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@PaulSkallas
Dec 11, 2025 • 10 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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There are two ways to rise in the world.

Force your will on the world, or hold your position until the world shifts in your favor.

Survive in case you get lucky

lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/stay-alive-i…
Americans are experiencing a profound shift in priorities, traditional sources of meaning like patriotism, religion, community, and family have collapsed and have been replaced by a singular focus on money and economic survival.Image
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There's an alternative to the race. Instead of competing, you can survive, avoid terminal risks, and wait for the system to break Image
the unexpected rise of Ahmed al-Sharaa

how America gained a lot of territory

How many things happened throughout history

Things collapse, and the survivors are declared winners Image
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Happens in relationships

Happens at the workplace Image
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Heroic Intervention vs. Survival Image
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Survival comes first Image
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Of course, the world may never turn in your favor Image
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Jul 10
No one has given me a good enough answer for why Americans never got interested in Soccer. America is a sports obsessed nation. Soccer is a great sport.

So what why isn't popular?

Soccer is a lower-body sport, and America is an upper-body culture.

lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/your-competi…
There's an upper body bias that runs throughout American culture that we can't recognize.

For the same reason people don't notice their own accents.

Every Popular American sport is built around the torso Image
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But it runs deeper than sports. Watch how Americans walk. They walk with heavy shoulder, lead with a chest, they take up space.

Other people tend to walk more with their core or sway with their hips. Take a look around if you're on vacation somewhere in another country. There's a lot of information in gait.Image
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Jul 8
This is another flaw of representative democracy.

A whole Senate race can collapse into the personal drama of one man, even though the real question of government is supposed to be policy

Feminizes the electorate

Forces citizens to think like gossip columnists instead of law
Sometimes we forget. Democracy has two forms. We assume it only has one. That's because 98 percent of countries use only one form. It is not the original form though.

It is deeply flawed. Some would even say it is a broken model right now. Image
Representative Politics is broken.

The good news is we have an alternative.

Citizens can vote for the laws directly

lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/mass-dissati…
Read 8 tweets
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Jun 24
Is New York City a cult?

The goal for many people now is simply to live in a superstar city. Not do anything interesting there. Not to save money, not to own a home, or start a family. Being there is the achievement.

The city is not a means to an end.

lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/the-cult-of-…
The truth is, cities are really nice now. The human capital there is top tier. They have morphed into adult playgrounds. They are fun places. NYC is much different than today than it was in the 60s/70s/80s.

Cities are Lindy, they outlast the nations they exist in. Image
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But the modern superstar city is changing. It is not the same. There are big historical trends happening now that are unprecedented.

1) Mass urbanization - for the first time in history the world is urban.

2) Mass migration - superstar cities are 30-60 percent foreign born, and not from the country itself but outside the country. Essentially becoming city-states that have more in common with each other than with the land mass it sits in

3) Global connectiveness - everyone wants to live in 3-4 cities because we are all connected. Both indians and german ministers want to live in NYCImage
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Jun 12
Why are Americans known as easy to scam? Why do they get overcharged at restaurants, taxis and tourist traps around the world? Even by businesses at home. Or with FIFA and WC ticket prices.

Because being a sucker is less shameful than being a loser

lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/on-getting-s…
French newspapers did an investigation in Paris and found out restaurants were scamming Americans with extra charges. Serving them different food than other french people.

This is somewhat surprising to many, as Paris is supposed to be safe. Image
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This is an observation from over a hundred years ago. Foreign writers saw Americans didnt mind being fooled.

But they're wrong Image
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May 16
Hollywood and TV never put Greeks into their movies or shows on Greek epics (or Roman too). That's how it has been since the movie industry started. I'm not even talking about the stars, even just background characters.

When it makes Japanese history films, it casts Japanese actors. When it makes Nordic epics, it casts Scandinavians. Medieval English or French stories usually get English or French actors. Native American films cast NA actors.

Even, Christopher Nolan himself has done a historical film on Dunkurque and cast British actors.

The reason is most people see Greece as medieval Europe with sandals. Medievalism.
Medievalism means the clothes look like 12th century france or uK. the actors look like french or english. The setting resembles some sort of village somewhere in western europe. Image
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With the Odyssey, Nolan is expanding Medievalism to include minority groups in the contemporary west. As the west changes in demographics, so do the Greek epics. But it never leaves the Medievalism domain Image
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Apr 27
Remember the Lindy rule. Humans only talk to things that are alive

1) Other humans

2) Themselves

3) animals

4) Things embodied with spiritual significance (gravestones, holy places, prayer)

We could all just sit and talk to our computers now. We have the technology. But we don't. It feels weird. We sit and type in silence.

Many people have tried so far to create a talking device. all have failedImage
Remember the Lindy Rule

Remember the Lindy rule.

Humans only talk to things that are alive
1) Other humans
2) Themselves
3) animals
4) Things embodied with spiritual significance (gravestones, holy places, prayer) Image
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