The gatekeeping is real. I wrote a book on the 1800s-1900s gatekeeping of energy/electricity and theft, then erasure of Nikola Tesla from history (he wanted affordable, non-metered electricity and phone/wifi..)
He wasn't in the business worlds bible, Think & Grow Rich..
150 days left to train your brain, body, and soul. This is the time to prepare yourself for a new kind of evolution. And this kind of evolution will take a lifetime.
You all are limiting your infinite potential by limiting constructs like college degrees, careers, and job titles. The main purpose of life is to be a nobody in such a way that no one understands what the hell you do for a living.
An antidote against mediocrity, self-improvement, formal education, scripted rat race, and status quo.
Don't take life seriously. Be focused, happy, joyful, and keep enhancing the childlike curiosity, imagination, creativity, will to discover things, fearlessness, doesn't care about being realistic and practical.
You have one life, make it epic.
The most awesome way to make your life epic is this,
You have the brain, body, and soul. Use the internet (especially shadow libraries like Library Genesis and Anna's Archive) to self-educate, self-experiment, and expand yourself on a variety of academic, creative, skills-based, business, political, social work, games, and athletic fields for life. Evolve yourself to become a self-taught superhuman polymath in life.
I am taking a break from Substack. I will see you all on 1st January 2027.
The distinction between public information and private knowledge is the one that most people miss. Public information is available to everyone and if everyone has it, it is not an advantage. The real value is in the nuance, the experience, the pattern recognition that comes from being in the room.
What I find myself sitting with is the question of thinking. The article suggests that outsourcing foundational thinking to AI is not just lazy. It is dangerous. Because when you stop thinking, you stop being able to distinguish between what is true and what is merely available. The mind becomes a receiver rather than a generator.
The line that stayed with me is: "If all you're doing is learning from what is public, you're missing a big opportunity." That is the quiet truth of it. The public information is the starting point. The private knowledge is the edge.
It is so true: . “The real value is in the nuance, the experience, the pattern recognition that comes from being in the room” And I have known people who are deeply engaged in their business with extraordinary energy and are so interesting when you are around them because they lack a mask, they speak briefly but with substance, while we see the ugliness of the mask in conformists.
Beautifully said. I think that's exactly it. Presence has a quality that is difficult to imitate. When someone is no longer speaking from a mask or a script, there is a coherence between what they are, what they say, and how they make others feel. That kind of substance is often communicated more through being than through words.
They are people we rarely see and we yearn to communicate at this level, because they transmit with their entire being a strong message, feeling, or signal using complete and total personal energy, deep emotion, or absolute physical and mental strength.
Yes, and I think that yearning itself tells us something important. We recognize coherence because, at some level, we are built to resonate with it. Those rare encounters remind us of what authentic human presence feels like. It isn't charisma or performance. It's the quiet integrity of someone whose inner world is no longer divided. Those are the people who leave a lasting impression without trying to.
Very true. In many cases, the limitation is no longer access to information but the willingness to engage with it deeply. Knowledge has never been more available, yet discernment and sustained attention have become increasingly rare. Sometimes the most valuable insights are not hidden at all—they're simply overlooked because they require patience, curiosity, and the readiness to question familiar assumptions.
Actually o think that a lot of exclusive knowledge is rotting in plain sight, as hardly anyone is smart enough to use it ( intelligence decline 🫣🤪) talking of the whole public domain…free old books…
I agree that an extraordinary amount of valuable knowledge is hiding in plain sight. Some of the most profound ideas are buried in old books, forgotten papers, or disciplines that few people take the time to connect. The challenge is often not intelligence itself, but developing the patience, curiosity, and integrative thinking needed to recognize the patterns between seemingly unrelated pieces of information. Sometimes the greatest discoveries come not from finding something new, but from seeing familiar knowledge through a new lens.
AI will create massive opportunities for the people that don't outsource their thinking to it. While the majority use it to think for them or give up because they assume it will make everything they do useless, the minority that don't will be more valuable than ever.
I was at Toastmasters yesterday and that got me thinking: Would I have gone there after work if the club was free? Probably not. When it's free, you see no value in it, even there's value. But because I pay, I know I'm serious about developing my public speaking skills. So I go there even after a long day at work.
All LLMs literally give you the statistically probable next word. So by definition, you're getting the average. If you're above average, you get pulled down to the average thinking.
The introduction of the internet....then the iPhome (and imitators to present date)....and 'social media'....have proved a destructive force to independent thought on a scale most could not anticipate.
That private interests and governments leverage that phenomena to benefit private agendas render that phenomena more dangerous.
That Ai is now used to accelerate said phenomena accelerates the pre-existent illness that is surface-level thinking.
The masses are drawn to surface-level thinking, in part due to the boundless extent of their laziness, in part due to tjeir preference for myscitism over raw reality, in part due to the average IQ being insufficient to not perceive and avert the damger of such auto-destructive a mechanism.
I have been aware of the present condition of 'The West' for over twenty five years. To be living a reality that could not be diverted (per evolutionary biology) is disappointing, at the least....primitivism be damned.
AI is a great tool, but it will make lazy people even more lazy, and that is why we will have to be really careful with it so as not to numb the next generations!
Can't agree more. Most free content is literally just the tip of the iceberg, but at the same time that doesn't mean we're saying you can sign up to any paid course. it depends if your values align with the person selling the course, their content, and what people have to say about that person. If I had discovered Tim Denning before, I would have paid for it probably.
And outsourcing your thing to AI is the worst thing people can do. The average person is already quite average and you are making yourself even more average by doing that. Whenever I have to make a life decision I sometimes feel like asking AI but I'm like noooo. Use AI for admin stuff, saving your time or in your business, etc., but not personal life decisions.
The introduction of the internet....then the iPhome (and imitators to present date)....and 'social media'....have proved a destructive force to independent thought on a scale most could not anticipate.
That private interests and governments leverage that phenomena to benefit private agendas render that phenomena more dangerous.
Ai is now used to accelerate said phenomena.... accelerating the pre-existent illness that is surface-level thinking.
The masses are drawn to surface-level thinking, in part due to the boundless extent of their laziness, in part due to tjeir preference for myscitism over raw reality, in part due to the average IQ being insufficient to not perceive and avert the damger of such auto-destructive a mechanism.
I have been aware of the present condition of 'The West' for over twenty five years. To be living a reality that could not be diverted (per evolutionary biology) is disappointing, at the least....primitivism be damned.
PS — I’ve got a fresh video out.
The topic: 4 Systems So Good… Your Business Starts to Run Itself.
Most just tell stories about systems.
I show you everything.
Take a peek at the new video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN3UDX-ko5s&feature=youtu.be
AI isn't smarter, it's just faster.
You're right about the hidden, actual knowledge.
I fucking love you, man..
The gatekeeping is real. I wrote a book on the 1800s-1900s gatekeeping of energy/electricity and theft, then erasure of Nikola Tesla from history (he wanted affordable, non-metered electricity and phone/wifi..)
He wasn't in the business worlds bible, Think & Grow Rich..
I wonder why? 🤔
150 days left to train your brain, body, and soul. This is the time to prepare yourself for a new kind of evolution. And this kind of evolution will take a lifetime.
You all are limiting your infinite potential by limiting constructs like college degrees, careers, and job titles. The main purpose of life is to be a nobody in such a way that no one understands what the hell you do for a living.
An antidote against mediocrity, self-improvement, formal education, scripted rat race, and status quo.
Don't take life seriously. Be focused, happy, joyful, and keep enhancing the childlike curiosity, imagination, creativity, will to discover things, fearlessness, doesn't care about being realistic and practical.
You have one life, make it epic.
The most awesome way to make your life epic is this,
You have the brain, body, and soul. Use the internet (especially shadow libraries like Library Genesis and Anna's Archive) to self-educate, self-experiment, and expand yourself on a variety of academic, creative, skills-based, business, political, social work, games, and athletic fields for life. Evolve yourself to become a self-taught superhuman polymath in life.
I am taking a break from Substack. I will see you all on 1st January 2027.
The distinction between public information and private knowledge is the one that most people miss. Public information is available to everyone and if everyone has it, it is not an advantage. The real value is in the nuance, the experience, the pattern recognition that comes from being in the room.
What I find myself sitting with is the question of thinking. The article suggests that outsourcing foundational thinking to AI is not just lazy. It is dangerous. Because when you stop thinking, you stop being able to distinguish between what is true and what is merely available. The mind becomes a receiver rather than a generator.
The line that stayed with me is: "If all you're doing is learning from what is public, you're missing a big opportunity." That is the quiet truth of it. The public information is the starting point. The private knowledge is the edge.
It is so true: . “The real value is in the nuance, the experience, the pattern recognition that comes from being in the room” And I have known people who are deeply engaged in their business with extraordinary energy and are so interesting when you are around them because they lack a mask, they speak briefly but with substance, while we see the ugliness of the mask in conformists.
Beautifully said. I think that's exactly it. Presence has a quality that is difficult to imitate. When someone is no longer speaking from a mask or a script, there is a coherence between what they are, what they say, and how they make others feel. That kind of substance is often communicated more through being than through words.
They are people we rarely see and we yearn to communicate at this level, because they transmit with their entire being a strong message, feeling, or signal using complete and total personal energy, deep emotion, or absolute physical and mental strength.
Yes, and I think that yearning itself tells us something important. We recognize coherence because, at some level, we are built to resonate with it. Those rare encounters remind us of what authentic human presence feels like. It isn't charisma or performance. It's the quiet integrity of someone whose inner world is no longer divided. Those are the people who leave a lasting impression without trying to.
Many are too lazy to even use public information….a lot of useful things are still out there hidden in plain sight
Very true. In many cases, the limitation is no longer access to information but the willingness to engage with it deeply. Knowledge has never been more available, yet discernment and sustained attention have become increasingly rare. Sometimes the most valuable insights are not hidden at all—they're simply overlooked because they require patience, curiosity, and the readiness to question familiar assumptions.
Actually o think that a lot of exclusive knowledge is rotting in plain sight, as hardly anyone is smart enough to use it ( intelligence decline 🫣🤪) talking of the whole public domain…free old books…
I agree that an extraordinary amount of valuable knowledge is hiding in plain sight. Some of the most profound ideas are buried in old books, forgotten papers, or disciplines that few people take the time to connect. The challenge is often not intelligence itself, but developing the patience, curiosity, and integrative thinking needed to recognize the patterns between seemingly unrelated pieces of information. Sometimes the greatest discoveries come not from finding something new, but from seeing familiar knowledge through a new lens.
AI will create massive opportunities for the people that don't outsource their thinking to it. While the majority use it to think for them or give up because they assume it will make everything they do useless, the minority that don't will be more valuable than ever.
I was at Toastmasters yesterday and that got me thinking: Would I have gone there after work if the club was free? Probably not. When it's free, you see no value in it, even there's value. But because I pay, I know I'm serious about developing my public speaking skills. So I go there even after a long day at work.
This is exactly the thoughts I've had about AI.
All LLMs literally give you the statistically probable next word. So by definition, you're getting the average. If you're above average, you get pulled down to the average thinking.
No wonder why i correct every sentence AI suggest for my writing!
The introduction of the internet....then the iPhome (and imitators to present date)....and 'social media'....have proved a destructive force to independent thought on a scale most could not anticipate.
That private interests and governments leverage that phenomena to benefit private agendas render that phenomena more dangerous.
That Ai is now used to accelerate said phenomena accelerates the pre-existent illness that is surface-level thinking.
The masses are drawn to surface-level thinking, in part due to the boundless extent of their laziness, in part due to tjeir preference for myscitism over raw reality, in part due to the average IQ being insufficient to not perceive and avert the damger of such auto-destructive a mechanism.
I have been aware of the present condition of 'The West' for over twenty five years. To be living a reality that could not be diverted (per evolutionary biology) is disappointing, at the least....primitivism be damned.
Being following Tim and I must say from day one I have gotten strict information than I can get anywhere.
As a person that always run to Ai for almost all information is high time I stopped it and sort for more information
Precisely for this strange Tim, he is so young and shows us what deep breathing gives you when facing problems and passionate commitment
This is an amazing Article.
We have already outsourced out thinking, and it's not to a machine, and it has not been done willingly, and it's been done a long time ago.
AI is a great tool, but it will make lazy people even more lazy, and that is why we will have to be really careful with it so as not to numb the next generations!
Can't agree more. Most free content is literally just the tip of the iceberg, but at the same time that doesn't mean we're saying you can sign up to any paid course. it depends if your values align with the person selling the course, their content, and what people have to say about that person. If I had discovered Tim Denning before, I would have paid for it probably.
And outsourcing your thing to AI is the worst thing people can do. The average person is already quite average and you are making yourself even more average by doing that. Whenever I have to make a life decision I sometimes feel like asking AI but I'm like noooo. Use AI for admin stuff, saving your time or in your business, etc., but not personal life decisions.
The introduction of the internet....then the iPhome (and imitators to present date)....and 'social media'....have proved a destructive force to independent thought on a scale most could not anticipate.
That private interests and governments leverage that phenomena to benefit private agendas render that phenomena more dangerous.
Ai is now used to accelerate said phenomena.... accelerating the pre-existent illness that is surface-level thinking.
The masses are drawn to surface-level thinking, in part due to the boundless extent of their laziness, in part due to tjeir preference for myscitism over raw reality, in part due to the average IQ being insufficient to not perceive and avert the damger of such auto-destructive a mechanism.
I have been aware of the present condition of 'The West' for over twenty five years. To be living a reality that could not be diverted (per evolutionary biology) is disappointing, at the least....primitivism be damned.
I will check the video, Tim. And this is good stuff. Good thinking, even!