Age specific advice

Age specific advice: There will be rough patches, especially probably the hormonal middle school years, but get through them and life will keep getting better.

I had included a happiness rating for each period at the start, on a scale of 1-10, 10 best. 

3 Early childhood: I was happy enough, even if my mom was a fair bit crazy and gossiped on the phone and ignored her kids.… read more “Age specific advice”

Save Democracy

We need to protect democracy.

But what is democracy?

Can you have a democracy without free speech?

Can you have a democracy without the guarantee that voting will be fair? Why then did Democrats oppose the Save Act? https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1809374976845156801

The UK already lost its democracy… It’s far left leader is imprisoning people for years for social media posts he dislikes.… read more “Save Democracy”

Medical treatments

https://depth-first.com/articles/2024/05/24/bridge-to-nowhere/

Super important to investigate all medical diagnoses and treatments yourself. I was diagnosed with stage four hip osteoarthritis at age 36 due to some ongoing pain in my hip I had while playing golf.

 

The Harvard educated doctor treated me brusquely when I tried asking more questions. He told me to immediately get a hip replacement.… read more “Medical treatments”

What happens when we all stop working?

What happens when we all stop working?

Why do you work? The real reason almost all of us work is so that we can buy food, shelter, transportation, medical care, entertainment, and more. We want to have a good life, right? I do.

Would you continue working if you were NOT paid for that work? Or would you work if you were paid in play money that did not purchase any actual goods or services?… read more “What happens when we all stop working?”

Parasites Vs Producers

Free speech is the most important building block of democracy. If you cannot freely debate ideas, then a democracy is impossible. Sometimes there will be ideas you disagree with so strongly you wish to censor them. But if you choose to censor them, you open your ideas to censorship.
Censorship has never held up well over time… Galileo and Socrates are but two names in a far too long list of individuals who have been censored, but later proven correct.
… read more “Parasites Vs Producers”

Social media review

X.com is my favorite social network at this point, as it is the only one with community notes that are shared publicly – this is an excellent way to spot misleading “news” articles. I also really like that it supports free speech and does not censor like Facebook and LinkedIn do. I find it to be the fastest and most complete source for breaking news as well.… read more “Social media review”