On 10/22/26
Daily Letter
Inspiration & Quotes × People & Society
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.
AI & New Tech × Money, Work & Power
The defining description of how technology is received on a generational level... Any new technology is received three different ways by three different age cohorts.
If you're below the age of 15, it's just the natural way the world works.
If you're between the ages of 15 to 35, it's new, exciting, a hot field, and you might be able to make a career out of it, in which case you want to learn all the new things.
If you're above the age of 35, it's unholy and evil, and will surely overturn all existing structures and destroy society.
Misc
Pessimists will be steamrolled by the relentless, totalizing, and extraordinarily flexible machine that is America.
It’s easy to feel like every day we’re just stumbling through one way doors without any consideration and wouldn’t be better if we just paused and thought things through a little longer but then you must remember time is a one way door, we’re going through it either way
Synchronicity is the coming together of inner and outer events in a way that cannot be explained by cause and effect and that is meaningful to the observer.
Once you believe that God is speaking directly to you, there is no discussion.
Somethings in life are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself. To be yourself
Sophisticated ignorance write my curses in cursive