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I find it difficult to self-categorise. The Substack is a scattered map. Each post appears to examine something different. But together they reveal a coherent project:
To increase man’s authorship over the conditions of his existence.
I asked ChatGPT to come up with an aphorism to determine whether or not someone is acting through ego
It returned with:
"Would I still want this outcome if it offered no validation of who I believe myself to be?"
Another L for Ai.
Ego is nothing to do with who we ‘believe’ ourselves to be
Ego defends an identity we need others to believe we possess.
Ego protects the image we feel compelled to defend when reality threatens to expose the distance between our idealised image and our internal experience
Consequently, the ego is most fiercely defended where it is least believed.
Masculine ego is the most powerful tool on the face of the planet
Stoics look at the concept of ego through a singular (negative) lens treating it as something to be suppressed or ‘overcome’.
Ego can be directed (and sourced) in different ways
If it comes from a place of lack, it shows up through compensatory behaviours
These compensatory behaviours can either be inwardly beneficial eg. Insecurity leading to the development of an extraordinary physique
Or they can be outwardly beneficial (expansive), the need to imprint your self upon reality -creation, innovation - physical manifestations outside of the self.
The majority of what you see around you is a direct consequence of another mans refusal to accept what is, in favour of what could be
Of course, ego can be destructive.
Anything powerful enough to transform reality is powerful enough to destroy it.
The highest expression of power = conquering the world without becoming enslaved by the part of yourself that demanded its conquest.
Yes, this is net-negative for men & women overall
But for the minority of men who satisfy women’s prevailing standards of desirability,
this is the easiest dating market in history.
1. Female attention is concentrated on an (extremely) narrow pool of men
2. abundance of choice with little competition basically means sexual Valhalla
But now we have a paradox
bcos with limitless options, commitment feels like forfeiture
And so these chosen few will eventually find themselves in the same predicament as the women on the other side of the equation.
greater optionality = greater choice
And greater choice dampens the appeal of long-term commitment.
We’ve basically engineered a dating market perfectly calibrated for the industrial-scale production of whores, both male and female.
It’s not the ‘microplastics’ in your consumables that are responsible for the declining fertility rates
They stole puberty from you.
Now you must go and reclaim it
substack.com/@lawrenceelliot…
walking away from corporate finance, ruining any potential for future career, tattooing my head and becoming intentionally unemployable were the greatest decisions of my life.
Burn the boats + begin the dangerous voyage
risk it all
lose everything, then risk it all over again.
You cannot lose if you refuse to surrender
Nothing special here, these are what everyone’s notes look like after 70mg of Vyvanse
Elizabeth Holmes' handwritten notes to herself from her Theranos days. These notes exude authenticity and warmth. This is not a person who treats herself as an instrument to be optimally calibrated for power, status, and influence: robkhenderson.com/p/a-guilty…
Biohackers are yet to realise that this alone would solve all of their self-perceived ailments
Like shit. Maybe I don’t need to drop another $300 on mitochondrial enhancements extracted from the taint of a rhino?
Even funnier knowing how much men mock the consumer tendencies of the female brain
All whilst spending thousands p/m on vials of nothingness in order to feel like they have control over their life
Masculine ego is the most powerful tool on the face of the planet
Stoics look at the concept of ego through a singular (negative) lens treating it as something to be suppressed or ‘overcome’.
Ego can be directed (and sourced) in different ways
If it comes from a place of lack, it shows up through compensatory behaviours
These compensatory behaviours can either be inwardly beneficial eg. Insecurity leading to the development of an extraordinary physique
Or they can be outwardly beneficial (expansive), the need to imprint your self upon reality -creation, innovation - physical manifestations outside of the self.
The majority of what you see around you is a direct consequence of another mans refusal to accept what is, in favour of what could be
Of course, ego can be destructive.
Anything powerful enough to transform reality is powerful enough to destroy it.
The highest expression of power = conquering the world without becoming enslaved by the part of yourself that demanded its conquest.
If I discovered my son was convinced he needed a cocktail of strange pharmaceuticals in order to ‘win’ because he listened to a group of feeble-handed anonymous virgins posting ‘drug tier lists’ on the internet,
I’d throw him off a cliff.
🚨🚨🚨
You’ve probably heard of bromantane …
By have you heard of the new Russian dopamine agonist capable of increasing dopaminergic transmission in the striatum of transgender rats by 667% !!
😱😱😱
Nope. Have you heard of walking around in a tank top with 18+ inch arms?
You should try it
You may roll their eyes but this is real ROI
If you spend your 20s chasing ‘longevity’ you are playing life the wrong way round
Spending your mornings reconstituting 15 different peptides or mentally masturbating over the timing of your nootropic stack can be saved for later on
‘Biohacking’ should be - matching desired output to most efficient input
It’s chemical arbitrage.
(Oh and most peptides are a complete waste of time)
People love to denigrate marajuana + the sedentary effects of THC
But none of them have actually identified the real cause of danger
Before psychosis + schizophrenia, smelling of poverty, the deleterious effects on your reproductive, cardiac, circulatory + respiratory function
The inclination to melt awayinto your armchair is really what constitutes the greatest harm to man.
A sofa is for decoration.
In fact, there are only a select few instances in which man should find himself sat down at all
A minute sat down = a minute of voluntary decay
if you are susceptible to sofa-melting after smoking marajuana, you are better off smoking crack.
with nowhere to sit, the mission must resume
Law.
"Confidence" isn't a feeling.
confidence = residual effect of repeated action under uncertainty
You can't build it (just) by believing in yourself. You build it by accumulating evidence you can act when outcome is unknown.
Feelings follow action
Build your receipts
Well, well, well
In the heat of all the “looksmaxxing” content that I have to sigh and scroll past, allow me to drop truth that requires nothing more than YOU and the shadow realm ⚫️🥷🏼
Zero gimmicks, just pure fundamentals that have transformed my own appearance
THE ONLY LOOKSMAXXING STACK YOU NEED:
> Utilizing Zone 2 cardio + developing your overall cardiovascular fitness
> Getting leaner if you're carrying excess body fat
> Eating like you actually give a shit about yourself
> Prioritizing proper sleep and recovery
> Building a muscular physique (not mandatory but will definitely be a confidence booster!)
> Becoming an all around physically capable human being
And the beautiful thing?
You're not just investing in how you LOOK
You're investing in how you FEEL, PERFORM, and FUNCTION. The best investment you can make for yourself and the people around you
Anyways, Thursday receipts. 🧾✍🏼
Lawrence Elliot retweeted
“How does a man become dangerous?”
- Responsibility
- Competition
- Solitude
- Purpose
- Fluoxymesterone
Lawrence Elliot retweeted
‘X’ really made you believe that improving the efficiency of your mitochondria is the panacea of health.
Unfortunately It isn’t going to fix your deficiency in purpose.
Just like increasing your DHT isn’t going to turn you into a man.
You’re gonna have to go deeper.
Lawrence Elliot retweeted
Biology bends to belief
Psychoneuroimmunology shows that belief in prognosis changes biological outcomes.
“I ‘have’ adhd so I can’t focus”
The Reframe:
“I possess the tendency to fall into ‘adhd-associated’ behaviours so in order to transmute deficit to advantage, I must achieve a sufficient level of stimulation. If done through purposeful work in a domain that carries genuine interest… all of a sudden, I have the ability to wield a level of intensity that others would find totally alien.”
You’ve probably heard that ADHD is now being referred to as a ‘circadian dysregulation’ disorder
But you’ve probably not been given a solution.
Until now 🪄
I still stand by individualised chronobiology.
Everyone I've worked with who shares the ADHD-phenotype (shared traits pertaining to dysregulated executive function) seems to perform better on 5-6 hours at night plus an afternoon nap than on a single 7-9-hour block.
Consider distributing your sleep around individual biology, not a Huberman podcast
I can already hear the uproar from the wearable bondage crew so I'll address :
WHOOP may account for naps, but its morning Recovery score doesn’t update after an afternoon nap.
How well does that number describe the boost in attention and performance that follow?
I'd predict that any deficit in sleep score produced through a reduced single, monophasic sleep-block, would be offset (and beaten) by an afternoon nap that follows
Lawrence Elliot retweeted
This is a very understated post. The second sentence in this post is life altering. It should be the foundation for much of what we do. Consider the possibilities and impact. Such a simple sentence with infinite potential. Oh, and - it works. 🤯🧠🚀
Biology bends to belief
Psychoneuroimmunology shows that belief in prognosis changes biological outcomes.
“I ‘have’ adhd so I can’t focus”
The Reframe:
“I possess the tendency to fall into ‘adhd-associated’ behaviours so in order to transmute deficit to advantage, I must achieve a sufficient level of stimulation. If done through purposeful work in a domain that carries genuine interest… all of a sudden, I have the ability to wield a level of intensity that others would find totally alien.”
Biology bends to belief
Psychoneuroimmunology shows that belief in prognosis changes biological outcomes.
“I ‘have’ adhd so I can’t focus”
The Reframe:
“I possess the tendency to fall into ‘adhd-associated’ behaviours so in order to transmute deficit to advantage, I must achieve a sufficient level of stimulation. If done through purposeful work in a domain that carries genuine interest… all of a sudden, I have the ability to wield a level of intensity that others would find totally alien.”
Lawrence Elliot retweeted
important message for the new generation of n=1s
Transforming your gut into an underwater pharmacy cabinet is one thing, taking pharmaceutical recommendations from 17 year old virgins living off commission from Indian wholesalers is another
So, before they tell you that bromantane will change your life, ask them if they’ve ever felt the touch of a woman against their skin
The ‘health/biohacking’ space on here reminds me of the bodybuilding supplement-industry around the time of Biogrow, clear muscle, blackstone labs, prohormones etc
It’s time to clean the swamp just like we did with the supplement industry
