The mind is not a blank slate but a dynamic system that constantly adapts and reorganizes itself.

A sober looks shows that just have the world gotten to be a better place after all; it is also grown a bit worse at the exact same rate.; a one step up, a one step back sort of cosmic balance between forward progress, and cultural retreat, that puts man kind on a bell curve of existence.

Much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.

The great advantage of telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

90% of everything is crap. If you think you don’t like opera， romance novels， TikTok， country music， vegan food， NFTs， keep trying to see if you can find the 10% that is not crap.