My feed has become entirely about FIRE, so let me jump in: money is only valuable when spent. And you won’t save your way into wealth, you need to make more (which is also easier). Memento mori.

The purpose of a system is what it does

Stress isn’t a problem, it’s just your body telling you are taking life too seriously

Spending time actively thinking about politics makes sense only if you are a 99th+ percentile in terms of wealth. And even then, more often than not there are better ways to allocate your time and mental capital.

Textbook moral hazard. Unless salary is directly and measurably tied to performance, there is no incentive to be more efficient and the equilibrium will always just be doing as little as possible without getting fired.

I love this country, no place in the world will ever compare to Italy

Flexibility and openness, these are the keys to living fully: any label you attach to yourself is an invisible cage, sometimes a gentle block, sometimes a wall. You need to be in constant flux. Changing. Realigning. Rediscovering yourself. Your identity must die again and again, only to be reborn stronger each time. This is what the Bible teaches, and what Christians around the world celebrate every Easter: crucify yourself, and rise anew.

Good time create a rise in left-wing ideas Left-wing policies create bad times Bad times create a rise in right-wing ideas Right-wing ideas create good times

You have to earn the right to be arrogant

Most inexperienced managers often make a costly mistake: they try to save money on talent, choosing quantity over quality. At best, this creates a mercenary culture within the company; at worst, it severely undermines output quality, company culture, and employee retention.

The ability to have a great job and never bring it up in conversations seems to be lost in the modern era, yet nothing is more boring and uninteresting than someone who talks only about their work

High wealth creates declining birth rates Declining birth rates reduces prices Reduced prices create opportunities Opportunities create increasing birth rates Increasing birth rates create high wealth We started importing the third world instead of seeing asset prices decline just because boomers are scared of not having it easy their entire life

If you were made out of light, you would see everything around you as darkness

You start studying the world thinking you’ll be Neo, but if you study it long enough, you just end up becoming Smith

It’s amusing to watch someone lie without realizing you see straight through it, especially when playing along only encourages them. Being underestimated remains one of the most effective paths to upward mobility.

You try to win because you fear failure or ridicule, I obsess over winning because I fear disappointing God.

For society to be in equilibrium, the wealth gap needs to be high enough to provide incentives to the ambitious ones and at the same time small enough not to create resentment from the bottom tier

The world would be a better place if we just collectively let the shadow government do all the job, while putting on a theater of “elected democracy” for the entertainment and enjoyment of the average citizen. Oh, wait

Delaying adulthood and responsibility by starting yet another degree program is becoming increasingly common among the youth

The days between Christmas and NYE feel like the calm before a storm: quiet, gentle, peaceful, unhurried. Everyone smiles a little more. Nothing feels urgent. Time itself seems to pause, just because it can. Beautiful.

The only way to effectively measure intelligence outside of a clinic is to ask yourself: 1) Can this person interface effortlessly with different kind of people, environments, situations, etc? 2) Can this person get what he wants, or in other words effectively reach their goals?

If someone tells you their IQ number unprompted, you can rest assured you are speaking to someone nowhere as smart as they think they are

Only rule in life is that whoever has the most fun wins. Everybody dies alone and with nothing anyway.

Isn’t it sad that you can successfully reinvent yourself many times, and yet there are people who still treat their job as their whole life identify?

Inequality is a natural outcome of differences in skill and intelligence among individuals. But for a society to function properly, the gap between the top and the bottom can’t be too wide. If it is, the bottom eventually rebels, and the whole system collapses.

The hardest part of winning is being quiet about it

Always remember there are no rules that can’t be broken, only people who are not allowed to

Never judge someone by their appearance. Just because they don’t flex their money doesn’t mean they’re broke, and just because they keep a low profile doesn’t mean they’re powerless.

The only way a democracy can truly function is if the real government and the visible government are two separate entities, with the former holding the actual power and running the show while the latter is elected and openly talked about by the citizens. Embrace deepstateism.

Unfortunately for my competition, I’m still going to win in the end

We’re all traders, yet some people only apply market logic to financial markets. In reality, everything is a trade, if you look closely enough. Careers are no different. This is how the cycle works, every single time: 1) A new industry emerges with little status or prestige. 2) Big risk-takers make early moves. 3) As the industry grows, the rewards increase. 4) Eventually, it becomes popular. 5) Prep schools and training programs spring up. 6) Competition intensifies. 7) Payouts shrink, not just because of saturation, but because part of the compensation is now paid in status. 8) The industry plateaus. 9) Over time, even the status erodes. Sometimes, the cycle restarts. But more often, those who recognized the pattern early have already pivoted to another industry, seeding the next cycle there instead.

Most young people today feel hollow and depressed because nothing in their lives produces anything of real value. No results, no art, no beauty: just spending, grinding, appearing. Building without ever enjoying what’s built. No purpose. Just a slow death.

Why do you, a grown man, spend the entire year doing nothing, only to call it your “winter arc” in the final quarter just to feel less like a failure? Why not put in the effort every day, regardless of who’s watching?

Speak no evil, but never remain silent in the face of evil

When a significant portion of the population (correctly) believes there’s no clean path to success, the risk of losing everything becomes worthwhile if the only perceived alternative is poverty anyway

Diversification is a skill issue

I envy those who still behave with pure innocence, for they have yet to witness the world’s ugliness

It’s my belief that any kind of success one obtains young (ie. before 30) is never because of merit, but because someone else saw potential and risked on it. “Young self-made individual” is an oxymoron

Opening a small unrelated parenthesis on this topic: the moment respect, honour, and loyalty become the foundation of a group, the only real difference between that group and a mafia is the presence (or absence) of criminal/violent intent. This isn’t because those qualities are inherently “mafia-like”, but because the mafia is built upon natural human social dynamics. And that’s precisely why it can’t truly be destroyed.

Ideally, the perfect government is the one you don’t even see

By the way, this is exactly why I am against populism. The head of state should be royal in his manners, strategically unseen, carefully choosing the words to be spoken. The head of state shouldn’t be acting like a common man, because the role is of a leader, not a follower.

The ideal national leader is one who acts decisively without seeking attention; who remains out of the spotlight, not from absence but from honor, and from the strength that quiet leadership exudes; who negotiates behind closed doors, not for vanity, but to preserve dignity and project silent power. The more one is seen, the less powerful one becomes.

Remember the grass is always greener where you water it

There is no greater purpose than living in service, sacrificing yourself and your ego to create something far greater than yourself, something whose fruits you may never witness. Selfless.

The only people you can do business with are those with solid moral codes and principles: otherwise, you may be colleagues, but you’ll never be partners. How could you even trust them in the first place? Cheaters, atheists, whiners, gossipers: avoid them like the plague.

I hold the belief that a nation’s leader should be better than the people they lead, setting an example for others to strive towards, regardless of political views

Absence of evil is not by itself a presence of good

Social skills will become more and more important as the world becomes more digitalized. Charisma, sales and networking: these skills were, are, and always will be the cheatcode to any meaningful success.

I’ll never understand why someone in their prime would choose mediocrity over striving for greatness. Aren’t you hungry for more? Don’t you want to live life to its fullest? I’d choose failure after trying over a lifetime of regret every single time.

The labor market is so messed up that you’re better off starting your own company than spending time applying around. The great era of entrepreneurship awaits

In the past, people developed themselves through experience and career achievements, before establishing a public image: this approach ensured that what they had to say was genuinely valuable, and their personal brand was strong and credible. Today, instead, it’s fairly common to see young people with minimal accomplishments presenting themselves as seasoned experts to build a public persona—think of the 20-something-year-olds proclaiming themselves as CEOs despite having no board of directors, or calling themselves entrepreneurs while effectively being unemployed. More often than not, the content they share is nothing more than recycled advice or borrowed experiences repackaged to appear original. Unsurprisingly, these brands are often weak and unstable. Do more, talk less.