Academia is a Disgrace
1) Preamble It may have at one point been the case that Academia was a place where real intellectual exploration was done. Tragically, in modern America (1990 – 2020) this has not been the case. In our society, Academia is a place constricted by political correctness. Academics who publish opinions (or facts) that are politically […]
Mask Wearing, Facet of Cunning
1) Preamble “We live in a time where the average man and woman will greet you with an inauthentic version of themselves, their fabled social representative.” -Illimitable Man Few people show you their real self; most have a social representative mask that they wear whenever they are not alone. 2) Masks You Will Need “Just […]
Analytical Mind, Facet of Cunning
Required Reading: Before diving into this piece, read the following passage taken from Illimitable Man’s essay ‘Understanding Psychopathy’. It gives a good overview of ‘Cold Reading’. “The powers of observation – The ability to understand, discern, correlate or simply “connect the dots” based on non-verbal cues. The powers of observation are not psychopathic per se, […]
Psychology of Risk Taking
Preamble: A life with zero risk is neither possible nor desirable. Risk can be managed. It can be moved from one place to another. It can be increased or decreased in amount, but it can never be eliminated. 1) Types of Bets There are different types of opportunities or ‘bets’ that will appear in life. […]
Feedback Loops, Positive & Negative
Preamble: “To the one who has much, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has little, even what he has will be taken away.” -Jesus The world is filled with feedback loops. A ‘Positive Feedback Loop’ is when one good thing leads to another, and another, and […]
Battle of Credibility
Preamble: A Battle of Credibility (BOC) is any case where it is one person’s word against the word of another, and the winner will be whoever appears to be more credible. Should you find yourself in a BOC, your goal is to make yourself appear as credible as possible, while reducing the perceived credibility of […]
Seduction, Machiavellian Venue
Preamble: Women select men almost entirely on the basis of physical attractiveness, status in the dominance hierarchy, and confidence. If you are a man who is good looking, high status in the hierarchy that is currently in place, and low on neuroticism (confident), there will be an endless supply of women who want to be […]
Tactical Implications of Male Expendability
Preamble: “It’s hard for a child to understand the existential pressures of being an adult…the same is true of women with men.” -Illimitable Man If you are a man, you have to look out for yourself because chances are nobody else will. Society considers the lives of women and children to be critical, and the […]
Male Expendability and its Consequences
Preamble: Males are the reproductively expendable sex, females are the reproductively critical sex. A tribe with 100 women and only 50 men can create babies without any difficulty, but a tribe with 50 women and 100 men will be limited in how many babies it can produce. The number of females who are alive and […]
Life Is A Lottery
Preamble: Life is a lottery. Those who succeed in the game of life tend to dramatically underestimate the degree to which they have been helped by luck, while overestimating the degree to which their success was driven by their own hard work. There are 6 lotteries that will be covered in this piece: Country of […]