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From Freddie DeBoar, The Creative Underclass is Still Raging: These people look out at a world filled with creators creating, look at the considerable benefits they accrue (in money, yes, but more importantly in status) and they want. They want what others have. And want breeds resentment, especially when it’s so plain that some of… Continue reading ‘Thought leader’ is just another form of elite status

Bitcoin is continuing to crash as it becomes apparent the anticipated Bitcoin reserve is not happening. Coinbase and MicroStrategy stock are down 25-30% for the week alone, erasing the post-election gains: This signifies a total loss of confidence by market participants of Trump to deliver on anything. It’s total despondency on X/Twitter: People are realizing… Continue reading A great start to 2025 as Bitcoin falters, no reserve

The left is undergoing a crisis of confidence due to eroding credibility in the eyes of the public and loss of narrative control, such as by Elon controlling X/Twitter and Silicon Valley rejecting wokeness/DEI. This will get worse. It’s not so much about the rise of the right, but the left is losing the center… Continue reading The left’s crisis of confidence

It’s not news that losing weight and keeping it off is a struggle for most dieters. It’s a tall order to find any study in which the majority of participants lose a lot of weight and keep it off for a long time. Even if the oft-repeated claim that “95% of dieters fail” is an… Continue reading Long-term weight loss, willpower, and acceptance

I saw this going viral about college grade inflation: Grade inflation is far worse than the chart above makes it look because college also became much much less selective. By 2012 the total *per capita* number of college As awarded to Americans was about 870% of the number in 1965, assuming equal class loads. pic.twitter.com/fkgEqr2EWb… Continue reading Claims of college grade inflation and dumbing-down are overblown

Time for another Twitter Round-up Item #1: perils of low-insight moderation systems: @raspy_aspie banned for joking about what he’d say to his younger self he’s a good dude; hopefully they let him out of Twitter Jail soon pic.twitter.com/UUC9tCfsii — TracingWoodgrains (@tracewoodgrains) February 8, 2025 Kanye was able to rant and rave for many days unimpeded… Continue reading The Daily View, 2/17/2025: Twitter-Roundup Edition

From, astralcodexten On Priesthoods: Many priesthoods, like doctors, still have a good reputation. Even people who disagree with the medical establishment maintain a fetish for the priesthood, and will parade the tiny number of renegade MDs on their side as the strongest evidence that they’re right. In no order, math, physics or philosophy are closer… Continue reading Healthcare is Not Like a Priesthood

A common narrative, as I have often observed on Twitter and Hacker News, is that East Asia ought to serve as a role model for mitigating obesity in the US. The apparent success of East Asian countries at having low rates of obesity is something that can be emulated in the US, or that their… Continue reading Debunking hype about East Asian health and not needing Ozempic

2025 is off to the biggest start of any year. Even 2024. 1. A big fat zero for Trump crypto donors. No Bitcoin reserve, as I predicted. Trump predictably gave his wealthy crypt donors a big, fat zero for their support. This goes to show the limitations of money in politics. The assumption is wealthy… Continue reading A ‘big’ start to 2025

Why do so many health influencers and coaches promote refeeds or ‘diet breaks’ in an effort to combat the inevitable metabolic slowdown and willpower depletion that arises with prolonged dieting, even though there is scant to zero evidence to suggest they work? Any metabolic boost from the refeed, however small, is negated by net weight… Continue reading Reverse dieting/refeeds are a scam