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>On top of that he's usually angry and spiteful in pretty much everything he says. Are you really under the impression that's the truth?

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To be fair, I was never all that good.

> The entire concept of American masculinity is about inflicting yourself on as many other people as you can. Haha, what? You're describing a mindset and behavior that is indeed mo…

I've known a lot of academics and more than a few (adult) athletes, and in my experience, cannabis is quite popular in both crowds.

What you describe is one of the reasons I've always favored legalization of cannabis (though I wouldn't describe it as a "pipeline") I didn't want my kids to have any reason to kno…

> 'I've been inactive for too long, I can't call and reveal that I haven't started'. Dang. That's a huge part of my problem over the years. Nicely articulated.

I'm curious what "red pilled" means to you. I would think a "red pilled" book would focus on resisting manipulation, specifically emotional manipulation.

Big difference between gaining knowledge and building/maintaining cognitive skills.

I say this with all due respect and as someone who is struggling to envision their own ability to meaningfully contribute in the likely future: Nature is ableist. Humanity rises ab…

> If cheating were widespread it would have been detected much more easily. This is a ridiculous assertion.

I like to think that Bjork loves me, but deep down I know it's not true.

Because AI can't be held accountable. Ever. That will probably save some jobs, but it's a problem in most other contexts.

The early nod to Agora Institute mission of “building stronger global democracy” Followed by bemoaning USAID cuts makes me wonder if the author is deliberately missing one of the m…

This is all debatably valid, except for the fact that the entrenched system produced massive fraud, money laundering, wagging-the-dog and worst of all, a decade of domestic propaga…

His "friends" like Reid Hoffman and Epstein himself? They do talk about Trump a lot in those files.

> Why are you defending X here? What a strange question.

On the contrary ... we LOVE the perennial underdog who stays in the fight. Like the British, once you start winning consistently you quickly earn our contempt. American football is…

> so British people get their fill of competent, triumphant heroes from American media Conversely, American culture has historically included all the best of the British. In additi…

Out of respect for your effort to keep it civil, I'll answer some of that: I'm a liberal as defined up until 2012 or so. Never been socially conservative at all. I'm not a libertar…

No, I think my stance is pretty clear. If you don't recognize the patterns of incuriosity, groupthink and misguided confidence that have permeated western society in the last ten y…

"We need to make it shameful to be bigoted again" Interesting way to put it. For the past decade or so, many flavors of bigotry have been lauded and socially rewarded. At the same …

Amen. I can appreciate films. Reiner made Movies. Great movies. Spielberg is an apt comparison.