> Pathemata Mathemata > - *some greek doode* In case you (also) don't understand greek: > "learning thru pain". ## The Questions The western religion of comfort... How does it affect our workforce? Our millitaries? Our economy? Our security? In short - our ability to handle adversity? ## The Death Funnel of Comfort ![[Pasted image 20260313195229.png]] > **~90% of cohort is... fat, insane and/or doped..** And for double whallop - pipeline shrinkage due to infertility. ## Threats & Opportunities ### Threats #### Political - Zombie Tyranny. How will weak, scared and doped individuals affect voting? They will want to be governed. More welfare state you think? 90% of cohort voters are fucked... So democratic majority is... fucked... I.e we get a zombie mob rule? Who will have the strength to fight corruption? #### Economics Job Who will you hire? Less balls, less risk taking, less entrepneurship, less new jobs. How do we compete with hostile nations? opportunity cost: - time and resources spend on identity bingo is time and resources not spend on real shit #### Security Nobody to stick into military lol. Who's gonna protect our infrastructure? Individuals easier to coerce, convince, social engineer. > Ya think that our opponents are possibly gunning on this?? > perhaps even help accelerate it o_0. > no waaaay dooode. ### Opportunities Well... The bar is lowering. Competition is self eliminating. (90% of our peers are fat and dope and depressed). Gobble up talent. Retain. Them. Take good care of your balls. If our generation all commit suicide we may be able to afford apartments??? > So bad for the world as a whole? > Good for us who lifts, runs, hacks and think? ## Reference Here's numbers, research and blablabla for those who cares about such things as empirical rigour (not very modern of you). ... insert numbers Did you actually read all these? o_0 ## Reference Here's numbers, research and blablabla for those who care about such things as empirical rigour (not very modern of you). - [Antidepressant consumption doubled in Europe](https://www.euronews.com/health/2023/09/09/europes-mental-health-crisis-in-data-which-country-uses-the-most-antidepressants) - [Only 23% of US 17-24 year olds qualify for military service — Mission: Readiness](https://www.missionreadiness.org/wp-content/uploads/MR-Fitness-Factsheet.pdf) - [Reverse Flynn Effect — declining IQ scores — PNAS 2018](https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1718793115) - [EU obesity 20.3% of 16-24s, WHO projects 61% increase — Eurostat 2022](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Overweight_and_obesity_-_BMI_statistics) - [EU fertility rate 1.38, Malta 1.06, Spain 1.12 — Eurostat 2025](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Fertility_statistics) - [EU median age 44.7 years — Eurostat 2024](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Population_structure_and_ageing) *Did you actually read all these? o_0*