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Great piece! Half of all these binaries describe me.

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Also, I just finished If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe. Loved it!

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The other half describe me.

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I completely forgot to add one of my recent favorite jokes: “Atoms are binary. They’re either hydrogen or helium, we can’t just throw out this model because less than 1% of atoms aren’t hydrogen or helium.”

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Run for office. I'll vote for you. Thinkers are in short supply.

Also: will you be selling signed copies of this book at.somw point? Maybe? Please? I pre-ordered but I like signed copies better.

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I love the action plan at the end.

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The world is not black and white, it’s many stages of gray.

But I believe, that if you do something, weather it’s hitting the gym or doing homework you should give it your all (100%) or don’t even bother (0%)

You can’t be a 50% smoker - it is still smoking.

Opinions gray

Actions black or white

Thoughts?

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Good stuff, pimp

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Either I agree or I don't. I'm not sure yet, but I'll put you on my newslater recommend thingy.

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NEW BOOK

IfThisBooksExists was an excellent read, thank you

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This was eye opening

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Jason, did you see Adam Mastroianni's recent post on a similar topic? He has some more suggestions on what to do about this tendency, you might enjoy it: https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-radical-idea-that-people-arent

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I'm noticing myself, and people I know my age, doing this more and more. I've seen things get harder and more complicated for people and they just say 'Fuck it, I'll just do whatever {insert radical talking head here} says.' I've fallen into it myself and have to remind myself not to be an idiot when I notice I'm doing it.

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