Back in July, I predicted I would lose $100k or more attempting to create a "religion" of sorts. This has come true. It's not quite a loss, more of an expensive lesson in a particular personal failure mode. My original approach was simply too esoteric: "
The phrase "how are you?" bothers me when its wielder does not truly intend to discuss the other person's wellbeing. In my experience, more than 50% of conversations begun with this question start squarely in such territory. Of course, I'm guilty of mindless verbal
On Sunday, I forgot about blogging completely. From waking up to sleeping again, it did not enter my mind once. Otherwise I certainly would have published something. Last week started more type-happy than normal. At one point, I had five posts queued and ready. This surplus allowed me to
Are we aligned on the zScore definition? What resonates and why? How does the outside world gauge you today? This is your zScore. Where does your ambition lead you? This is your zPotential. How would your closest friends describe your current mode of operating? They are your truest "investors&
1. Build zScore as a service. 2. Publish book Capitalism Unlocked, go mainstream. 3. Set up competition or successor systems. The plan creates founders and aligns the global community on a dataset + protocol to 100x our culture. A moonshot culture paves the path towards a Graceful (AI) Future. I estimate
never let anyone, including me, shape your ideas. i do think my ideas are best, duh for me they are right by default, and most certainly over yours... i've spent my entire life thinking on them, after all but i'm open to changing my mind, and
We believe in gratitude. Life is good. We believe in opportunity. Generously creating moves us. We believe in freedom. Enrollment in opportunity requires voluntary individuals. We believe in ambition. To our eyes, the universe is far from perfect as-is. We believe in kindness. Self-actualization towards prosperity over self-
Current models have a zScore of 3. In short order, the frontier may obtain 4-7. Crucially, the responsibility aspect of Lvl 4 is missing, and Lvl 8 will not necessarily be the default next stage. Humans are planning engines. Our biology ultimately wants us to survive, to live. We
I happen to have a very simple "apply to date" page now. There is only one prerequisite: zLevel = 8. Whether I find you or you find me, it's likely our union corresponds to your moving up from 8 → 9. The shift is intimately personal, playing with
1. are you a conscious being who can read this? 2. are you well-educated in basic skills, diligent, curious? 3. are you blocked internally, emotionally, on some capability or maturity? 4. do you take full responsibility for your life and generate >$100k/yr? ~ 5. have you shipped enough
i've narrated the post below here: I've been writing a lot since July when I began officially moving on from Shuffle. I've written in journals and notepads that nobody ever sees, here on this new blog, back on my old blog, as well as
There exists a particular axis of success, a unidimensional compression encapsulating the fundamental tensions of biological self-interest versus productive output uplifting society. Put differently, there is a Pareto optimal curve demarcating the altruist's best possible impact within capitalism, or the capitalist's best opportunity for maximal
