i categorize old enough as slow tv, and as near optimal propaganda for persistence

i'm reading this paper with anecdotes that read like, oh i have it so easy compared to these lower class people with superior abilities, i've been the recipient of such privilege yes, you have you have ascended without competition

sharing chat account with husband is like, you're absolutely right! here's a zero copy no allocations solution to what to say to your kid's preschool teacher

> be 4yo boy at camp > hate mandatory morning handshake > hate montessori social normalization cues et al > wear good outfit today > get compliments, twice > hold head high > see girl at dropoff > execute handshake performance of your life > oneshot social normalization

those who bet for a living, like investors or traders or professional gamblers do not feel they owe the world something when they win even if it was improbable that they won

an interesting thing about a no screens kid is that he's not been indoctrinated to anything he literally has never seen a movie or tv episode until this one he just has an innate interest in the competitive

My dance teachers are always saying ‘you’re constantly making choices’ especially in improv

the black stallion is actually hardly coherent as a single movie it's more like two short films, and then a separate, almost standalone movie i like the second short best

> you're constantly making choices and those choices are where the story is

our kid finally likes doing puzzles i take no credit for this transformation i may have been an active saboteur