Last year this time I sat down and made a huge document of all possible things I could do. Then I prioritized them.
In the next days I will do the same.
I’m happy to say I’ve over-achieved my goal for 2020. Which makes me thinkContinue Reading…
January 13, 2021 23 Comments
New Year, New Thoughts for 2021
December 2, 2019 35 Comments
The Destruction of Culture
(Globalization, Pop Culture, Dumbing-Down, Failed School System, and Participatory Democracy)
If porn was allowed on YouTube the next president would be a pornstar.
If the theme song of Homeostasis Dwellers is Girls Just Want to Have Fun, then the theme of Homeostasis Breakers is Push it to the Limit.Continue Reading…
April 22, 2019 24 Comments
Nothing New Under the Sun: 8 Historic Patterns
I have written about history on multiple occasions in the past, and now it’s time again.
Studying history is important because it gives you a broad understanding of human nature under different circumstances. And it also allows you to predict with higher certainty when people or countries are succumbing to certain historical patterns. When this happens, there is not much you can do to counteract it — a wiser decision may be to simply extract yourself from the situation and strive to avoid the folly of your peers, statesmen or countrymen.Continue Reading…
February 25, 2019 13 Comments
The Thoreau Test: Can You Live on 6 Weeks’ Work?
“For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the labor of my hands, and I found, that by working about six weeks in a year, I could meet all the expenses of living. The whole of my winters, as well as most of my summers, I had free and clear for study.”
~Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau could live on 6 weeks of serious work per year.
Most likely, you cannot.
Because inflation has ruined your purchasing power and the median salary has not risen enough to compensate for this.
Also, taxes have increased. So you have to work a lot more.
To put that in perspective:
January 13, 2019 17 Comments
Don’t Think Too Highly of Human Nature
Roman aqueducts
Accelerating change, progress, and innovation is not the status quo.
The Aqueduct and functional sewage systems existed during the Roman Empire (300 BC – 300 AD). And then, when the Roman Empire fell, so did this innovation. The idea of digging tunnels below ground to transport water and waste out of the city was effectively eradicated from popular culture.Continue Reading…
January 3, 2019 13 Comments
Annual Review 2018
Hi there –
I hope you’ve had a fruitful year.
I thought I’d give a brief summary of 2018 and share some lessons. (Like I did in 2016)
The year went ahead different than I had expected. It’s been eventful and I learned a tremendous deal (if you’ve followed Future Skills, you’ll have picked up on some of it).
I made many mistakes, butContinue Reading…
October 16, 2018 15 Comments
20 Future Skills and My Selection of Expert Advice
[UPDATED: 1/12/2019 – See bottom – 3 more guests]
I’ve been fortunate to meet and talk to many interesting people.
In a recent Q&A, a listener asked me & Mikael what we had learned from our podcasts, and how making them had impacted our lives.
For me, the most important thing has been (and remains) meeting and talking to interesting individuals; learning from masters.
Learning partly from osmosis, partly from research. But mostly from reading between the lines and reflecting on my own.
This article sums up the best advice from Future Skills Podcast yet.Continue Reading…
September 11, 2018 16 Comments
Proxy Society: Are We Cognitively Equipped for Capitalism?
I count the fact that we’re evolutionary mismatched to much of the modern world as one of the most important mind-shifts I’ve had.
One of the biggest evolutionary mismatches is the capitalist system.
We all know that Marxism, Communism, Leftism don’t work. If they did, they would have prosperous companies and happy people. It doesn’t take a genius to understand that if you rob people ofContinue Reading…
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