GritCult in 2019

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GritCult in 2019
“life as a service everything will end up as a subscription service owning a house=>renting owning a…” (19 July 2019)
In 2019
Portal	Chronology
Posts	7,500
Original posts	1,083
Replies	6,417
Retweets	7,190
Likes	49,717
First post	1 January 2019
Last post	31 December 2019
Posts by month
Jan674
Feb1304
Mar976
Apr282
May492
Jun248
Jul257
Aug104
Sep336
Oct728
Nov947
Dec1152
Related
Books & Reading Christianity & God Death Evolution Fitness

GritCult in 2019 was a sharp contraction: 7,500 posts, of which 1,083 were originals and 6,417 replies, down from the torrent of the year before. The aphorisms got tighter, faith entered the subject list for the first time, and he began arguing in public against pessimism.

2019 in review

Activity was uneven. February was the busiest month with 1,304 posts; from April the account went quiet, falling to 104 posts in August, before climbing back to 1,152 in December. Total output was a little over a third of the year before, and originals made up only about one post in seven. The subject mix narrowed too. Memes & Memetics (277) and Social Media (261) led, while Evolution, the leading subject of 2018, slipped to third with 181. Books & Reading (142) and Death (127) followed, and Christianity & God appeared in the top ten for the first time, with 114 posts.

The defining turn was a change of mood. In a March thread he gave his own answers to the question of what is true but nobody agrees with, among them that "pessimism is a mental illness" ^[1] and that it is better to be a "delusional level optimist contrarian" ^[2]. Set beside his scepticism about the future the year before, this reads as a deliberate correction, and it held. The best-performing posts were compressed theses rather than musings. The most retweeted of the year was "In the age of abundance. Self control becomes a revolutionary act." ^[3] Responsibility got the same treatment: "Nothing is your fault. Everything is your responsibility." ^[4]

Technology commentary sharpened. In a post titled "life as a service" he listed how owning had become renting, houses to rent, cars to Uber, relationships to Tinder, and concluded that "everything will end up as a subscription service" ^[5]. The gym talk was blunt and comic: asked about his goals, he wanted "to be hard to kill" ^[6]. Faith arrived quietly, through quotations from Augustine and, in November, a four-word post he would repeat for years: "GOD loves risk takers." ^[7] The same month he asked what comes after a plague and answered "A renaissance." ^[8], a theme he picked up again early in 2020.

Recurring themes

• a sharp fall in volume
• optimism as a deliberate stance against pessimism
• self-control in an age of abundance
• responsibility without blame
• ownership giving way to subscription
• the first appearance of faith

Subjects

The wiki subjects GritCult posted about most in 2019, by number of posts.

Notable post

The most retweeted GritCult post of 2019, with 98 retweets:

Top posts

The 120 most retweeted of GritCult's 7,500 posts from 2019. Select a column heading to sort.

Date	Retweets	Likes	Post	Media	Source
1 March 2019	98	368	In the age of abundance. Self control becomes a revolutionary act.		View
19 July 2019	78	314	life as a service everything will end up as a subscription service owning a house=>renting owning a car=>uber owning books=>kindle music records=>spotify owning films=>netflix relationships=>tinder social events=> social media shop=>amazon purchasing things: event => service		View
8 December 2019	72	273	1 RT = 1 Lesson learned from working with senior execs THREAD.		View
31 August 2019	71	315	Nothing is your fault. Everything is your responsibility.		View
14 May 2019	66	321	Gym bro: so what are your gym goals bro? Me : I want to be hard to kill.		View
8 March 2019	59	256	0/ Thread : Tell Me Something That's True But Nobody Agrees With You On : My answers :		View
18 February 2019	55	322	"A taste of freedom can make you unemployable." - @naval		View
23 July 2019	55	191	Easy to talk about morality when no one wants you. Much harder when you can indulge in threesomes when you want Easy to be a communist when poor. Harder when self made Same is true with ruling and all facets of power. The only test of character is afforded to those who can.		View
8 March 2019	52	223	pessimism is a mental illness		View
8 March 2019	50	252	better to be a "delusional level optimist contrarian" than most other things.		View
15 November 2019	49	133	are you sure your thoughts are yours ?		View
29 January 2019	44	161	Detatchment is a performance enhancing drug.		View
23 November 2019	43	192	High performers tend to have simultaneously high ego and no ego.		View
31 January 2019	43	146	The chaos will either scare you. Or inspire you to use it.		View
16 March 2019	38	153	big data, come meet your son, big physiognomy.... welcome to the new reality (?)		View
11 February 2019	35	25	Is being stupid a choice RT for larger sample size.		View
3 October 2019	33	155	Does sunlight exposure to testicles increase testosterone ? Cite and figures. Chest area exposure - 120% Genital area exposure 200%		View
17 March 2019	33	134	0/ A short thread examining the evolving nature of violence in the post Internet age. How Memetic evolution on the internet connects with biology. The asymmetric nature of modern violence, and the increasing randomness of said violence. Chaos and mass murders.		View
24 September 2019	32	134	The smartest people I know, all educated themselves.		View
16 March 2019	29	110	"facial-recognition software could correctly identify an individual’s sexuality with uncanny accuracy." artificial intelligence created a gaydar : paper here :		View
3 November 2019	29	89	Treat your mind as a weapon. Sharpen it, cultivate it.		View
16 December 2019	29	75	“True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys.” - Yukio Mishima		View
11 September 2019	28	125	Whenever I enter someone’s life I want to improve it and add value.		View
4 October 2019	28	118	Lack of ambition should be thought of as a psychological disorder.		View
12 March 2019	27	128	WELCOME TO THE POST INTERNET AGE : the internet turns 30. aggregation of aggregators reinforced by aggregation algorithms. the internet never sleeps. letter to the internet/ Thread.		View
9 January 2019	27	104	“Thus, a good man, though a slave, is free; but a wicked man, though a king, is a slave. For he serves, not one man alone, but, what is worse, as many masters as he has vices.” – St. Augustine,City of God		View
23 October 2019	26	138	low intelligence + high creativity = schizophrenia high intelligence + high creativity = genius.		View
17 April 2019	26	135	“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”		View
23 November 2019	25	89	GOD loves risk takers.		View
8 March 2019	24	139	bad guys never win in history cos no one is a bad guy when writing history history is written by the victors. you can only delineate within your referential time frame, who is who changes with time.		View
25 February 2019	23	136	Any sufficiently developed science is a technology Any sufficiently developed technology is a infrastructure Any sufficiently developed infrastructure is a utility And any sufficiently developed utility is a human right ?		View
15 October 2019	23	88	The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. –Vincent van Gogh		View
8 March 2019	23	87	thinking in black and white is easy and is for cowards		View
24 June 2019	23	65	“Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this. A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” Hagakure		View
25 December 2019	23	40	One humble christmas gift request from me. RT/like and share the *NEW*(and improved) newsletter ofcourse sign ups would be appreciated too		View
8 March 2019	22	133	if you think you are smart, but are depressed or often sad you are not that smart.		View
12 January 2019	22	128	Sad truth. 1 month of selling drugs will probably teach you more than a years worth of business school. More tinkering based, learning by doing.		View
11 September 2019	21	115	Bad day ? Gym. Good day ? Gym.		View
18 November 2019	21	101	Broke : pattern recognition. Woke : pattern creation.		View
26 January 2019	21	76	I don't think some people are even aware of their OWN ulterior motives An extension of Hanlon's razor, explained by a cock up before conspiracy. Not only a cock up but being greatly unaware of cocking up. Coming to realise chaos governs alot more than people care to consider.		View
22 November 2019	21	75	Do you know what comes after a plague ? A renaissance.		View
6 October 2019	20	96	In celebration of one of the greatest artists alive releasing a new album. I am dedicating an entire thread on him. Why I think @kanyewest should run for President of the United States by @GRITCULT [THREAD] 0/n		View
13 December 2019	20	82	I don’t care about politics anymore. I just wanna climb mountains dressed like this I’ll wear a cowboy hat on my next mountain.		View
29 September 2019	20	70	“For the strong man, inaction is torture.” -Seneca.		View
8 March 2019	19	141	no one gives a shit about what you know it is all about what you can prove, credentialism, can lead to lemon signalling, the signalling itself has high evolutionary utility, meaning credentialism is human nature.		View
20 March 2019	19	94	My life got better when i started asking more questions.		View
13 November 2019	19	90	What is the highest ROI activity to do before 25?		View
1 October 2019	19	55	No one cares what you did in 2016. What you are doing now is of more importance. Do not live in the past. Keep the saw sharp by constantly moving and in use. Build momentum, keep in motion.		View
8 March 2019	18	99	most the work you do will be forgotten its never appreciated, not that this is a problem but its simply due to how much work there is already out there and increasing.		View
23 March 2019	18	98	Getting locked into an identity / label = barrier to free thinking. Mental slavery.		View
6 July 2019	18	72	You have to be willing to be hated by everyone.		View
12 March 2019	18	65	Ideology is a fashion statement.		View
17 November 2019	18	43	kinda stupid to complain about the harvest when you did not plant any seeds.		View
14 December 2019	17	119	Being eaten alive is the normal way for animals to die.		View
8 March 2019	17	113	you are never a priority to your "friends" they are overrated but good ones that have been cultivated are priceless many mismatch this.		View
16 June 2019	17	63	Through work, salvation. Through discipline, fortune. Through conversation, knowledge. Through stark observation, practicality. Through responsibility, respect. Not the most loving father. But a self made millionaire immigrant.		View
27 September 2019	17	63	Negative people tend to be negative in many areas of their life. Their entire world view is tainted. Its chronic and a symptom of a much deeper issue. How you do one thing, is how you do everything. Excellence is more than a habit.		View
2 November 2019	17	62	Life is more interesting when you stop believing in coincidence.		View
10 June 2019	16	119	It’s not dystopian. It’s Lindy. Slave class always lived in poor and cramped quarters. Slavery still exists. Just not how most think of it.		View
16 March 2019	16	107	Knowing how to sell is a meta-skill. Every prophet is a salesman.		View
8 March 2019	16	99	dont waste your time on politics the system is broken. it wont be fixed from the inside.		View
8 March 2019	16	95	cowards are scared of utilising their hate. pacifism is a mental illness.		View
4 April 2019	16	81	Martial arts > what is currently taught as "philosophy". Memes borne out of Chaos and conflict are better suited to the human condition. "Plato" was his wrestling name.		View
2 October 2019	16	69	"Recently, people who are called ‘clever’ adorn themselves with superficial wisdom and only deceive others. For this reason they are inferior to dull-witted folk. A dull-witted person is direct." hagakure		View
8 November 2019	16	61	I want everyone around me to be their best. I love to share knowledge.		View
2 November 2019	16	49	Different levels are essentially different games. Traits that get you to a certain level can become antagonistic at said level. Thus you need to constantly update stratagems as you progress. Best way to do this is asking people who have done it before, mentors.		View
8 March 2019	15	83	you dont hate money, you hate competition		View
9 July 2019	15	81	If you aren’t leveling up every few months, you’re stalling out. And you will be ultimately beaten/out-earned/out-promoted by a harder/smarter-working same-age peer who are making better choices than you.		View
8 March 2019	15	77	giving your self a mental label or niche, is a good way of restricting your growth		View
18 September 2019	15	39	We have to be able to see ourselves as we really are, and recognise where we need work. And there are no shortcuts to building character. It’s very hard work. It requires dedication. It requires sustained determination. It requires self-discipline and self-control.		View
13 November 2019	15	37	as you get better, your options get better		View
29 March 2019	14	123	My life changed when a old man told me : "A fool can pass for a sage if he is silent." Knowing when to speak is as important as how or what you say.		View
16 November 2019	14	100	By the End of Kali Yuga, the population of the whole world will be so much reduced to animalism that there will be no more power to understand what is God, or what is spiritualism. So at that time, there is no other alternative than to kill them all.		View
18 February 2019	14	96	Reply with your best writing advice :		View
1 May 2019	14	93	Peacock : feathers :: man : deeds.		View
8 March 2019	14	88	existence of god doesnt matter youre only arguing with yourself		View
5 October 2019	14	86	“Science is ultimate pornography, analytic activity whose main aim is to isolate objects or events from their contexts in time and space. This obsession with specific activity of quantified functions is what science shares with pornography.” J.G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition		View
3 November 2019	14	82	Biz idea : insurance company to protect against accidental fame via becoming a meme or losing your job via old dragged tweets. (Dm me to get the ball rolling.)		View
8 March 2019	14	80	emotions are nothing but tools		View
27 October 2019	14	67	The best measure of intelligence is transformational power.		View
28 January 2019	14	63	Unearned rest is procrastination. Earned rest is rest.		View
22 February 2019	14	61	What is "post-politics", a good answer imo would be the recognition of the current problem of governance. Politics is itself flawed. Not one specific political ideology but the meta ideology of politics. Due to the flawed conception that states can grow indefinitely.		View
8 March 2019	14	59	an understanding of egotistical altruism will make the world a better place		View
22 November 2019	14	57	there is alot of power in being a nobody tabula rasa constant rebirth. what you did yesterday matters less and less		View
28 October 2019	14	55	You don’t have time. Time is running out.		View
7 June 2019	14	52	“When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll.” Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure.		View
29 July 2019	14	52	“Beauty is the manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.” — Goethe		View
7 July 2019	14	50	big five observability in physiognomy "Some ... facial differences may relate to testosterone" in history why are ugly people thought of as evil and beautiful people as good ? the halo effect and the bias around it. the basis comes from our human biology. beauty is biological		View
7 June 2019	14	32	Brutal reality is that no one cares about your “journey”. Sharing will not validate it, it will only give you dopamine addiction. You cannot overcome problems by using the same thinking that created them. You must be orthogonal to transcend.		View
15 October 2019	14	3	got told people recommended their friend to follow @GRITCULT Would you recommend @GRITCULT to a friend ? RT for greater exposure (or RT if you agree and want to recommend to your friends)		View
14 May 2019	13	108	If politics is the new reality TV, then these new waves of poltical activist kids are the new child actors. Our generations' sacrificial lamb of our entertainment Expect them not to live normal lives or be well adjusted mentally for that matter Applies to all types of ideology.		View
6 April 2019	13	102	There is not a man on Earth that I respect, that I agree with 100%.		View
27 November 2019	13	92	Your mind is a weapon. Do nootropics.		View
7 July 2019	13	88	"Wealth is the slave of the wise man, master of the fool." seneca the younger.		View
8 March 2019	13	74	a fear of contradictions is intellectual cowardice.		View
9 March 2019	13	70	most people are crying about collapse, a upcoming recession, a looming downturn that has been long coming whereas, im thinking, all current technology is undervalued and we could be at the start of a 100 year boom/ bull run.		View
26 December 2019	13	69	superset your hobbies. have one hobby that focuses on the external, that is extroverted, that is exoteric. and have hobby that focuses on the internal, that is introverted, that is esoteric.		View
30 September 2019	13	67	learn to love the process, its the best solution to when you have long term goals that require grinding it out. sometimes there is no other solution, and amor fati is the only reasonable conclusion.		View
24 April 2019	13	54	The downfall of intellectuals is due to the inability to make money or throw a punch.		View
4 January 2019	13	49	Epiphany seeks the devoted.		View
8 November 2019	13	45	Opinions are contagious. Be mindful.		View
18 September 2019	13	33	Change is hard, and personal improvement and character development is even harder. As we learn from Benjamin Franklin’s example, it’s a lifelong pursuit with a goal we never reach. It’s hard because it requires us to look in that mirror and be honest with ourselves.		View
8 March 2019	12	98	capitalism => creation creation => transcendentalism		View
29 September 2019	12	68	Read more books tbh Watch more films Do more activities Every year I am astonished at how much wealth of knowledge there is out there. I shall remain eternally a humble student.		View
7 June 2019	12	58	You don't hate British weather. You hate living in your shit over populated polluted city. With heavy metals and xenoestrogens in the rain that stings and fast food fumes. When the rain mixes with the country side rain. The scent of the air smells like zest and sweetness.		View
5 December 2019	12	58	The days go by so quick. I just wanna savour each and every moment. I appreciate everything.		View
21 December 2019	12	56	Trauma is the biggest modern day product.		View
22 March 2019	12	55	"We don't mature through age; we mature in awareness." — Byron Katie How much of maturity is merely realisation ?		View
8 December 2019	12	55	There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. #Nietzsche		View
10 May 2019	12	54	Super computer in my hands. Apple logo on the back. Through the apple I can gain infinite knowledge. The tree of knowledge gives birth to the forbidden fruit. Many are mentally broken, but some arise.		View
27 December 2019	12	53	who you are is essentially nonsense		View
18 September 2019	12	44	i love learning. i sometimes think and pause to see how far ive come. i want the journey of learning to never end.		View
9 March 2019	12	42	no such thing as over population. malthus was wrong environmentalism is a economic allocation problem		View
17 March 2019	12	32	Memes adapted to the current societal make up will continue to get weirder. Weird = novel. Humans want to seek out the novel. If a joke gets repeated too often it is no longer funny. What is truly funny is that the race to the bottom will make all previous events forgotten.		View
22 December 2019	11	767	@JamesKosur Wait a minute... they shamed you into losing fat?		View
30 November 2019	11	111	I'd argue lucid dreaming is more important than meditation.		View
8 March 2019	11	89	youre better off learning axiomatic mental models and keystones than entire bodies of thought by regurgitation ie learn evolution, and extrapolate, and you will reach conclusions independently		View
30 September 2019	11	81	What awakening lol. Everyone knows and doesn’t care.		View
24 December 2019	11	72	twitter is the highest concentration and highest number of mental illnesses in any one place ever, in history.		View
7 December 2019	11	67	Good morning. You will die one day.		View

Month by month

GritCult posted 7,500 times in 2019: 1,083 original posts and 6,417 replies. The first post of the year went up on 1 January 2019 and the last on 31 December 2019; February was the busiest month, with 1,304 posts.

See also

Chronology portal

References

1. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (8 March 2019). pessimism is a mental illness. X.
2. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (8 March 2019). better to be a "delusional level optimist contrarian". X.
3. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (1 March 2019). In the age of abundance. Self control becomes a revolutionary act. X.
4. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (31 August 2019). Nothing is your fault. Everything is your responsibility. X.
5. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (19 July 2019). life as a service...everything will end up as a subscription service. X.
6. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (14 May 2019). I want to be hard to kill. X.
7. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (23 November 2019). GOD loves risk takers. X.
8. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (22 November 2019). Do you know what comes after a plague ? A renaissance. X.

External links

• Top posts from 2019 by GRITCULT on X