“Don't generalize” amounts to statistically illiterate virtue-signaling. It’s rational to lean on base rates in low-information settings and then update a posteriori. To avoid tribalism, we must then apply the exact same standard when the in-group has the ugly priors.

Social media algorithms reward outrage over accuracy. Because the most politically engaged are disproportionately exposed to misinformation, their Dunning-Kruger-style overconfidence ironically renders them de facto low-information voters.

A paper Bitcoin product provided by Jeffrey Epstein's banker, the institution led by an ardent critic of the asset and convicted of manipulating the price of gold? No thanks.

Americans enamored with left-wing politicians who promise them free, high-quality services are primed for disappointment. Every year, the government collects record tax revenues. The results? Richer politicians, lobbyists, and NGOs. Poorer citizens.

People who boycott or shame others for using AI on environmental grounds are textbook modern anarcho-primitivists. Advocating for humanity to use drastically less energy and compute means using drastically less technology and regressing toward pre-industrial conditions. Even under the most pessimistic scenarios, AI’s net emissions impact remains strongly positive (5–25× benefit range). Their anti-capitalist rhetoric ("Company X boils the planet for profit!”) is merely retrofitted old-school green-anarchist propaganda, not serious criticism.

The 4-year cycle is now a global liquidity cycle wearing a halving costume. Liquidity is resurging just as the traditional "post-halving peak window" closes. The tightening headwind that killed past cycles is over. This is the strongest ever risk-adjusted macro setup for Bitcoin.

You cannot reliably control your mind directly with your mind. You can reliably control your mind indirectly, however, by regulating your autonomic nervous system with breathwork and vision techniques. Trying to think your way out of anxiety, rumination, intrusive thoughts, or emotional hijacks often fails or backfires (this is the famous "white bear problem": try not to think of a white bear and see what happens). The prefrontal cortex has reduced top-down control over the deeper limbic and autonomic layers that drive thoughts, emotions, and attention patterns when the autonomic nervous system is dysregulated. The solution is to regulate your ANS first. The body → brain axis is far more powerful than the "mind → mind" route. When you change your physiology, the mind follows almost automatically. Two of the most direct and evidence-backed ways to do this are: 1. Breathwork Slow, diaphragmatic breathing (especially with prolonged exhales) activates the parasympathetic nervous system via the vagus nerve. This increases vagal tone in a way that directly reduces amygdala activity and shifts cortical control back online within 60–90 seconds. PROTOCOL 1 Physiological sighs (double inhale + long exhale), box breathing, or 4-7-8 breathing consistently reduce anxiety and racing thoughts faster and more reliably than cognitive reframing alone. 2. Vision/Gaze Techniques Orienting the eyes panoramically (e.g., long-distance gaze, vista viewing, or even simple left-right eye movements akin to EMDR's bilateral stimulation) activates the parasympathetic system and deactivates the sympathetic "spotlight" mode that keeps the brain in hypervigilance. PROTOCOL 2 Panoramic vision drops autonomic arousal in under a minute; conversely, narrow focus (like staring at a phone) keeps you revved up. This is why looking at the horizon calms people almost instantly. It’s hardwired. These are physiological off-switches for stress circuitry that otherwise hijacks the mind. Once the nervous system calms, thoughts slow down, emotional charge drops, and the prefrontal cortex comes back online. Then and only then are cognitive tools truly effective. You can’t out-think a dysregulated nervous system, but you can out-physiology it.