🦾 Trust no one... else

Feb 11

Better Human,

Trust no one… but yourself.

The idea of “I trust you” means you forgo thinking for yourself. That’s never a good idea.

Humans are fallible. Biased. Perceptually flawed and always suspect to external influence.

Simply put, humans are more wrong than they are right. And if they happen to be right it's because they did work to find Truth. The understanding that comes from that proof of work (money, time, experience, trial/error, etc.) is essential to holding Truth in one's mind. You can't shortchange it.

If you forgo proof of work, what you think you know will make you fragile and more likely to make mistakes of ego.

The only answer is independent critical thought and knowledge acquisition.

You can read a biography of Steve Jobs but that doesn’t mean you can start the next Apple. Or worse, you might become the next Elizabeth Holmes because you hero-worshiped Steve Jobs without doing the work to become Steve Jobs.

When you look at the disaster that has been the last 2 years at the hands of for-profit entities and the State, you have a billion reasons why you must find Truth for yourself.

📰 News and Stuff 🚨

When you give Truth to the masses, they act like this. And that’s why they always come around later only when it’s socially “acceptable” to do so. #groupthink #humannature

The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox

Whoa...

👇 This is the beauty of the human spirit and the perfect metaphor for how disgusting it is to let the State and crony interests dictate how we live.

Courtney Holland 🇺🇸 @hollandcourtney

Stop what you’re doing and watch this. Kids at a Las Vegas elementary school burst out into cheers after learning they no longer have to wear a mask to school

🔥 Useful $HIT CORNER 🔥

🥦 On this day 1650 → Rene Descartes - "I think therefore I am" - dies. As will you one day. What are you doing with that fact?

🦾 How to be dangerous → Be fit. You can climb, run, crawl, and otherwise escape danger. The best defense against physical danger is the ability to move quickly.

🍳 Cooking: Use salt until you overseason a few meals. Then dial it back. That’s the only way to learn how integral salt is to flavor and how to use it correctly.

🌞 Health → Walk after meals. Get some sunlight, get some digestion going, and get those hormones flowing.

❄️ Alaska is the most Northern, Eastern, and Western state in all of America.

⌨️ Productivity: Deep work → If you can silence all notifications and focus on your highest and best work, you’ll accomplish whatever you’re going after in life. Of course, you have to do this for years on end.

🔗 Links worth clicking 🔗

→ The Loner's Path | Philosophy for Non-Conformists

→ The Best Mental Health Advice I’ve Ever Heard - Johann Hari

🦾 A principle for life

Thinking and living for oneself

“All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.” - H. L. Mencken

When you understand evolutionary biology, everything makes sense. EVERYTHING.

On Bitcoin

Michael @cryptotraveler

The one thing that bugs me about Michael Saylor is how he floats the idea of the dollar being the world reserve currency. I really don’t get that. When I got into Bitcoin the movement was all about getting away from the dollar and recognizing the destruction it’s caused.

A Better Human @SovereignColin

@cryptotraveler If the dollar does become the reserve currency and there is a Bitcoin standard there will be pressure on the money printing. Bitcoin as the first layer of everything will put a check on everything. So it doesn't matter if it's the dollar or not, it matters if there's a check.

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