An Environmental Working Group study found that 10 popular bottled water brands were contaminated with chemical pollutants, bacteria, and heavy metals.
🥑 Food: Do not put food in a cold pan (unless the recipe clearly states). When searing protein, let your pan preheat for a few minutes, then add a bit of oil, swirl to coat, then place the patted-dry protein in the pan and don’t touch for 1-2 minutes.
🍳 Cooking: All you need is one good cooing knife and one small serrated knife for 90% of your kitchen needs. The key is a knife sharpener, a honing rod, and hand-washing and drying after use.
🏕 Prepping: Get a bug-out bag for each family member. $50-$100 could end up being the best investment you’ve ever made. Don’t prepare when it’s too late.
🔥 Surviving: Your water heater can hold as much as 40 gallons of water. In an emergency situation, you can drain that to drink. Your toilet also holds around 3 gallons, though you may want to treat that first.
🔠 LOL: The longest English word is 189,819 letters. Ok, that’s dumb.
🌞 Rad: It takes sunlight 8 minutes to reach Earth. And it’s traveling at the speed of light! 🚀
💪 Health: Exercise gives you energy. If you are feeling tired, go for a walk, lift some weights, and/or do some push-ups. Then watch as your energy comes back.
⌨️ Productivity: Many repeatable tasks can be done by machines. If you are repeating the same task often, find a way to have a 🤖 do it for you.
🍫 Interesting: Ever wondered what the M’s stand for in M&Ms? Now you know: Mars and Murrie.
🤢 Derp: The average bed contains 1.5 million dust mites. Tip: Keep your bed un-made to let moisture evaporate.
📽 Movie: Was The Matrix a prophecy? 🤔 red or blue?
💙 Love: Comtept is a top predictor of failed relationships. Communicate, be honest, and always say what needs to be said.
🌏 Fix Your Minerals
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Better Human Podcast 🎙
Social media can be used for good or bad. It’s up to you what that will be.
Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy (Why Social Media Is Making You Miserable)
Bitcoin Corner 💲
Today I discuss this awesome article in Bitcoin Magazine about why the masses don’t matter for any new innovation: Read this article
🎙 Bitcoin Basics Podcast: Bitcoiners Are The Remnant - Video link
Humanity
From the Charity Water Website:
“Nearly 1 in 10 people worldwide live without access to clean water. The majority live in isolated rural areas and spend hours every day walking to collect water for their families. Not only does walking for water keep children out of school and take up time parents could be using to earn money, but the water often carries diseases that make everyone sick. Access to clean water means education, income and health—especially for women and kids.”
The Bitcoin Impact Fund is currently raising funds for an entire Charity Water project. Estimates for completed water projects range between $10,000 and $25,000, so I’ve set a goal of $15,000. Once we reach that, I’ll work directly with CW to fund a project from start to finish. Can’t wait!
50% of all subscriptions to this newsletter go directly to the fund 🙏.
䷼ Truth Seeker 🧘
🌞 Climate Propaganda: A Bloomberg article suggests that moving to renewable energy would lead to trillions in savings vs a gradual rollout.
What about the fact that solar and wind and just about all "green" energy are made possible only by government subsidiaries? If “Green” energy was better and cheaper, the free market would pay for it. But they aren't. And the suggestion they are getting close by citing Moore's law (which is based on transistors on a chip) is just another climate-stretching narrative.
💉 Dissolving Illusions: with 1,800+ and a perfect 5-star rating, this is a book you may want to read if you want to make an educated decision on vaccines (or any medical intervention). I’m halfway through the book and have to read it in small doses because of the many horror stories throughout of children suffering at the hands of egotistical doctors and idiot politicians.
🎥 The $100 Billion Dollar Ingredient making your Food Toxic: A must-watch video by the amazing YouTube channel “What I’ve Learned.” I think seed oils will go down as this generation’s cigarette. I hope we can make progress waking people up while at the same time fighting off the Big Food companies and their cronies that manipulate research and policy. (If you are skeptical of “conspiracy theories,” I implore you to look at the food industry. It will show you how common conspiracies really are.)
💊 Big Pharma breaking the law: Pfizer has paid out the largest criminal fine in history—$1 billion dollars—to resolve allegations from their illegal promotion of four drugs. Here’s a list of 10 drug manufacturers that have paid out millions and billions. 🤔
🤑 Something Money: 98% of the US dollar’s value has been destroyed from government printing. Check out these other failed currencies.
💡 Business Idea: Productivity coaching/course for small remote teams/workers. This is a project I really want to do but have put on 🧊.
📘 Book Corner: The Almnack of Naval Ravikant - You can get it free here. I also bought a physical copy and the Kindle version—it’s that good.
💬 A Quote To Ponder: “No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.” -Mark Twain
🤓 A Long Read But Worth It: This Oddball Chef Wants to Serve You Wild Animals | Outside Online
A thought exercise
Write out your ideal day.
Now, how close are you to living that day right now?
Maybe closer than you think.
🙏 Would you mind sharing it with someone you think will enjoy it? ❤️
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About Me & Better Human
I’m Colin. I’m Pro-Humanity.
I believe in Free Humans, Free Markets, and limited (if any) government.
I’m also a CEO, Entrepreneur, Father, Podcaster, and Thinker. Read my story.
