In our current challenging environment, we must prioritize authenticity over performative actions, embracing humility and patience for real internal change.

Attention is the coin of the realm in politics, and the way to gain it is often through conflict and doing things that the other side disagrees with.

Democrats often optimize for avoiding negative attention, while the Trumpist wing of the Republican Party understands that a volume of attention, even if negative, is beneficial for gaining agenda control.

This period of uncertainty can lead to honest and transformative ideas, encouraging us to challenge our assumptions and pursue bold new concepts.

You can opt out of the current system to varying degrees, whether by engaging in online communities or using technology to create alternatives.

We are experiencing a significant poverty of attention and focus in our culture, exacerbated by distractions from devices.

The regime has lost its monopoly on propaganda, opening up new possibilities for alternative voices in media and politics.

TikTok politics is not a good place because it turns us against each other, and we need to be authentically angry about what we've become.

As AI-generated content becomes ubiquitous, being authentic and genuine will be key to standing out and fostering creativity.