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Capitalism is just a lot of people betting on what the future looks like

Every investment, every hire, every product launch is a bet. Not on what is, but on what will be. The entire system runs on collective speculation...

EconomicsPhilosophyStartups

1 month ago

When did people start bifurcating and polarizing in America? When life expectancy stopped going up

As long as life was getting better for everyone, we could tolerate inequality. But when progress stalled, we started looking for someone to blame...

SocietyEconomicsPolitics

1 month ago

Rationalism or winning an argument decreases alternatives and creativity instead of increasing it

The goal of rational debate is to eliminate options until only one remains. But creativity requires keeping multiple contradictory ideas alive at once...

CreativityPhilosophyProduct Thinking

1 month ago

I wonder if technology just pushes the timeline of discovering your own meaning in life

Every generation has had to confront mortality and meaning. But we keep inventing ways to delay that confrontation. Is that progress, or avoidance?

PhilosophyTechnologyMeaning

1 month ago

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