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“Fuck-you money” is a meme but it’s also a truth.

There is an amount of wealth you can achieve when typical restrictions and conventions no longer apply to you.

You don’t need to suck up to the gatekeepers.

You don’t need to do things you don’t want to do.

In extreme situations you don’t even need to follow the law.

Similarly, “fuck-you freedom” is kind of downstream from fuck-you money, but also can be achieved through cultivating a lack of reliance on other groups.

There are no restrictions on where you can travel to, and when, and for how long.

You don’t need to show up to work on time, or work at all.

If you’re sufficiently well structured, you don’t even need to care about the state of the economy, or the power grid or the wider world.

But I’ve recently learned about another type of fuck-you liberation.

One which is significantly cheaper, more accessible, more common and maybe even more powerful…

The “fuck-you family”.

Many fathers I’ve spoken to have told me about how their priorities were completely changed upon starting a family.

All the previous status games they played seemed petty.

The ways they used to contort themselves in an attempt to impress people in power or those with status seemed juvenile and shallow.

Much of their anxiety around whether different people liked them or thought they were cool evaporated.

The only people they needed to care about impressing were now asleep under their roof.

To their kids, they were the coolest, richest, strongest, most heroic person on the planet.

And that gave them a very powerful type of liberation.

It seems to me that much of what young men get up to are surrogate activities until they finally get a family.

Like a little girl playing with dolls, except this time it's building businesses, or biceps, or bodycounts.

This isn’t to say that all fathers become placid soyboy hippies, or that having kids neuters your ambition.

But it definitely seems to open up a new level where they care far less about the opinions of others.

And what’s the point in having fuck you freedom if you never say fuck you?

MODERN WISDOM

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This week’s upcoming episodes:

Monday.
David Friedberg - one of the most optimistic views of tech & the future that you’ll ever hear. Explanations of how we’re going to launch cargo from the moon, overcome aging and defeat California’s taxes. Listen now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Thursday.
Alex Petkas - the life of Julius Caesar as you’ve never heard it before. 2 hours of fascinating history stories about Rome’s greatest emperor. So good.

Saturday.
Etymology Nerd - how do influencers use language to keep you scrolling? How is AI changing our lexicon? And what is the impact of internet culture on the way people speak and think?

THINGS I'VE LEARNED

1.
​California’s new Wealth Tax is a high risk strategy.

“California has long depended on a small number of ultrawealthy taxpayers to fund a large share of its government.

According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the top 1% of taxpayers generate roughly 40% of the state’s personal income-tax revenue.” — Rob Henderson

2.
​Capitalism’s one-two punch.

“There’s something about a soulless job that makes you crave mindless entertainment, and that’s the combination that slowly kills you.” — DylanO

3.
​Walk more.

I’m not saying going for a walk will solve all your problems, I’m just saying there’s almost no problem that’s going to be made worse by going for a walk.

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Big love,
Chris x

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New episodes in the new studio are ripping. Thank you so much for all the love. Can't wait to crank this now I'm back in the US!