Developing the philosophical & thinking mind by learning and teaching from the ancient philosophers and contemporary thinkers. ex-GOP #antifascist 🇺🇸🇺🇦
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I read and study a lot, hence my personal library of over 12,000 books. I take the best mental models from all the various areas I’ve studied and work to use them. You can too! #mentalmodels
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“By understanding the inner workings of manifestation and using that knowledge the right way, you can avoid the nonsense and realize a happier future for yourself,” Arthur C. Brooks wrote in 2024. theatln.tc/7qEBlhop
🎨: Jan Buchczik
Building an antilibrary is one of the ways to help you to understand what you have yet to learn. It’s why I continue to fill my personal library with more books that I may never read… #antilibrary #umbertoeco
Why world peace is collapsing | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com/shorts/0qPILHcRQ… via @YouTube
The paradox of human power | Yuval Noah Harari youtube.com/shorts/6ZFsMQvAV… via @YouTube
Freedoms You're Using Right Now That Won't Exist Soon youtu.be/aEuv1pltKG0?si=YoMA… via @YouTube
Here I Go youtu.be/HQ7Zl3muazA?is=8syU… via @YouTube by Kelly Grandmaison
We humans are an intelligent being living on a pale blue dot (described by Carl Sagan) at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy traveling at 1.3 million miles per hour across this vast universe filled with billions of galaxies. Yet, we can contemplate it and our existence within it
Narcissistic overclaiming seems to be a part of politics and affects the base of the narcissistic personality authoritarian making these claims. It also seems to operate much like a cult regarding the base of voters. #narcissism #knowitall #cultofpersonality #lowselfesteem
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Elon Musk didn’t create Tesla.
He bought it.
He didn’t create X.
He bought Twitter and ruined it.
He didn’t invent the rockets, propulsion systems or telemetry of SpaceX. He used NASA tech and poached their engineers.
He’s a venture capitalist and a college dropout. That’s it.
Bob Choat retweeted
With so much at stake—Musk himself has billions of dollars in government contracts he wants to protect or land—it would be surprising if the final days of this campaign were free of disinformation skullduggery and campaign-cash chicanery. motherjones.com/politics/202…
What Real Americans Say About the Epstein Files youtu.be/rqMM3yO5qkM?si=a7qB… via @YouTube
Moral realism doesn’t mean “my values are obviously correct.” It means my values can be mistaken—even when they’re popular, deeply felt, or convenient. Conviction needs humility. #morality #moralrealism
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Many of Donald Trump’s actions appear senseless to onlookers, @jon_rauch wrote in 2025. But there is a political strategy that explains exactly why he does what he does: patrimonialism. theatln.tc/Makubwnw
📸: Paolo Pellegrin / Magnum
Moral realism doesn’t mean “my values are obviously correct.” It means my values can be mistaken—even when they’re popular, deeply felt, or convenient. Conviction needs humility. #morality #moralrealism