Grey Enlightenment
The daily view: Silver Surges as Bitcoin Keeps Falling , Bad Advice/Bullshit,
The Killing of Alex Pretti: We’re Living in Trump’s America
Prediction markets and insider trading
Claims of Trump having Dementia are Unfounded
Trump tariffs victory lap
Scott Alexander on Scott Adams
A tariff is not a tax
Obesity and SNAP: the overlooked IQ connection
The Daily View 1/12/2026: Bitcoin Party is Over, IQ Threshold Effects, ‘MAHA’ food guidelines
Math vs Writing: difficulty and threshold effects
“Why are white-collar jobs so resilient , even with AI?”
Coffeezilla: the most overrated scam investigator
U.S. Strikes Venezuela, Maduro Deposed: My thoughts
Yarvin: the Trump window has closed
Predictions for 2026
Shared Dissatisfaction in an Age of Liberal Disillusion
2025 predictions recap: my most accurate year ever
“Vibecession” reflects an increasingly difficult economy and society
“The Lost Generation”
Meritocratic Wealth vs Lottery Wealth
Lies can persist when it’s not worth investigating the truth
Culture hasn’t stagnated; rather, it has become more niche.
Defense writing thrives because everyone is a critic
Systems beat AI (Bitcoin case study)
Gatekeeping and Cringe
The Daily View 12/8/2025: Positivity, AI vs. Math, Bitcoin vs. QQQ, Undigested Calories
There are no good solutions to the ‘accommodations crisis’
Jan 6th pipe bomber arrested: analysis
Update on weight-loss drug predictions: right again
The Daily View 12/1/2025: Bitcoin collapse, AI bubble,
It’s time to treat serious ‘state crimes’ as federal crimes
No one has any power
A Heuristic for Preventing Information Overload
Organic virality vs. astroturfing
Bitcoin’s collapse continues…
Why the US has done so well despite mediocre ‘national IQ’
The Rise of the Vibes-Based Right
50-year mortgages are probably not that bad
Aristocratic Tutoring Cannot Explain von Neumann’s Success
Declaring Victory: A Big Fat Zero for Crypto Donors (*over the past year)
Grading Trump: A “B+” So far
No, Fuentes hasn’t already won
Don’t expect Trump to do anything about healthcare costs, inflation, or student loan debt
AI and The Government Shutdown
Groyperization on the Decline
Leave where we last left off
Hanania’s rewriting of history
The Monetization Trap: When Profits Come at the Expense of Productivity
Almonds and Bitcoin: Way Too Soon to Declare Victory for Crypto Donors
Bulking, Metabolism, and Selection Effects
Suggestion to Fix Reddit
Against IQ Modesty
The daily view 10/21/2025: Irony, AI bubble, AI-book flop, Autism, and Covid
Enough with the sales hype: there is nothing special about sales
Bitcoin Continues to Crash as ‘Bitcoin Reserve’ Hopes Fade: Right again + Analysis
Wealth and Social Atomization in America
US-China trade wars resume: Bitcoin hedge a success
Why content production continues to thrive in spite of AI
If you’re actually smart, there is no excuse to not be able to make money
Two thoughts on AI: How it’s different from past bubbles
Is AI a bubble? Maybe, or maybe not. Who cares
The pitfalls and worthlessness of commonsense advice
Bitcoin update: three negative factors, and more correct predictions
Efficient markets and the replication crisis
Metabolism and IQ, revisited
Indians and Football, a response
If someone writes it, no one will read it
Code-switching and the normcore-right
Employees/Tech Workers do Not Need to Care if AI is a Bubble
Why higher stock market valuations may be sustainable
Why Trump’s H-1B Fee is Not That Big of a Deal
Shorting Bitcoin as the Perfect Hedge