Tom White

Derek Sivers once wrote: “Since almost nothing is absolutely indisputably true, you should choose beliefs and ideas that are useful to you now — that help you take the right actions.”

Carl Jung

“No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown allies will come and seek you.”

In the past, the difficulty in accepting Christianity was salvation. Everyone in premodern societies knew sin was real, but many doubted salvation. Today it is the exact opposite: everybody is saved, but there is no sin to be saved from. (Peter Kreeft)

In the past, the difficulty in accepting Christianity was salvation. Everyone in premodern societies knew sin was real, but many doubted salvation. Today it is the exact opposite: everybody is saved, but there is no sin to be saved from. (Peter Kreeft)

Where through the carnage I moved with a callous composure—or away

from the fallen,

As journalists lose their jobs, more publicists get hired. The result is that there are now seven times as many publicists as journalists . The rise of AI agents will only make this worse, much worse.

The entire media ecosystem is breaking down. Around three-quarters of journalists now block publicists who are (they believe) spamming them. I get so... See more

the publishing business has grown cautious and formula-driven. There’s a reason it promotes fantasies and romances and other unrealistic genres.

In those books, little is at stake. It’s not truth-telling—just wish fulfillment.

culture is now evaluated on cash flow, not creativity. He’s no fool. He works in Hollywood, where you always pay as you go.

if you look at what they do, not what they say—always a wise tactic—they validate his charge every day of the year.