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Stephen Wolfram summarizes his Theory in Everything in 20 minutes. The explanation starts at 10:40 minute mark.

Stocks do count as wealth, but only when you sell them. This is already taxed by capital gains. Elon Musk is not selling his stocks. How do you tax him if he doesn't sell his stocks? The problem Is not the tax, but rather who gets to allocate capital in society. Last year Elon Musk shot a car he created into space with a racket he created. This is the power of the private sector. Last year Donald Trump told the public to drink bleach. This is the uselessness of the public sector. Who created more benefits for society? Elon or Trump? To whom would you give your money?

Notice that you always tend to seek the path of least resistance. On that path of least resistance you get comfort, but not growth. Notice that you resist all changes because all changes require hard work. This is uncomfortable in the short term but creates growth in the long run. Simply ask yourself. Do you want to grow or you want to be comfortable? If you want to grow, do that which is hard. If you want comfort, do that which is easy.

Yes. But this creates inflation. Inflation is a different type of taxation. Those who have the money create the tune on which the rest of society, dances. Since Elon Musk has the money, he tells thousands of people how to dance to get his ass to Mars. Gold used to be a first-level abstraction of value. Paper money(fiat) is just a second-level abstraction of value. The value itself only exists in people's minds. Thus, all value is perceived value. Perceptions change.

It makes more sense to tax when money is spent, not when money is earned. Taxes disincentivize behavior. The more you tax wealth, the less wealth will be created. The more you tax spending, the fewer people will spend. You want to create an environment where people have the right incentives to create wealth without spending it. One day when there is so much wealth for everyone, you won't need taxes.

How would you propose to tax Wealth? Most of the wealth of Elon Musk is in the form of stocks in the companies he founded. His wealth is unrealized because it only becomes real if he sells his stocks. When he sells stocks, he already pays 25% Capital Gains tax. Let's suppose the government decided to tax his Wealth at 10% per annum. This means that Musk will be forced to sell 10% of his stocks every year. This kind of forced selling will sink the value of his stocks. The government will get 10% of Musk's stock value every year. What will the government do with that money? Do you assume that the government is a better allocator of capital than Elon Musk?

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. - Proverbs 11:2

Sounds like there is some incongruence within yourself. The thing that feels right should be the thing you must do.

Recognize that all social conditions started as an idea in someone's mind. Then, the majority of society accepted those conditions and normalized them. The ideas became the norm. Try to inquire why certain ideas are the norm? Why did most people accept these norms? If the answers "come" to you, you will understand the reason for the social conditioning. Only when you understand the reasons for the social norms, you will be able to transcend them. If you don't understand them, you can't transcend them.

It is Amazing. How did you achieve the top/down left/right symmetry?

You have to deconstruct the bullshit that you have within you. Once you deconstruct your own bullshit, you can smell the bullshit of others from a mile away. The problem of deconstructing your own bullshit is that it would smell and won't be pleasant. But once your bullshit is gone, you can trust your intuition. Your intuition will tell you who is bullshitting you. Trust That.

You can only see in others that which you have in yourself. It seems that You too were once a fool. ...and if you ask foolish questions, you probably still have it in you.

Your father seems to be a victim in your mothers' plot. But you don't have to be a victim. Do not blame your father. If you need more masculine role models, you can always find some. There is no "truth" in the book. There are some valid patterns that the author has recognized and he tries to tell them to the blue pilled guys.

If you are putting women on a pedestal, this book will try to open your eyes to why you shouldn't be doing that. It is useful to the extent you realize that women are not more special than you, and you don't need them to be happy or fulfilled. Just keep in mind that the book is filtered through the experiences of the author. All his negative experiences with women will create a negative subtone in the way he writes.

My favorite.

If you had no thoughts, how would you feel? If you had no feelings, would you even need to think?

Your "objective" views have been created because of your "objective" experience. Having direct experience is how you know things. The rest is just stories. Consider that is fairer to say that You don't understand the mystery of reality. If having direct experience is how we know things it seems that the only way to know a psychedelic experience Is to try a psychedelic. All the rest is just speculation.

Just a reminder that everything said about Brands can also be applied to the Actualized Brand.

To truly know something means to become IT.

Socialization is an attempt to maintain one's sanity. One is considered sane as long as One is going along with the consensual reality. The only way to establish consensual reality is through socialization and evaluation of what the Other consider to be sane. Sometimes the consensual reality becomes completely insane (ex. think of concentration camps in Auschwitz), but as long as you hold the majority view of your society, you are considered sane. Talking with others is how you keep yourself grounded in reality.

You seem pretty grounded by the way you ask this question. Only the grounded don't know the answer to this question. It means that the Buddha is You, and there can be only one of You.

The Technique of Byron Katie is useful for resolving past trauma and shadow work. You should ask those questions about things that have happened in the past. It should not be used for planning your future. If you are looking for motivational techniques that will help plan your future, there are other motivational techniques that can help you with that.

You might find this insightful. Explained for the layman.

You have to incentivize people to give out loans. If there was no interest, nobody will be interested in giving out loans. In the current economic environment, interest rates are lower than the inflation rate. This is practically free money.

Without beating around the bush, there would be no bush. Philosophical Understanding is important for setting the right conceptual foundation for a God Realization. Concepts are necessary before they are transcended. These two guys push the limit of their conceptual understanding by elucidating the patterns between their highest abstractions. If they were God-realized, would they even speak? To whom would they speak and why?