How the system works - Naval Ravikant
These are addictive: twitter, facebook, instagram: they are weaponised. You have social statisticians and scientists and researchers and people in lab coats literally best minds of our generations figuring out how to addict you to the news. And if you fall for it, if you get addicted, your brain will get destroyed. This is the modern struggle. The ancient struggle used to be the tribal struggle: you had your tribe of friends and family, you had your religion, you had your country, you had your loyalty and your nationality. At least you had meaning and support. Modern life was so free that everything became atomised: you stand alone, you live in our apartment alone, you live in your house alone, your parents don't live nearby, your friends don't live nearby, you dont have any tribal meaning, you don't believe in religion anymore, you don't believe in country anymore. it's fine, you got a lot of freedom. But now, when they come to attack you, you're alone and y...