# ![@ChrisYabsley1 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1577931051913068544.png) @ChrisYabsley1 Chris Yabsley

Chris Yabsley posts on X about countries, in the, we are, relationships the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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**Social topic influence**
[countries](/topic/countries), [in the](/topic/in-the), [we are](/topic/we-are), [relationships](/topic/relationships), [if you](/topic/if-you), [norway](/topic/norway), [the world](/topic/the-world), [spain](/topic/spain), [high performance](/topic/high-performance), [level](/topic/level)

**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

""The brutal and sadistic behaviour of the Japanese conquerors in the areas they occupied doomed any idea of 'Co-Prosperity' from the outset. The Japanese invited total war by their behaviour and they got it; it was a war they could never hope to win.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1699120241467613365)  2023-09-05T18:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Your personal experiences with money make up maybe 0.0000001% of what's happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the world works. So equally smart people can disagree about how and why recessions happen what you should prioritize and so on." Morgan Housel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1714325540654682232)  2023-10-17T17:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"A key lesson in negotiation from Mick Jagger and Keith Richards: You cant always get what you wantbut if you try you just might find you get what you need"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1727055612037730656)  2023-11-21T20:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"On this day in [----] Ernest Shackleton was born:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1758254131901263972)  2024-02-15T22:17Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Many individuals have served countries. Some of them well some of them not so well. Ernest Shackleton is a name which undoubtedly falls into the former category for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1758254135420256347)  2024-02-15T22:17Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""Motivation emotional intelligence and challenge appraisals are important aptitudes for the development of resilience. Furthermore findings suggest that social isolation caused by the pandemic may have affected levels of emotional intelligence.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1758515044894060833)  2024-02-16T15:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The study developed a course to help people find their career calling. Participants explored strengths values and interests to identify a personal mission with a focus on turning insights into action"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1759263391879774263)  2024-02-18T17:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""In order to find ones calling one should not wait for an epiphany or a particular constellation of life circumstances to occur but pursue deliberate actions. In other words seek and ye shall find.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1759263394916426211)  2024-02-18T17:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""We like to think that the world is growing more civilized and yet the crop of potential new despotic leaders is burgeoning.studies of human behaviour indicate that the disposition to violence exists in all of us; everyone may have a despot in his or her basement.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1760781777935687810)  2024-02-22T21:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""Humankind appears to be the only member of the animal kingdom that has the potential for mass murder and we realize that potential with disturbing frequency.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1760781780976550035)  2024-02-22T21:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""To me there is not only right or wrong but many shades in between.The real tragedies are not in choices between right and wrong. Real dilemmas are difficulties of the soul provoking agonies which you in your world of black and white can't even begin to comprehend.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1761843552911589838)  2024-02-25T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""Perhaps man's striving for value the certainty of greater truths can never be approached with the pedantic method of philosophy but needs the poet who sees the totality of life and not just its manifestations.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1761843556174709122)  2024-02-25T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Do leaders travel to see their allies more often than their adversaries What are the effects of such visits Some interesting findings from a U.S. perspective:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1762205921823130109)  2024-02-26T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"High-level U.S. officials not only travel to allies but also visit longstanding adversaries. These trips are usually planned often intended to enhance domestic political popularity. A good example of this is President Nixon's visit to China in [----] to see Chairman Mao"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1762205932262654004)  2024-02-26T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""When presidents hands are tied in the legislature and they lack sufficient decision-making authority over domestic agendas they shift their focus to foreign policy where they are subject to fewer restrictions from Congress.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1762205957000691863)  2024-02-26T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""A visit by a leader of five great powersthe United States Russia China Britain and Franceto smaller countries provides security benefits by signalling an extended deterrent commitment.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1762205964831543365)  2024-02-26T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"On this day in [----] Egypt celebrated its newfound independence from British rule"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1762855242151141539)  2024-02-28T15:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"3/ It has been suggested that in the context of appearance anxiety and depression individuals with higher appearance anxiety are more likely to perceive elements of their environment as appearance-related and negative"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1764742642175504517)  2024-03-04T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"4/ Exposure to appearance ideals during passive and problematic social media use may increase self-evaluative behaviours leading to negative well-being and body image outcomes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1764742645430317151)  2024-03-04T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"5/ The study suggests that healthy social media use is an issue with intentionality. Are you controlling your impulses or are your impulses being controlled"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1764742648710259000)  2024-03-04T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"6/ Active social media use may be associated with positive well-being outcomes because you feel you're in control of your social media usage. On the other hand passive use suggests that youre merely a slave to the strings of Silicon Valley. Fin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1764742652283724080)  2024-03-04T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""We are deeply afraid that we have wasted some of our precious units of life or that we might waste them in the future so we construct myriad apparatuses to protect us from such failures. Or at least to convince ourselves that we have not failed.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1765708987209810086)  2024-03-07T12:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Make Victorian Britain Great Again A summary of @moveincircles' latest in UnHerd 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1765829860780621928)  2024-03-07T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"In [----] Wentworth Woodhouse became a symbol of class conflict as the Labour Party's Minister for Fuel and Power Manny Shinwell ordered mining on its grounds to address a national fuel crisis and challenge the aristocratic association"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1765829871916466309)  2024-03-07T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"On January [--] [----] Patrice Lumumba the first democratically elected prime minister of the Republic of Congo was shot dead by a firing squad.the CIA had been plotting to have him killed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1767499487101034932)  2024-03-12T10:34Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


""9.2 million people aged between [--] and [--] in the UK are not in work nor looking for a job. The total figure is more than [------] higher than before the coronavirus pandemic.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1767566294751289566)  2024-03-12T15:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"In [----] historian Niall Ferguson wrote a biography on KISSINGER A history book But with TIMELESS lessons on ethics negotiation and HUMAN NATURE Here are [--] of them 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1768004147906052258)  2024-03-13T20:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"1/ How do you deal with difficult people Ferguson: PATIENCE EMPATHY and ARGUMENT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1768004174757986774)  2024-03-13T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"2/ RESPECT can only be earned when youre willing to defend yourself Kissinger: Failure to do so is a DISEASE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1768004199118504034)  2024-03-13T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"3/ Most DECISIONS are made unofficially The majority of important agreements are not reached around the meeting table They're made in "back channel exchanges""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1768004210334073099)  2024-03-13T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"4/ SILENCE is a weapon Just because someone asks you something Doesnt mean you HAVE TO answer You dont need to know everything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1768004231490142364)  2024-03-13T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"5/ PREPARATION and STRENGTH will deter evil Kissinger: You cannot be "taken seriously" if you don't prepare for the worst"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1768004242349195296)  2024-03-13T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Deep reading will change you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1768695876917383308)  2024-03-15T17:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"If you liked this Follow @ChrisYabsley1 for more 🤝"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1770337383545802772)  2024-03-20T06:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Read even more by subscribing to my S*ubstack: https://chrisyabsley.substack.com/utm_medium=web https://chrisyabsley.substack.com/utm_medium=web"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1784679356930863522)  2024-04-28T20:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"6/ Neumann went on to write some classic books. 'Depth Psychology and a New Ethic' (1949) 'The Origins and History of Consciousness' (1954) But for Paglia his most important book was on motherhood: 'The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype' (1955)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1785353627668017273)  2024-04-30T17:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"7/ Neumann's writing on psychology therefore according to Paglia should be taken seriously. A stand-out quote on Freud: "Freud opened the way for the liberation of man from the oppression of the old father figure to which he himself remained deeply fixated.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1785353642524246413)  2024-04-30T17:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""Yes dating can be tedious. Sometimes you have to crush a lot of rocks to find a gem. But outsourcing real-world interaction to AI will diminish you. You will learn less about yourself. It will make you a less interesting person and ultimately a less desirable partner.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1790713794395803943)  2024-05-15T12:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"You cannot go to the same place twice as it has changed since you last saw it. You cannot kiss the same woman twice as in-between breaths she has transformed ever so imperceptibly. You cant read the same book again because now you are different. Flux is all.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1792555931336912998)  2024-05-20T14:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Your cognitive function peaks in your early 30s. It will steadily decline from this point onwards. But there are things we can do to decelerate the process of this decline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1792631436253544681)  2024-05-20T19:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"One of these according to this study is to get married. The study called on individuals in South Korea renowned for upholding the Confucian tradition of family unity. Marriage for this tradition is deemed as a pivotal event in a person's transition to adulthood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1792631451311112455)  2024-05-20T19:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"4/ No. Death for Socrates is not something to be approached tentatively. We should approach death as we approach life. Boldly positively. Socrates: "There is good hope that death is a blessing.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1792993922748428375)  2024-05-21T19:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"5/ Why Because death means either [--] of [--] things. Either we lose perception and fall into a permanent senseless dreamlike state. Or our minds live eternally with the great philosophers of our civilization"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1792993936950304823)  2024-05-21T19:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Jonathan Haidt - @JonHaidt Best-selling author and world-leading psychologist. His work on mental illness social media and anxiety is well-documented. One of his key ideas: Safetyism and smartphones are experience blockers Here's a summary of what he says. 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1793358211531395310)  2024-05-22T19:08Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Academic: Hal Ritter Subject: Anxiety Date: [----] Here are the highlights. 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1794990847932674324)  2024-05-27T07:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"1/ "The enormous development of healing sects cults individual healers and healing movements both in and out of the church attests to the need of human beings to solve their problems of anxiety." - Carl Salzman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1794990866928738326)  2024-05-27T07:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"2/ Without existentialism it is unclear whether society would have such concern for the feeling of anxiety"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1794990885547176204)  2024-05-27T07:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"3/ Paul Tillich on why anxiety will always be an omnipresent feature of human life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1794990909685375004)  2024-05-27T07:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"4/ Tillich on why we need faith"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1794990928891195652)  2024-05-27T07:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"5/ Hal Ritter on 'why' we feel anxiety. It doesn't matter who you are your life will always feel under threat. It's why we all feel anxiety"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1794990947161563255)  2024-05-27T07:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"6/ Rollo May described anxiety as a way of choking one's existence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1794990971899478386)  2024-05-27T07:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"7/ Why according to Ritter fear and anxiety are "not the same""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1794990990253809792)  2024-05-27T07:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"8/ Can anxiety work to your benefit Ritter:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1794991008964550867)  2024-05-27T07:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Thanks for reading Follow @chrisyabsley1 for more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1794991023481041182)  2024-05-27T07:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""The more time a girl spends on social media the more likely she is to be depressed. Girls who say that they spend five or more hours each weekday on social media are three times as likely to be depressed as those who report no social media time.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1795500307704877502)  2024-05-28T17:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Depressive symptoms were reduced when social media use was restricted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1795787237499838570)  2024-05-29T12:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Instagram and Snapchat are rated as the worst by teens for their effects on mental health"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1795817524002742278)  2024-05-29T14:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Like many of England's clubs City are the playthings of foreign billionaires who jet in now and then to see how the house is being run. The Premier League is an international confection that just happens to be based in England"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1843883316292006241)  2024-10-09T05:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""The widespread disappearance of work would usher in a social transformation unlike any weve seen.saving work is more important than saving any job. Industriousness has served as Americas unofficial religion since its founding. What might happen if work goes away""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1853371908089151606)  2024-11-04T09:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"War is always a potential outcome. The more advanced a civilization is to become the less likely this argument is to be made. Those who make it are treated with contempt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1853762014230786428)  2024-11-05T11:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"One of my main takeaways from reading @robkhenderson's book #Troubled: You're not a good person just because you hold a certain belief Too many now believe that their opinions determine whether they're a 'good' person Wrong. You're a good human being if you behave like one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863581361132437771)  2024-12-02T13:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"2/ Attitudes towards prostitution differ greatly in Europe - it's one of the topics in which attitudes vary within Western society"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863629935786459466)  2024-12-02T17:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"3/ This study identified three countries in Europe - Norway Spain and Germany - as examples of how attitudes towards prostitution can be diverse within a similar culture. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13082 https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13082"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863629938806403222)  2024-12-02T17:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"13/ "Citizens of those countries where the purchase of sex was criminalised were less tolerant toward prostitution than were citizens of countries where prostitution was legal.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863629962617528761)  2024-12-02T17:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"14/ Three countries were discussed in the study: Norway: Both brothel owning and purchasing sex are illegal; Pimping is a criminal offence and prostitution is illegal; sex workers themselves are not penalised but customers who use sexual services are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863629964957909308)  2024-12-02T17:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"15/ Its interesting that Norway deem the responsibility of sex work (and the immorality of such) to fall on the customer and not the worker. This is likely a reflection of a left leaning judicial viewpoint protecting those within the industry deemed to be the most vulnerable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863629967143170177)  2024-12-02T17:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"18/ Spain: Brothel owning is criminalised but the purchase of sex is legal. Prior to [----] Spain fluctuated in its attitudes towards prostitution but under Franco it became overwhelmingly in favour of its abolition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863629974336406009)  2024-12-02T17:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"19/ In summary prostitution is illegal in Norway ambiguously regulated in Spain and legal in Germany. The diversity is interesting as all three countries rank highly in terms of economic development across the globe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863629976550912003)  2024-12-02T17:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"20/ The economic similarities of the three countries are evidenced below:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863629980204171461)  2024-12-02T17:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"21/ There is also the issue regarding the detection of prostitution. It is ultimately a trade that is hard to prove. This has been the case in Norway since its criminalisation in 1995"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863629982884307410)  2024-12-02T17:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"22/ But what did the study actually find It confirmed what it hypothesised - that attitudes toward prostitution were least positive in Norway and most positive in Germany with Spain falling in between"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863629984905961881)  2024-12-02T17:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@TheFP @AugustLamm She is one of many within Gen Z who are turning their back on smartphones. Maybe we ought to start listening to the people who ultimately are the most prolific users of social media and the smartphone. https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863518848357716247 Australian members of Generation Z are as supportive of social media age restrictions compared to other generations. Of the Gen Zs surveyed 91% agreed that there should be stronger restrictions on childrens access to social media and over a third supported an outright ban. https://t.co/BXHrQOYw9u"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863965316524482588)  2024-12-03T15:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@DylanoA4 Yes. Much of today's mental health crisis can be attributed to a lack of gratitude"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863966896158077274)  2024-12-03T15:21Z [--] followers, 13.6K engagements


"@SteveStuWill There is greater optionality but this is somewhat illusory. More specifically we just have more of an insight into people's lives now (social media apps etc). These people are rarely serious mating options it just seems that way because they follow you back on Instagram"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863975786480337283)  2024-12-03T15:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"🧵 The Psychology of Politicians Who Abuse Power"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863981861334077695)  2024-12-03T16:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"1/ French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces a vote of no confidence in his minority government after using special powers to push through a social security budget bill without a vote by MPs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863981863951303062)  2024-12-03T16:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@TheaEuryphaessa Agreed. I think you see the worshipping of sports figures/celebs/musicians/politicians as evidence of Simon & Garfunkels message"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1863988207236395230)  2024-12-03T16:46Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@meghaverma_art The optimist is also grateful of what has come before. They recognise that great people have done great things and that we have an opportunity to continue that trend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1864223414455517294)  2024-12-04T08:21Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@bernardtjoy Yep. Thats the key to wellbeing as well: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/sukkot-holiday-happiness/680262/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/sukkot-holiday-happiness/680262/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1864645530707472771)  2024-12-05T12:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@JaimieKrems Similar to the data regarding money relationships and happiness. If I recall rightly a poor person who goes to church regularly will be happier than a rich person who doesnt. Optimal relationships are generally an understated means for enhancing wellbeing and life span imo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1864743396666974618)  2024-12-05T18:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""In a mock court trial in which the defendant was charged with killing their allegedly abusive father female jurors were more likely to believe the defendants claims of abuse and consider them innocent of murder.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1865463556998639973)  2024-12-07T18:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@robsica @DavMicRot The mainstream media merely describe the symptoms of an event. They never embrace nuance when it comes to discussing how the event occurred. If they do it's usually because the cause conforms with an underlying narrative they wish to communicate to their audience"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1866210156763132024)  2024-12-09T19:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"I have been in the Middle East for nearly three months now and it's obvious why so many people are leaving the UK to live here. And the weather is just one of many factors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1866211823550402862)  2024-12-09T20:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ArtemisConsort Or just complaints about human nature in general. That we were born to compete and inequality is the inevitable result"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1866536569336733777)  2024-12-10T17:32Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"When the wrong principle is established as supreme-when a false king is set upon the throne or an impious ethos prevails the people quickly find themselves deprived of the very water of life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1876715794089783621)  2025-01-07T19:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The word psyche literally means butterfly Whats the significance of this Butterflies are the product of transformation (caterpillar). Conclusion: You can transform your psyche"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1876715904404205951)  2025-01-07T19:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@DylanoA4 Similar to Robert Roberts definition of integrity: You must remain personally whole in the face of potentially disintegrating circumstances"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1877034094279659805)  2025-01-08T16:46Z [---] followers, 10.7K engagements


"@DylanoA4 It's worth noting that the word 'psyche' "literally means butterfly" Why is this significant A butterfly is a transformative creature formally a caterpillar. It follows that your psyche when weathering the "storm" can transform in the same way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1877393648779690405)  2025-01-09T16:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Fascinating insight. Niceness does not always = virtuous People with nice personality traits were more susceptible to conformity abandoning their private perceptions for obviously false majority opinions under group pressure. https://t.co/fYxFidybqM The current research took a new look at social influence by considering how People with nice personality traits were more susceptible to conformity abandoning their private perceptions for obviously false majority opinions under group pressure. https://t.co/fYxFidybqM The current research took a new look at social influence by considering how"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1877642592604619019)  2025-01-10T09:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@arctotherium42 Suggests that the husband needs to lead on the financial stability front for sure. Getting a good job and owning your own home seems to be a decent start"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1877785641036947600)  2025-01-10T18:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Viktor Frankl on the key to mental health: "A shift in focus from the self to others a shift in values from extrinsic motivation to intrinsic motivation an increase in moral concern of doing what is right and the emotion of awe that contributes to life transformation.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1881207990977728538)  2025-01-20T05:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


""Silence is in a word deafening. Nowhere to run nowhere to hide. I was forced out of necessity to turn inward and accept that most of the stories running through my mind are bullshit. I then came to the conclusion that i am not my thoughts.it was freeing." for the last [--] weeks i've lived a life of relative solitude in a small ashram in chennai south india. some observations from a spiritual novice: solitude is hard. i kind of romanticized the idea of solitude by reading a lot of merton and dostoevsky but silence is in a for the last [--] weeks i've lived a life of relative solitude in a small"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1882096428367089985)  2025-01-22T16:02Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"3/ Freud termed anxiety as "frustrated excitation". As humans Freud believed we responded to pleasure incentives. Where pleasure goes we follow. And when we don't follow the pleasure when we don't feel "excitation" we become frustrated and anxious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1882458345342452067)  2025-01-23T16:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"4/ Paul Tillich argued that the very reality of life gave rise to anxiety. There are ambiguities uncertainties. Much of the world is unfamiliar to us. Anxiety is a state which is characteristic of every human life. This should come as no surprise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1882459627386032192)  2025-01-23T16:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"5/ Anxiety is associated with time. When you're running late for a movie you say that you are "anxious" to get there. When you're waiting in a cue but your worried about losing your place to go to the loo you're "anxious" to leave. Anxiety requires consciousness of time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1882459644368761061)  2025-01-23T16:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"6/ Jesus: "Who by being anxious can add a foot to the length of one's life" This rhetorical question captures the another element of the strange relationship between anxiety and time. The more anxious you are the more time you lose"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1882459661380804981)  2025-01-23T16:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Those who study philosophy enjoy particular benefitsbudding philosophers showed more enhanced habits of mind (curiosity intellectual rigor humility) and pluralistic orientation (tolerance open-mindedness) than the students of other subjects"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1882734790111273448)  2025-01-24T10:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/philosophy-benefits-happiness/681396/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/philosophy-benefits-happiness/681396/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1882734793315758148)  2025-01-24T10:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"10/13 And where better to start The unconscious Plato: The unconscious is the gateway to understanding "No man when conscious attains to true or inspired intuition but rather when the power of intellect is fettered in sleep or by disease or dementia.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1889736369796423887)  2025-02-12T18:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"11/13 Again on the unconscious. "When a man's pulse is healthy and temperate he is then least likely to be the sport of fanciful and lawless visions.In all of us even in good men there is such a latent wild beast nature which peers out in sleep.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1889736381611884884)  2025-02-12T18:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"2/ The case focused on HMRC the UKs tax authority & whether they should disclose how AI is used in R&D Tax Credits Compliance. The Appellant used the Freedom of Information Act [----] to demand transparency citing fraud risks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/billitigator/status/1953210461123690714)  2025-08-06T21:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"3/ The Appellants FOIA request: Under the Freedom of Information Act [----] I am writing to request information regarding the use of Large Language Models and generative AI such as ChatGPT by HMRC specifically within the R&D Tax Credits Compliance Team"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisYabsley1/status/1953210463136985314)  2025-08-06T21:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"7/ This raises complex ethical Qs about AI going forward. Who handles your data Is it a robot or gov branch When you submit sensitive data you expect it not to be shared. Does an AI tool count as anyone The judge seemed to think so"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1953210470409633957)  2025-08-06T21:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"8/ This ruling suggests govs may soon need to disclose AI use in handling sensitive data. For businesses this is good newsno one wants their data secretly fed to unknown AI tools especially as AIs power grows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1953210472259596343)  2025-08-06T21:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"My latest. Link down below"  
[X Link](https://x.com/billitigator/status/1954090446163960259)  2025-08-09T08:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"https://open.substack.com/pub/chrisyabsley/p/a-brief-note-about-ai-in-lawr=1o7fwg&utm_medium=ios https://open.substack.com/pub/chrisyabsley/p/a-brief-note-about-ai-in-lawr=1o7fwg&utm_medium=ios"  
[X Link](https://x.com/billitigator/status/1954090450723143789)  2025-08-09T08:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ThomasSowell Consensus is just a polite term for describing a situation where nobody speaks their mind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1957135423139975564)  2025-08-17T17:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"What are some different existential perspectives on meaning Here are what [--] existential thinkers have said: 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1957182027087958257)  2025-08-17T20:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"1/ Viktor Frankl: We have a "will to meaning" and are motivated to find our "concrete meaning" in day to day life. Frankl: "what man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1957182042430664708)  2025-08-17T20:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Helicopter parenting is on the rise. Source: @tedgioia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1965143116199162046)  2025-09-08T20:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"1/ On this day a massacre took place that still gives historians the shivers: In [----] the Ottoman Empire laid siege to Nicosia during the Ottoman-Venetian War. After [--] grueling days on [--] September the city walls were breached - and a massacre of staggering magnitude followed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1965523661516861541)  2025-09-09T21:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@wil_da_beast630 I would add a couple to this list: 1) Respect for Western history and culture gratitude for the civilization that has resulted. 2) Believing the family is an ideal that should be striven towards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1966371778068095190)  2025-09-12T05:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


""The most evident consequence of [--] years in the Albanian totalitarian dictatorship was the denaturalization of human relationships.Every relationship was politicized.even between the husband and wife in marital relationships.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1966577575024804165)  2025-09-12T19:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Source: The Impacts of Past Totalitarianism on the Transition Process Towards Democracy in Albania by Matilda Pajo and Donik Sallova"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1966577588115234931)  2025-09-12T19:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Many in the West take law enforcement for granted. In unfree countries like Syria despots have used organised gangs to enforce the will of the government. Gangs would commit "systematic rapes in opposition strongholds to instil fear into the wider population.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1966872008354087207)  2025-09-13T14:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@rene_desfartes @clairlemon I still think the sentiment of his argument though is that video-games (or just general screen time) is sub-optimal for kids. Maybe video games x social media is the recipe for creating radicalized youngsters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1967189763645182232)  2025-09-14T11:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@davidxryan That's the radical left ladies and gents - they think they're better people because of their opinions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1967192372691026135)  2025-09-14T11:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@historyinmemes ISIS wanting to capture Spain is wild but I'm assuming this sentiment dates back to the Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the 700s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1967329685437821050)  2025-09-14T20:48Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@realchrisrufo I think this is part of the issue here though. For a while there hasn't been "both sides". In the twentieth century maybe yes but for the period I have existed (since the 90s) the radical left have comfortably been the biggest threat to democracy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1967677369571012727)  2025-09-15T19:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"I honestly think the defection of Danny Kruger is a game-changer. Tory defection to Reform will likely start slowly but surely and then grow rapidly as the pressure ramps up on the mainstream parties. Interesting times ahead - we could be in for something in GB politics that we haven't seen for a very long time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1968062671174975850)  2025-09-16T21:21Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@historyinmemes Taking @elonmusks learning from first principles to the extreme. Fair play"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1968423563045576844)  2025-09-17T21:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@G_S_Bhogal And to ensure that what they believe is ingrained into the mind of their readers. Many news outlets nowaday are virtually propaganda machines"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1970731823484514664)  2025-09-24T06:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Oliver_S_Curry Dostoevsky is the closest a thinker has come to bridging the gap between philosophy psychology and morality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1973106307143016749)  2025-09-30T19:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@QuoteJung One of the greatest mysteries is modernitys default assumption that human beings are rational and sane"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1973267394203361422)  2025-10-01T06:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@jensenjeans Little control/agency over your time is a big thing as well. The 9-5 is a dated model and a dated timeframe for work. The white collar job market rewards conformity and obedience etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1973272369264550185)  2025-10-01T06:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@jensenjeans Little control/agency over your time is a big thing. The 9-5 is a dated model and a dated timeframe for work. The white collar job market rewards conformity and obedience etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1973272813869081065)  2025-10-01T06:24Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@BreakTheKnown Health is paramound. If you neglect it any progress you make in any pursuit is meaningless because you're unhealthy self won't be able to enjoy the fruits of your labour"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1974067936768745491)  2025-10-03T11:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@BBCPolitics "Totalitarian governments with their gigantic bureaucracies are not conducive to the spirit of entrepreneurship. Bureaucracy corruption and uncertainty combined with the lack of individual freedom and human rights sap the energy and rend the moral fabric of a country.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1975092266789482538)  2025-10-06T06:54Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@QuoteJung "If you fail to understand evil then you have laid yourself bare to it. You are susceptible to its effects or to its will.Thus you look in dark places to protect yourself in case the darkness ever appears as well as to find the light.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1975093979134959990)  2025-10-06T07:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"I just can't see how we mend the division over culture. Western society is so polarized that it's getting to the stage where it will become a generational division akin to issues relating to Northern Ireland / Israel etc. People will be brought up to dislike the other side. I hate to be dystopian but I just can't see how appointments like Bari Weiss will have an impact"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1975269748834508863)  2025-10-06T18:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"The idea that anyone knows what they want is deeply flawed. This is true individually but also true from a political perspective. I think freedom of the individual is a sacrosanct political principle - but do I think people will make sensible and rational choices as a result of that freedom Absolutely not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1975640990133215325)  2025-10-07T19:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@PaulaDyer16orig I think that's genuinely a good point. Life is inherently a game where we suffer. There is no escape from that truth. I guess the overarching point is that in order to minimise suffering we should lower our dependency on the external as much as possible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1975645378813792717)  2025-10-07T19:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@charlesmiller_7 "To open one's spirit to what is going on now and to discover in that present process whatever structure it appears to have - this to me is one of the qualities of the good life the mature life as I see clients approach it.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1976369072410608024)  2025-10-09T19:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@GKCdaily "There is no more persistent and influential faith in the world today than the faith in government spending." https://amzn.eu/d/dWfRl0V https://amzn.eu/d/dWfRl0V"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1978337197771141256)  2025-10-15T05:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""It is noteworthy that East Timor Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe.exhibit a collecive stance of non-recognition towards the legalization of abortion." Note exactly noteworthy enough for the Western media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1978793080083066975)  2025-10-16T12:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"2) ATTAINING MEANING IS A PRACTICAL PURSUIT "Attaining meaning in life is rarely achieved by merely looking up Life in the dictionary. Instead it requires elaborating ideas about purpose and value and instantiating those abstractions in ones activities or at least in ones perception of those activities.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1980361937767825766)  2025-10-20T19:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"3) MEANING IS SYMBOLIC NOT MATERIALISTIC "Finland is full of molecules and a Finnish flag is also made of molecules but the manner in which the flag stands for the entire country has nothing to do with how its molecules interact with the countrys molecules. The connection is symbolic.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1980361949528662075)  2025-10-20T19:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ratlpolicy Just give LLM's a TikTok feed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1980371374905647462)  2025-10-20T20:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Jayyanginspires Interesting passage on skill acquisition:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1980870864007471144)  2025-10-22T05:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Vitai Lampada by Sir Henry Newbolt. A poem that illustrates the values I aspire to live by: "There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night -- Ten to make and the match to win -- A bumping pitch and a blinding light An hour to play and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat Or the selfish hope of a season's fame But his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote -- 'Play up play up and play the game' The sand of the desert is sodden red -- Red with the wreck of a square that broke; -- The Gatling's jammed and the Colonel dead And the regiment blind with dust and smoke. The"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1982395257040888043)  2025-10-26T10:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@foundmyfitness Interesting and kind of makes sense given the effects cold water immersion can have on hypertrophy if you expose yourself to the coldness right after training"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1982888899237310501)  2025-10-27T19:15Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"I work at a international law firm and I can 100% corroberate this insight. Partners are scared of people who don't 'need' to look flashy. They are scared of those who are able to live life without the need for this validation. "The culture devises ways to denigrate us: for being out of shape and harried and exhausted.An unending parade of New York Times articles purporting to document the misery of parents does its level best to portray us as sad useless pitiable." https://t.co/6Ndn38nbuO https://t.co/od4hDXRaoo "The culture devises ways to denigrate us: for being out of shape and harried"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1982892541822529808)  2025-10-27T19:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@robkhenderson I work at a international law firm and I can 100% corroberate this insight. Partners are scared of people who don't 'need' to look flashy. They are scared of those who are able to live life without the need for this validation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1982892568389230781)  2025-10-27T19:30Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@paulg Go to Muttrah Oman - you will find the best dates you have ever tasted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1983276318411423854)  2025-10-28T20:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@QuoteJung Every individual like a business is its own cosmos. Let the cosmos become disintegrated and failure awaits. The reverse is also true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1983279736576217455)  2025-10-28T21:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@mattwridley It's hard to discern what people actually think from what they want people to think they believe. I find it hard to accept that Bill Gates with his business acumen and success actually thought we were facing climate catastrophe. But cudos to him for publicly changing his mind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1983451634035536122)  2025-10-29T08:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@theJayAlto I absolutely love waking up in the morning to read for one hour and then write for another. Total game changer in terms of education growth and retaining a sense of perspective whilst in a 9-5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1983623683706093968)  2025-10-29T19:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@dickiebush Loved hearing this take from you on @AliAbdaal's podcast one time I think. It encourages high-agency thinking and doesn't allow you to complain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1983656956276699506)  2025-10-29T22:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Interesting take on the "expressway" from the late Roger Scruton. I always thought the expressway to be a deeply unsociable piece of architecture. Something about it suggests 'every man for himself'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1984244026430931204)  2025-10-31T13:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@charlesmiller_7 A nice application of this idea by Robert Roberts to the concept of virtue: Virtue is a "skill-like disposition" You cannot relax on virtue as the skill of being virtuous will just like any other skill diminish without proper practice and attention"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1985096737174778147)  2025-11-02T21:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ConorCreator Efficiency is another one of those paradoxical concepts. We think more input = greater output. But more input can just lead to mental clogging. Sometimes in order to do great work you need to be able to sit back reflect and take time away from your purpose and goals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1985451672173150362)  2025-11-03T20:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Dominic2306 Serious question Dominic - why do you think they're doing this Everyone can see the repercussions of this policy. Is it really because they think the HRA is a force for good or is it something deeper"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1985455686101168632)  2025-11-03T21:14Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@ankurnagpal Realistically if you're choosing a candidate based on skin colour you're probably not a serious voter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1985456966404030968)  2025-11-03T21:20Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"I definitely think that's true but how out of touch can you be Is it being out of touch or is it wilful blindness I have always suspected the latter as that is what individuals are like in their own personal lives. They could have a glaringly obvious problem staring at them that clearly needs addressing but they'll turn a blind eye distract procrastinate make excuses etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1985458893892538389)  2025-11-03T21:27Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@cremieuxrecueil Not to mention that we have racked up astronomical levels of government debt already. Its an economic travesty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1985622337501200725)  2025-11-04T08:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"We could seriously learn something from countries like the UAE / Oman on how to approach crime. Yes these countries have enormous flaws but you cannot help but admit that they are incredibly peaceful. Why Becuase they have a ZERO tolerance policy to anti-social behaviour. Human beings act on incentives. If countries become a safe-haven for criminality with lenient sentences and relaxed incarceration laws you will INCENTIVISE CRIME. It won't stop until we change our approach on how we treat anti-social criminals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1986177803151421686)  2025-11-05T21:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@theJayAlto Consistency is key. If you want to achieve high performance building "consistent habits" will make this far more likely. That which separates high performers from the rest is their ability to iterate consistently across time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1986321562702688620)  2025-11-06T06:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@robkhenderson One of the beauties of our great legal system in the west is the right to a fair hearing and habeus corpus. The fact people cannot see that this is a fundamental part of a lawyers job and integral to maintaining democracy is astounding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1986326062691717456)  2025-11-06T06:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@creation247 Could you say that about most mortgages though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1988731867336700201)  2025-11-12T22:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@PaulEmbery "Employees have developed a new syndrome: Purpose Fatigue. The exhaustion that sets in when every town hall email and performance review is soaked in moral messaging while your workload increases and your pay rise quietly disappears into inflation." Accurate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1990538144090091805)  2025-11-17T21:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Rayyan22 @EgoDriv High Performance by @mrjakehumphrey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1990748596803936291)  2025-11-18T11:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@RyanHoliday Self-belief is critical. Have the belief that you are made of the "right stuff". By adopting this mindset you arm yourself against adversity. Having the confidence that you can prosper in bad situations is essential in developing a high-performance attitude"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1990897087823700010)  2025-11-18T21:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"The TNT Sports coverage of the Ashes epitomises one of the primary problems in our country: cultural erosion. The broadcasters employed to commentate (bar the players obviously) are completely detached from the attritional nature of the game that is test cricket. They're addicted to the shorter format addicted to the dopamine hit pyjama cricket promotes. Test cricket isn't like that. We need to return to classy well-spoken and erudite broadcasting standards particularly when it comes to commentating on a sport like cricket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/1996699726578676208)  2025-12-04T21:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Every decision in your life should optimise for leverage. Play business like you play a sport. Aim for the most runs the most points the most hole in ones. Business is exactly the same. You want to aim to have as many eyeballs on your business as possible. Play business aggressively be entertaining. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2000294735307813172 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2000294735307813172"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2000294735307813172)  2025-12-14T20:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"The DEI crowd think they're ideas are novel when actually they have been promoted for centuries. Here Eddie Hamilton secretary to the former British Prime Minister Sir William Gladstone reacting to one of the Rothschilds (Jewish) receiving a peerage in 1885: "Some people are turning up their noses at the Rothschild peerage but I am very please it has been conferred. The stake which the remarkable family hold in this country amply justifies Royal recognition; and it removes the last remnant of religious disqualifications.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2001412116130205755)  2025-12-17T22:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""The more one studies attempted solutions to problems in politics and economics in art philosophy and religion the more one has the impression of extremely gifted people wearing out their ingenuity at the impossible and futile task of trying to get the water of life into neat and permanent packages." Alan Watts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2001683961928618307)  2025-12-18T16:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""Jews make up less than [--] percent of the American population but the majority of reported religiously based hate crimes target Jewish people or institutions.35 percent of American Jews said they had experienced anti-Semitism in the past five years and one-third reported concealing outward indications of their being Jewish.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2003022645441249677)  2025-12-22T08:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"What do you think has happened The growth of social media and the smartphones surely has a part to play. It exposes the most insane views to the point where serious people start to believe those same views are widespread. Subsequently they seek to censor those views. Moreover normal views (like the one you have cited) are painted as extreme as well. A normal person will take up a stance on a particular issue and some bot will take it out of context and simplify it. This may just be one factor of many"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2003613962315674030)  2025-12-23T23:49Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


""When you look at the lives of people who've done great work you see a consistent pattern. They often begin with a bus ticket collector's obsessive interest in something that would have seemed pointless to most of their contemporaries. One of the most striking features of Darwin's book about his voyage on the Beagle is the sheer depth of his interest in natural history. His curiosity seems infinite." https://paulgraham.com/genius.html https://paulgraham.com/genius.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2004311205725556909)  2025-12-25T22:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""Bismarck was an extraordinary monster endlessly resourceful boundlessly cynical an unprecedented epistemological humility entangled with titanic self-belief an incredible sensitivity for others moods entangled with utter ruthlessness." https://dominiccummings.substack.com/p/1-on-bismarck-the-ultimate-practical https://dominiccummings.substack.com/p/1-on-bismarck-the-ultimate-practical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2004673594564223049)  2025-12-26T22:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Why high performance is rare: The social costs of pushing for high performance are high immediate and personal while gains seem relatively speculative distant and mostly accrue to others. https://open.substack.com/pub/dominiccummings/p/1-on-bismarck-the-ultimate-practicalr=1o7fwg&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay https://open.substack.com/pub/dominiccummings/p/1-on-bismarck-the-ultimate-practicalr=1o7fwg&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2005337973383184582)  2025-12-28T18:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""Prescribed goals tend to infinity. A truly fulfilled life probably requires two or three genuinely close friendsin contrast the hundreds or thousands who play that imaginary role for us on social media provide something very different." https://www.honest-broker.com/p/multitasking-isnt-progressits-what https://www.honest-broker.com/p/multitasking-isnt-progressits-what"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2005700372728537369)  2025-12-29T18:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Interesting - I recently listened to @freyaindiaa on James Orr's podcast who explained that sometimes allowing your feelings to orient you can be beneficial when going through emotional / psychological troubles. Yes facts may not care about your feelings but also feelings don't necessarily care about facts. I now think it would be silly to disregard either when making a decision. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2005726685744758810 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2005726685744758810"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2005726685744758810)  2025-12-29T19:44Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Kpaxs The task is to orient yourself toward reality as much as possible. Orient yourself toward what you can control now right in front of you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2005750517851394369)  2025-12-29T21:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"People tend to self-enhance more in moral domainsWe are more likely to believe we are good fair and decent people than to believe we are exceptionally intelligent or competent. We may inflate both but the inflation is stronger and more reliable in the moral sphere. https://open.substack.com/pub/wkeithcampbell/p/self-enhancement-versus-self-accuracyr=1o7fwg&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay https://open.substack.com/pub/wkeithcampbell/p/self-enhancement-versus-self-accuracyr=1o7fwg&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2005760767304561051)  2025-12-29T22:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""On Instagram you'd never guess that everyone is near broke.We all are marketers and some of us are marketers of an illusion. What this does is creates an abundance of noise and makes it harder for the real vale-providers to be heard.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2006062802705027579)  2025-12-30T18:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Social media marketing ploys include using sex. "Why do bikini lectures do better than the normal ones Simple: Sex gets above the noise.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2006092982781710603)  2025-12-30T20:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@robkhenderson Probably a second monitor for work. Boring but the difference from one monitor is marked"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2006279586200609162)  2025-12-31T08:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


""The lessons from great private sector management and the lessons from great public sector case studies are the same. Great businesses can and do learn from projects like Apollo. Governments can and should learn from great businesses." https://dominiccummings.substack.com/p/amazons-lessons-on-high-performanceutm_source=publication-search https://dominiccummings.substack.com/p/amazons-lessons-on-high-performanceutm_source=publication-search"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2006485546655428639)  2025-12-31T22:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"When facing a problem one of the best ways to solve it is to simplify it. https://dominiccummings.substack.com/p/amazons-lessons-on-high-performanceutm_source=publication-search https://dominiccummings.substack.com/p/amazons-lessons-on-high-performanceutm_source=publication-search"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2006757357167194457)  2026-01-01T16:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""Twentieth century French philosopher Simone Weil considered the superiority of attention over the will as the ultimate tool of self-transformation. 'Attention taken to its highest degree is the same thing as prayer. It presupposes faith and love. Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.'" https://sublimemagazine.com/attention-is-a-kind-of-love/ https://sublimemagazine.com/attention-is-a-kind-of-love/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2007119733431349384)  2026-01-02T16:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Performing at the highest level is as much about taking things away than it is about putting things in. All of that white noise the dead wood. It needs removing for you to become an elite operator. This is far more important than any 'productivity hack' you'll come across"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2007149919795327388)  2026-01-02T18:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"The best description of modern-day anxiety I have read: Cudos - @freyaindiaa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2007180135569735827)  2026-01-02T20:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""The Wall Street Journal noticed it a few weeks ago. People are now buying secondhand gifts. The sheer numbers are staggeringin a recent survey 82% of consumers said theyre more likely to purchase pre-owned items for holiday presents." https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/why-secondhand-is-now-better-thanr=1o7fwg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/why-secondhand-is-now-better-thanr=1o7fwg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2007569694060912766)  2026-01-03T21:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@scottastevenson People fetishise tyranny on both a personal and political order. For all of its flaws (of which there are obviously many) people love the structure and certainty it provides in a world of deep uncertainty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2007589162984288280)  2026-01-03T23:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@GRITCULT It's an understated form of cheap dopamine. People talk of social media as a means to distract him from everyday life (which it does) but music also does this. It's important that you embrace quietness and be alone with your thoughts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2007901869944000877)  2026-01-04T19:48Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Interesting business insight for hiring but I think this applies to most things including dating: "Value lack of weakness rather than strength." https://amzn.eu/d/5B1ao6E https://amzn.eu/d/5B1ao6E"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2008297496402182607)  2026-01-05T22:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@tailopez I'd be interested to know whether we can actually do this Can we seek out people to admire or do we simply come across them (or admire them because of conditioning from an early age of what we're interested in). Not sure how much agency we have over this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2008305958351700381)  2026-01-05T22:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@signulll "When we are faced with complexity and uncertainty we may shy away from the situation altogether. But confident people are able to jump into the complexity with the belief that they can resolve any challenges that come their way." https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/zero-generation-students/202303/how-to-become-more-confident-in-both-mindset-and-behavior https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/zero-generation-students/202303/how-to-become-more-confident-in-both-mindset-and-behavior"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2008652942455472351)  2026-01-06T21:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@animalologist Interesting. We in the West definitely do have this weird zero-sum mentality where only one thing can answer for the question and all other alternatives have to be completely wrong. it discourages nuance and encourages polarisation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2009009355224699243)  2026-01-07T21:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@thedankoe "When we are faced with complexity and uncertainty we may shy away from the situation altogether. But confident people are able to jump into the complexity with the belief that they can resolve any challenges that come their way." https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/zero-generation-students/202303/how-to-become-more-confident-in-both-mindset-and-behavior https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/zero-generation-students/202303/how-to-become-more-confident-in-both-mindset-and-behavior"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2009721281583726819)  2026-01-09T20:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@robkhenderson The theory that success means pain tolerance getting corroborated again this time by evolution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2010129585443049977)  2026-01-10T23:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"I think idealistic views whether political or not are symptomatic of a Western upbringing. We genuinely believe in the overnight success (no matter how plausible this is as an explanation/possibility). This is both a strength and a weakness and proliferates into how we view personal relationships. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010459843920867463 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010459843920867463"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2010459843920867463)  2026-01-11T21:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@adele_bloch They do things for you because they genuinely want to do things for you (and not expect anything in return)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2010464736471658741)  2026-01-11T21:32Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@SophiaCycles Authenticity is a prized trait in anybody. Anyone who can smile naturally will have such vibrant relationships"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2010768223759687685)  2026-01-12T17:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@the_culturist_ There's a clip somewhere of Ed Sheeran playing modern songs on request with just four chords. Skillfull yes but just goes to show how homogenous music is today. It's weird to be different"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2010963144357609899)  2026-01-13T06:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@HumbleFlow A country without an aim just like an individual without an aim is doomed to decline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2011506220469727263)  2026-01-14T18:30Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@jposhaughnessy Self-belief is critical. Have the belief that you are made of the "right stuff". By adopting this mindset you arm yourself against adversity. Having the confidence that you can prosper in bad situations is essential in developing a high-performance attitude"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2013384859029299451)  2026-01-19T22:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"I'm torn on this. Used to be pro-ban. Part of me still is. Another part of me thinks that parents know better than the govt. Some kids are able to moderate their use of social media better. But then again I do think we're using a generation of a large unknown human experiment - and we have no idea what the long term consequences are. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013385821940781072 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013385821940781072"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Achristotle/status/2013385821940781072)  2026-01-19T22:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

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