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God is ungrateful if a racist like PewDiePie has a family life while the rest are suffering. His son will abandon him when he suffers because of his sins.

Being a free-thinking, innovative person in a female-dominated environment is hell. The mean girl panopticon never forgets and never forgives. You can say something mildly out of line and a girl you’ve never heard of will use it against you years later. Say the same in a group of men and it’s forgotten days later. To innovate, you need to be able to innovate badly. The longhouse suppresses volatility for superficial harmony — welcome to the clone factory

Think of all the most innovative cultures. What do they all have in common? Cold seasons. You cannot afford to be lazy in a cold, seasonal climate: - You can’t live impulsively. If you don’t stock food or plan winter shelter, you’re dead - You must cooperate, or you’re dead - You must delay gratification, or you’re dead - You must create tools, preserve food and build storage systems, or you’re dead Lazy, shortsighted behavior is punishable by death. Cognitive load increases and forward thinking becomes a selective breeding trait. The closer to the equator you are, the less change there is. Resource abundance and constant climate mean no pressure to innovate, no long-term planning requirements. Warmth means comfort and comfort means complacency (biologically speaking). Seasonal cognition is what led to the invention of calendars, agriculture and scheduling. The environmental force that paved the way for: - Industrial revolutions - Scientific method - Modern infrastructure Innovation thrives where the future is uncertain and immediate gratification is punished. Future orientation is an environmental phenomenon.

serious question: what's the psychology behind women liking men who are broke, sometimes even liking the man more when he is broke? genuinely do not understand. i just cannot take a guy serious as a man if he does not demonstrate the ability to have income

“Why are humans so obsessed with recreating themselves?”

Shenzhen: 4.5 decades ago, here’s a small fishing village.

The Indo-European Experience

LOL

reading Darwin leaves impression he suffocates as he writes. ponderous and without meaningful direction. the wheat separated from the chaff is something established prior to him. Lamarck on other hand, he breathes well in this text. he sees with better lucidity