“If you’re so smart why are the only ways you have to get rich value extractive?”

A thought I have often about our so called smart people

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Extraction of natural and human capital is the story of civilization unfortunately

Growing veggies for the fine folks of Southeastern Massachusetts, w/ a focus on nutrient quality. Always interested in the evolution of digital payments.  🎩 

and people call me doomer!  

Extraction may be inevitable but is it desirable or sustainable? 

I agree the optimal amount  of all bad things is nonzero but Many things were until they weren’t. Leaded gasoline was profitable and widespread and yet we somehow got it together to stop doing that

Controversial but I believe Weber that the cultural fuel of capitalism was the Protestant work ethic 

Catholics were slower to industrialize for this reason 

Unfortunately we abandoned all that cultural fuel. I believe that without it we will find the system can no longer self sustain. It is why many push for what I argue are lesser economic systems without knowing why

/scribble inminiapp scribbling and nft minting

I agree to a degree. Frontier makes being lazy deadly. Puts the whole ideology on steroids. But I don’t think we have long enough to wait — we are so far away from space colonization 🥲

I believe the colonial frontiers helped fuel this as well and that opening up new frontiers in space would help address scarcity and fuel new growth

Catholic (olive oil) and Protestant (butter)

i always thought webers stance was a bit funny. how do people still credit religion when its all downwind of butter v. olive oil (and coconut oil too, represent)

They don't need it. Entirely diff engine 

The CCP swaps out belief in God with the Party
The West served God. Manifest Destiny and all that
The Chinese model works to serve the State

what's the cultural fuel driving china's rise?

some haven't abandoned that cultural fuel. curious trends with Gen Z:

I call this type of faith “Checkbox Christian”. 

To me it is a weak willed approach that says “I have accepted the Savior” and ends one’s personal transformation there

In Checkbox Christianity there is no engaging with the good works that make faith come alive

Real faith should bear fruit. It is hard and painful. It is not a cope to give your ad sales fake job meaning

I pray they aren’t checkbox Christians 🙏

I pray they aren’t checkbox Christians 🙏 https://warpcast.com/keccers.eth/0x146c6f49

some haven't abandoned that cultural fuel. curious trends with Gen Z:   https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/02/27/americas-gen-z-has-got-religion

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I’m tired of being called a mf commie I’m NOT 😂