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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • Maybe it’s time to get better at researching companies before major decisions. Do you have a system in place for doing background research on future large purchases?

    That shame is no use unless it helps you update your behavior. Shame about a “one-off” decision in the past will continue to nag you until you figure out how to avoid the same mistake in the future.

    So how can you avoid realizing ten years out that some big purchase you made supported someone you disagree with? How can you do it in advance?









  • “world police” means doing police work at a global level.

    Police fundamentally exist so that individuals can outsource their security to the state. Police disincentivize coercion by maintaining the ability to do violence and doing violence on those who use violence. It allows individuals to not have to think about physical in order to move freely.

    “world police” means one country’s military defending other countries so that those countries don’t have to maintain a military or handle their own security.

    The meaning of the phrase is inherent to the phrase’s word: it just means playing a police role (punishing aggression between third parties to maintain a peaceful atmosphere) for the world (planet Earth).