I have a new boss
A reader writes:
Steve. I’m not a politician and I’m not interested in your greedy little ideas. Kindly desist.
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There are three options open to someone with this opinion.
1.) Unsubscribe
2.) Stop reading for the next 15 days until elections
3.) Read, learn, and expand your mind you dingus.
Let’s talk about Malcolm Gladwell — that pasty-skinned, lovable guy with the curly hair, the expert on being an expert, that everyone is always talking about — he says it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert in something.
That may or may not be true.
But something I know is true is this — it only takes about 20 hours to learn a new skill.
20 hours.
That’s it.
Maybe less.
Almost all the learning you do is in the first twenty hours that you practice a skill.
The following 9,980 hours might be needed to make you world class, but you know what…
That’s not always what you need.
Usually you just need to be better than the next guy.
Am I saying to be mediocre?
No.
But as long as you have 20 hours of breath left in your lungs, you’re never too old to learn a new skill.
So I guess what I’m really saying is to quit being retarded because you have a world class election expert in front of you sending you emails about the most important few hours of things anyone can know about running for office.
And do you know when I’m sending it?
I’m sending it during some of the darkest days for our country and for the world, during a moment when the battle is raging.
I’m sorry you aren’t into politics. Enjoy being ruled by your inferiors. That is the destiny of men who have said “I’m not that into politics.”
The Bible tells that story. Plato tells that story. And daily life playing out tells that story.
I don’t need you to buy anything from me.
And there is zero chance of me welcoming you into my life as my boss (or even as my client).
But if you read the election emails I have sent, you will be better prepared for navigating this moment both inside and outside politics.
Sometimes it’s just valuable to have a skill even if not perfect. An example would be when you combine 3 mediocre skills with one expert skill. You can use that for a niche. Suddenly you are I don’t know . . . the best guitar-playing, Covid-conversant, singer-songwriter nurse in California.
Do you know what makes Bitcoin so special? It is Austrian School monetary theory plus cypherpunk theories on privacy. Satoshi Nakamoto doesn’t appear to be world class at cypherpunk theory nor does he seem to be world class at Austrian economics, but he appears to be world class at combining the two and becoming one who birthed a new industry.
I don’t know where it will lead when you understand politics better. But I know you are getting some of the finest teaching on the topic that one man can give another. Read the emails, store it in your brain, and one day it will re-emerge as something useful and special in your life that gives you a different, more pragmatic and no-nonsense lens for seeing the world.
“Thank you,” is another thing you can write me once you realize the gift I’ve given you.
But your thanks is not why I’m doing it. Your victory in service to our shared values is why I’m doing it — whether that be inside the political arena or outside
Because you know what? We are winning this battle. About that I have no question, but the tyrants of 2020 have really stepped up the past month.
They aren’t going down without a mighty fight and they aim to bring everyone else down with them.
If they can’t have it, they want to leave the civilization around you in smoldering ruins.
That can’t happen.
Victory is needed.
Preservation of our society too is needed — at least the good parts.
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Allan Stevo