Michaela

As a form of value beyond material capital (what you own), cultural capital (what you know), and social capital (who you know) — Charisma Capital is defined by how you move through the world.

The decline of socialization is permeating our culture, and in response, we place a higher premium on social connection. We seek temporal realness not only because we are desperate for evidence of humanity in an AI slop-ified world, but also because we are naturally drawn to the increasingly rarified experience of genuine human interaction

If you find the notion of emotional intercourse with an immaterial entity creepy, consider the many friends and family members who exist in your life mainly as words on a screen. Digital communication has already prepared us for AI companionship...by transforming many of our physical-world relationships into a sequence of text chimes and blue... See more

No, she said, because in the long run, books are all that matter . Podcasts, films, and TikToks are good at attracting ears and eyes, but in the realm of ideas, they punch below their weight. Thoughts only stick around when you print them out and bind them in cardboard.

doing something once with massive effort doesn’t create lasting change. you haven’t built enough myelin. the pathway is still weak.

but doing something small consistently over a long period of time builds that myelin up layer by layer until the pathway is strong enough to compete with and eventually replace the old one.

the people who successfully... See more

breaking out of this requires understanding that you’re not just fighting habits. you’re fighting your brain’s entire predictive model of who you are.