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“God” and Epistemic Compression - It’s what happens when something too large, complex, or mysterious for the mind gets compressed into concepts manageable enough for us to hold.
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What if getting everything doesn’t get us what we want?
Rich. Respected. Restless.
Nice things upgrade the scenery.
They rarely upgrade us.
Charlie Carroll retweeted
I turn 50 today. This is a message to my kids but I offer it to you in case any of it rings useful.
I was born in Sri Lanka in 1976 in a country that, at the time, was about to enter a decades long civil war. My father was able to get stationed at the Sri Lankan High Commission in Canada for four years in the early 80s - when some of the fighting was most severe - and which from our vantage point in Canada gave us some respite from an otherwise omnipresent conflict.
He came as a diplomat but then my father filed for refugee status after four years when his life was threatened by militants. We stayed in Canada as refugees. My dad never really landed on his feet and we grew up on welfare.
My mom stepped up. She did an incredible thing and put our family on her back and kept marching forward. Sometimes the steps were very small but she always tried to keep moving forward.
I worked at Burger King starting at 14, giving my paycheck to my mom and dad to support our family in the role that I was assigned - earn enough to pay for our bus passes because we couldn’t afford a car.
I was a loser growing up. Some friends, some good memories but mostly forgettable and lonely. I wasn’t very studious but did get my act together in my final year and got into a great university.
I immigrated to the US soon after graduating and found an opportunity. Things clicked and I have been traveling a path to find myself ever since. Only in America is this possible…
I worked hard, followed the rules, paid my taxes and stayed in California out of loyalty for the opportunities it has given me despite its dysfunction.
I found my wife here. Had my kids here. Found my tribe here.
There have been some very hard times as well - deaths, divorce, financial pain, mistakes of omission and mistakes of commission. You can’t dwell on these things - they are weights that will pull you down if you’re not careful. Learn from them. Respect them. BUT MOVE ON.
To think 50 years ago I could have ever gotten a chance to meet the people I’ve met and have had the experiences I’ve had would have been mind boggling to my parents. It’s mind boggling to me now.
We forget often and try to convince others it’s not true but America truly is the best country in the world. Everything and anything is possible here. I can testify. Be grateful to be here.
This is the only place that gives EVERYONE a chance to live a great adventure. The first 50 years have been that for me - an incredible adventure.
Notice there is nothing here about accomplishments or money. Because it doesn’t matter and it won’t matter.
You will be dust in less than 100 years from now and the decision to be remembered won’t be yours so stop sweating it. It’s not in your control.
So what is in your control?
Be kind. Have fun. Work on something meaningful to you. Find your tribe. Try to find perspective. Find an incredible partner. Have a bunch of kids. Live an adventure. Forgive your parents - they were doing the best they could even if that wasn’t what you deserved.
I will do what I can to make my next 50 years a wild ride.
You should too.
I love you and thank you. ❤️
🙏🏽🙏🏽
Charlie Carroll retweeted
But what about vibes?!
It’s cool to be against climate change so can I still do that?
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Business owner. CEO. General manager. Partner.
Pay close attention to the person on your team who is exceptionally creative when it comes to getting revenge.
If they’ll dedicate that much intelligence, energy, and patience to destroying someone they believe wronged them, don’t fool yourself into thinking you’re immune.
One day, you’ll disappoint them.
And when that day comes, the same weapon they used for you will be used against you.
Vindictiveness is a character trait—not a skill or strategy.
In my experience, there are few liabilities more expensive than an insecure or vindictive employee. Talent can build a business. Character determines whether it survives.
I don’t hire for brilliance alone. I hire for emotional maturity.
Because I’ve learned this the hard way:
The people who love retaliation rarely stop at your enemies. Eventually, they come for you.
Here’s something worth noticing.
If you’re reading this, you’re… alive.
That sounds obvious until you realize how rarely we stop long enough to notice it.
We live in a culture that profits from panic. Algorithms reward outrage. Certainty gets more clicks than curiosity. We can know what’s happening everywhere in the world and still have no idea what’s happening inside ourselves.
Maybe that’s the real poverty?
Yes, evil exists.
It always has.
Always will.
So does goodness.
I want to be better.
Not louder. Not more certain. Better.
I want to move closer to home—not an address, but the person I was created to become. I’m grateful to be doing that work here, in the United States—the story I happened to be born into and now have the privilege of helping write.
Is America messy?
Absolutely.
So am I.
We’re 250 years into one of history’s boldest experiments. Freedom has always been expensive. Growth has always been uncomfortable. Becoming has always been messy.
Any entrepreneur knows this.
Any parent knows this.
Anyone who’s ever tried to change knows this.
The joy isn’t at the finish line.
It’s found in the fight to become.
Maybe nations work the same way.
Maybe America is still becoming.
Still learning.
Still stumbling.
Still reaching.
I hope we don’t lose the thread that started this whole experiment: that freedom is stronger than fear, faith is more durable than despair, and love—lived, not merely posted—still outlasts hate.
The older I get, the less interested I am in condemning entire groups of people. My own story has too many scars. Too many failures. Too much grace.
So today, I’ll choose curiosity over certainty.
Hope over hostility.
Grace over grievance.
Not because it’s easy.
Because it’s the only way I’ve found to become the person I want to be.
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
A camera, a podcast, or even a Shark Tank appearance does not automatically mean someone can help you build something profitable.
Some of the biggest health risks are the ones we see every day and never question.
Just because it’s normal doesn’t mean it’s harmless.
#WorkplaceHealth #HiddenRisks #OfficeLife
The deeper you look, the weirder it gets 👀
What do you guys think of this?
#jesuschrist #conspiracytheory
If it was worth investigating… is it really too far-fetched to believe.
#conspiracy #conspiracytheory #governmentconspiracy
Charlie Carroll retweeted
The reason government programs are so inefficient is that, unlike a commercial company, the feedback loop for improvement is broken, because they have a state-mandated monopoly and can’t go out of business if customers are unhappy.
No matter how bad the service is at your DMV (sorry to pick on DMVs), you still have to use your DMV, because it’s a monopoly.
There’s an old story.
Maybe it’s true.
Maybe it’s not.
A painter in ancient China—Li Feng, they say—woke up every morning, ground his ink, and painted one idea.
Not a person.
Not a mountain.
An idea.
One day it was a crane flying alone through winter air.
Another day, a red ribbon chasing the wind.
People asked what his paintings meant.
They wanted a caption, a headline, a label.
He smiled and said,
“If I could tell you, I wouldn’t have painted it.”
Centuries later, a poet wandered into his shop.
He saw one of the paintings and whispered,
“This picture speaks a thousand words.”
And that’s where the phrase was born.
Or maybe not.
It doesn’t really matter.
Because it feels true.
That’s the point.
Every great picture—every act of art, generosity, or courage—bypasses explanation.
It skips the logic and lands straight in the heart.
We keep trying to describe what we should simply show.
Fred Barnard knew this when he used the line in an ad in the 1920s and called it an “ancient proverb.”
He wasn’t stealing; he was signaling.
He understood that attention isn’t won by saying more words.
It’s earned by saying the right ones—
or by showing something words could never carry.
Li Feng knew.
The poet knew.
Barnard knew.
The rest of us are still learning.
When you create something that shows instead of tells,
something that moves people before they even understand why—
you’ve stopped describing the work.
You’ve become it.
And that’s worth far more than a thousand words.
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Charlie Carroll retweeted
A million seconds ago was May 23rd
A billion seconds ago was 1993
A trillion seconds ago was 30,000 B.C.
The US national debt is now rising by $1 Trillion every 180 days.
Charlie Carroll retweeted
"He who controls the weather, controls the world" —President Lyndon Johnson
We’re told climate change is the problem, but what if the real threat is what’s being done to “fix” it? Dane Wigington has spent 20 years uncovering the truth behind government geoengineering operations.
Charlie Carroll retweeted
After watching the Fox interview with the DOGE team, it’s clear to me that the domestic terrorism against Tesla isn’t bottoms-up vandalism. It’s an organized effort to pressure Elon to walk away from DOGE.
Why?
There are monied interests that have benefited for decades from the organized “leakage” from the government. It’s clear that DOGE is finding and stopping it.
The incentive, then, to hire rent-a-protesters and pay for organized terrorism is clear. What they don’t understand is the Elon will double and triple down.
Separately, the DOJ can uncover all of this by arresting the protestors, making them roll and following the money.