Kaizen D. Asiedu

I’ve created a system to help you see through media bias and manipulation. It’s called Clear Thinker. The solution to media bias isn’t the media or government - it’s you.

Article on the dangers of Westerners not understanding radical Islamists below. You can also support my work by becoming a paid subscriber there. thatskaizen.substack.com/p/joe-kent-has…

Joe Kent said on Tucker Carlson that the Iranian regime has a rule forbidding use of nukes. But that fatwa was never written. Nor is it listed along other fatwas. Westerners fail to understand: You can’t take the word of fanatical regimes who waste life and worship death.

Thank you to Kalshi for their sponsorship. Kalshi has Joe Kent listed as a front runner to announce a run for political office in the near future. This doesn't mean that Joe is dishonest - just consider people’s incentives and look for evidence, not just claims. All my partners are listed here: x.com/thatsKAIZEN/st…

People are scared and don’t like uncertainty. Our brains are not designed to process this much information this fast. But we still want certainty. So when we can’t get it through reasoning, we create it through narratives. That’s why unifying theories - Israel controls America, Jews control the world, pedophiles run everything - have so much sway. People find instances where parts of these theories are true in small cases and use them to explain everything. They become substitutes for the hard, time-consuming work of actual critical thinking. It feels like understanding. But theories that explain everything explain nothing. Social media addiction, short-form content, media incentives, influencer incentives, and information warfare by foreign actors all compound the problem. It’s a difficult thing to solve in an open society. But revamping our education system to teach critical thinking and media literacy would be a solid first step.

AI is frying people’s brains. Uber drivers have always been my barometer. In finance, in life, in politics, and in moments of global tension. Two rides to the airport recently showed me just how bad it’s getting. First driver was a Muslim guy. Very nice. We start talking about Iran. Then Israeli politics. I told him straight up I disagree with a lot of Israeli politics. He immediately relaxed and the conversation opened up. Then we get to the Epstein files. I tell him what I know. He nods along and says of course he knows everything about it. Then he asks me if I know why the Iran war is happening. I ask why…. He says because of the Epstein files. I say alright, I understand the theory. People want attention diverted from it. Then he goes further. He says he is shocked I have not seen the real reason. Trump slept with his daughter. Yes. That is what he told me. He knows Trump slept with his daughter and is bombing Iran to hide it because it was in the Epstein files. I leaned forward and told him that is not real. He said brother it is there. You just have not seen it. I asked again to make sure he was serious. He was dead serious. His whole circle believes it. Messed up right? Second ride. Turkish driver. You all know I am Greek so that is always interesting. I ask his name. We start laughing immediately. Good energy. He says Istanbul. I say Constantinople. We go back and forth joking. He says I look like Turkish actors. I tell him they look like me. I tell him he is probably Greek and should check his DNA. We even talked about how Western Turkey and Greece would probably be extremely similar societies if politics disappeared. Great conversation. Then politics comes up. Again I say I disagree with a lot of Israeli politics. He gets comfortable. Then Iran comes up. He looks at me and says something that backs what I see on X. He says Israel is leveled. I say no it is not. He says yes. Completely destroyed. Like Gaza. The media is hiding it. I asked him multiple times because I thought maybe he meant heavy damage. No. He believes Israel is completely destroyed and the media is covering it up. The videos he saw online convinced him. Wild huh? Two separate drivers. Two different backgrounds. Two completely different lives. Both absolutely certain about things that simply are not real. AI images. Edited videos. Influencer propaganda. It is creating parallel realities. How do you question wars, governments, or geopolitics when millions of people are operating on fabricated information? That is a serious problem.

Guess I’m moving to Colombia for a bit

@bryan_johnson If you do this I highly recommend you get support from an integration specialist to help you process the experience for several months after. 5-MeO can destabilize your life - getting psychological support helps ensure that happens in the best way, not the worst way. Godspeed.

My next longevity experiment: 5-MeO-DMT.

@abbydphillip These comments show why no one ever apologizes and everyone just doubles down on bullshit. Thanks for the correction.

I want to correct something I said last night. The bombs thrown in New York City over the weekend by ISIS inspired attackers was thrown into a crowd of anti-Muslim protestors and not specifically targeted at Mayor Mamdani. That wording was inaccurate and I didn’t catch it ahead of time. I apologize for the error.

Sleep study, salivary test for melatonin and cortisol levels, and continuous glucose monitor at night to see blood sugar levels. Oura ring is helpful too. Ideally find a functional/integrative medicine doctor - there are many things that affect sleep and it can be hard to isolate. Good luck

Anyone else just... tired, a LOT? Like, I sleep 8 hours a night, more or less. Eat super clean. Workout, steps, etc. But I yawn 50+ times a day. Anyone else? Any tips?

Some heroes wear capes — Chief Aaron Edwards wears blue.

People are asking me about my updated thoughts on the bombing, so here are my thoughts as of March 9: War is horrible. If the US struck that school, even unintentionally, that’s horrible. There’s no version of this that isn’t horrible. And if we’re responsible, our leaders should say so and take accountability. That’s what credible countries do. I hope we find the truth and see accountability soon. My video, which was posted on March 2, was about something different. It was about the fact that Western media ran the Islamic Republic’s claims without the skepticism they would apply to American claims. That point stands regardless of whether this specific claim turns out to be true. These are the same outlets that ran Hamas’s claim that Israel bombed al-Ahli Hospital and killed 500 people - which turned out to be a misfired rocket from Hamas that hit a parking lot. By the time the facts caught up, the narrative was already set. A liar can tell the truth. That doesn’t mean you stop fact-checking liars. The pattern of running unverified claims from regimes with documented histories of fabrication, while applying maximum skepticism to our own government, is the problem I pointed out.

On Saturday, Iran's government claimed the U.S. and Israel bombed a school - without evidence - and the media made that the headline. Trump talks about Tylenol and autism - media: "Trump makes claim, without evidence." The media is more skeptical of America than our enemies.

@pfatkillz Farewell, I’ll let my therapist know you unfollowed me

@thatsKAIZEN I'm disappointed in you Kaizen, sorry to say I have to un-follow. By the way who is the paid partnership with Israel?

No, the war in Iran is not about Israel. Here's the history of U.S. - Iranian relations, and the current dilemma.

@babyjjew Please send Bibi my Cash App, it’s @thatskaizen - for some reason he’s not returning my calls And tell him to add a 0 to the $7000 👍🏿

@thatsKAIZEN Thank you for talking well about Israel.

@iranidaturan Respectfully, that’s not what I said, that is your interpretation of what I said. It is a fact that Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was supported by the CIA/Britain. I am not calling him a puppet, I am citing a fact. Nor am I calling his son, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, a puppet.

@thatsKAIZEN It’s irresponsible because it deliberately undermines the Shah and call it a US puppet. Problem is? Iranians exactly want that same Shah! You see now?

Here’s another video and article where I address the global geopolitical angle: the China-Russia-Venezuela-Iran axis. thatskaizen.substack.com/p/why-trump-st…

@iranidaturan How?

@thatsKAIZEN Kaizen. Please. Take this down. You are unknowingly repeating the propaganda. These are factually wrong about Mosadegh. Please. This is so irresponsible now to repeat these.

I address the viral Marco Rubio clip (which was out of context), why talking about Israel seems to break everyone’s brains, and more here: thatskaizen.substack.com/p/no-the-war-i…

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