Blind Spots—Gregory Blotnick

pain points, careers, relationships + "what would 007 do?" 0:00 - eternal struggles, generational differences, and The Fourth Turning 2:00 - the worldview of victim mentality: "self-pity and a self-defeating attitude" 4:00 - interviewing is humiliating as fuck + advice to younger self 6:00 - long-term unemployment + "stop doing what isn't working" 7:00 - the world changes, "the measure of a man" d...

TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - The plight of Tom Hagen, the archetype, "do you want to be the Don or the Consigliere" 2:00 - Winston Wolfmaxxing + "every man is brave until the sound of cannon" 4:00 - Lee Kuan Yew, Suharto, Charlie Munger's "Do what works" 6:00 - Empat Mata and "four-eyed diplomacy" 8:00 - "Speech is worth silver, silence is worth gold" 11:00 - real life vs twtr and masks people wear 13:00 - o...

we must discuss the philosophy of drugs...Tolstoy's "why does man stupefy himself," self-discipline, freedom from desire, and the various paths men select in running from themselves.touches on everything from trading markets to habit to becoming immunized to adversitydrugs covered: all of them, uppers, downers, "performance" drugs, booze, weed, party drugs, "innocent"/prescription drugs, and so on...

misc thoughts on communication styles -- "It's not what you say, its how you say it" + "wtf is effective communication" + random case studies of assertive vs. aggressive vs. passiveTIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - intro / "what's your edge" / "there's one trait that determines how high you rise or fall" 1:30 - the piece of paper is no longer important (stock pitch, cv, etc) - arbed out by LLMs - everything is n...

Cesare Borgia Maxxing - Collecting Scalps - 08-20-2026

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