language (orwell, russell)
Aug2023: This threadpost will likely eventually become part of a substack essay I’ve been stewing on titled “In ot
safety rituals
the meta thing is, this sort of conversation itself will become a safety ritual if you don’t then take some action that
self-worth
this is one of those things where someone is trying to make you feel good with comforting noises, which is honestly sweet β
what’s it like to live your dream?
(nov 18, 2021 thread) there are a bunch of things i wish some earnest person would ask me about, tho if i talk about it now it
don’t be gullible
Seen two separate things recently on the TL about how substack is a scam and how NFTs are a scam and my personal read is that
dealing with losers
(2020nov5 thread) I’m not a fan of divvying people up arbitrarily into winners and losers β one should never be gleefu
troubleshooting arrogance
When I was a teenager, the dominant criticism my closest friends had of me was that I was too arrogant, and they were right. I
talent is not rare, talent is clueless and scared
(see also: greatness is deviance) When I was younger I thought that talent was rare, but as I get older I realize that the ans
π I flunked out of the GEP
When I was 13, I flunked out of the gifted education program in my country. I was told that my failure was a disappointment to