Nel Talk
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Status as economic catalyst
How social status functions as a chemical catalyst in economics by reducing verification costs. Understanding when the pursuit of status creates value versus when it becomes wasteful.
Rituals seems unavoidable
Why we dedicate 30-40% of our resources to seemingly wasteful rituals. Examining the 'belief tax' as the price we pay for trust, leveraged action, and filtering mechanism for ideas.
No one cares about you (nor should you care about them)
Why 0.01% of creators get 99.9% of views, why chasing attention is a noob trap, and why blogs outlast tweets. Stop chasing audiences and build something good enough.
I got 12M views, then got permabanned
Deplatformed by Linkedin after 12M views and 10 years of building.
Why every country is broke AF
It's real estate. Examining the accounting gimmick of the century: how houses became the only capital good exempted from depreciation, creating budget holes that require infinite money printing.
Why is soft drink cheaper than water?
Challenging the 'marketing' theory. Could carbonated drinks actually be cheaper due to distribution efficiency? Exploring how pressurized containers might explain the price paradox.
Post Gen Z can't retire until this changes
Why working harder and paying more taxes won't make you rich. Examining wealth inequality, lack of opportunities, and future senior poverty through the lens of invisible social parasites.
AI prompt I use for trauma dump
A GPT prompt for uncovering the masks you're wearing and the stories you're telling yourself. Use at your own risk - tough love is welcome.
We can't all get rich off compound interest
Exposing the illusion of financial freedom through passive income. The system only works if the working class continues to toil, and we can't all be on the receiving end of compound interest.
When not to negotiate
Understanding the difference between limited and unlimited objectives. Recognizing when negotiation is futile and when your opponent simply wants more, not resolution.
Illusion of productivity
Challenging the conventional wisdom that equates busyness with productivity. Examining how consumption masquerades as production in information, education, compliance, and opportunities.
Natural language is software
How English, Chinese, and Japanese evolved to solve the same abstraction problems that plague software developers today. Natural languages predict the challenges of our codebases.