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• Life matters. Keeping it going (energy, intelligence, bio) matters most.
• I don't believe in free will.
• People do what their environment rewards.
• People mostly copy each other. Mimesis runs the world.
• Everyone is way too risk‑averse. Take more risk.
• Agency and speed beat committees.
• In founders and leaders, power can need to be concentrated.
• Big ideas don't matter without feedback.
• Law is mostly noise without force. Systems route around constraints via proxies.
• Most systems drift and invert their ideals over time anyway (performativeness).
• The web is moving toward a post‑app world. Agents and APIs win.
• Humans are already cyborgs. Brain‑computer stuff and uploads will happen.
• People trade privacy for convenience. Watch what they do, not what they say here.
• Agriculture is huge leverage. Build the farm OS and automate labor.
• Get taste by looking at a lot of good work often.
• American dominance helps survival. In emergencies, big executive action might be worth it.