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​I posted this on X last week. It got a ton of comments and feedback.

A few controversial things I believe:

1) A grown man with a family has no business getting on a ladder to put up Christmas lights.

2) A larger vehicle is safer than a smaller vehicle. Put your family in an SUV. Period. Crash ratings are a scam.

3) Pitbulls are a public nuisance.

4) Politics is a total waste of time. Putting energy towards it is inversely correlated to happiness.

5) Earning money is hard. $100k a year is a lot of money. Social media acts like it’s easy but it isn’t.

6) Sports betting is a disaster for society. Quietly destroying a lot of men’s lives.

7) Waiting till 35 to think about kids is a huge mistake. These folks are all going to regret not having more, earlier.

8) SEC and Big10 schools are the new Ivy League. Wealthy families want to send their kids there, not Harvard or Stanford.

9) Religion is making a comeback. And the people who get serious about it end up with better lives.

10) Marrying a doctor or a lawyer is high status, but low enjoyment. These folks live stressful lives with very little flexibility.

11) Vaping and weed are better for your body than alcohol, but worse for your career and life. They remove ambition and energy and make you less social.

12) Giving our kids 75 vaccines is going to go down in history as a net-negative on society.

13) Technology won’t actually advance a lot from here. Our physical worlds will largely be the same 20 years from now.

14) Driverless cars are 20 years away. Waymo won’t make it out of the major cities with 25 mile an hour speed limits.

15) Virtual reality won’t become a thing. Nobody has any use for it.

16) 99% of people have no use for AI and it has reached 90% of its potential utility. Massive waste of electricity on the whole.

17) Web3 is a joke. Crypto is worthless. Bitcoin is a fad and is 100% speculative. Massive waste of electricity. Solves a problem that doesn’t exist.

18) Electric vehicles will not become mainstream. They do more harm to the environment than good. Creating them and disposing of them is an environmental catastrophe.

19) Starlink is a miracle and ads 10x more value to society than the previous 5 things on this list combined. Elon needs a Nobel prize.

20) The fed has done a great job over the last 3 years with rates.

21) Nuclear power is the only way forward. Solar and wind are not sustainable and are a total waste of money. Oil and gas is the only viable solution today and America should invest heavily in more production.

22) Silicon Valley influencers and tech titans are out of touch with the true needs of Americans. They could benefit by spending some time in a Walmart. Most people are trying to figure out how to put food on the table. They don’t need another app for their meta glasses.

What’s something you believe that isn’t a common belief? Which one am I wrong about?

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A few tweets from this week:

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Nick Huber @sweatystartup Always take the path of least resistance: I think too many entrepreneurs are gluttonous for punishment. They love doing hard things for the sake of it. They think success = glory after facing massive challenges. That is bullshit. Business is a series of games and some games… https://x.com/i/web/status/1861088909905797166 11:45 AM • Nov 25, 2024 8 Retweets 150 Likes Read 14 replies

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Nick Huber @sweatystartup Making money is a skill. Here’s how to get better at it: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-money-the-skill-you-need-to-develop/id1445260221?i=1000675071586 podcasts.apple.com Making Money - The skill you need to develop Podcast Episode · The Sweaty Startup · 10/30/2024 · 12m 1:15 PM • Nov 25, 2024 2 Retweets 25 Likes Read 7 replies

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Nick Huber @sweatystartup I repeat: Stop trying to change the world. Your brand new business idea isn’t going to work. It hasn’t worked yet for a reason. Go do something normal and boring that nobody is passionate about. Look at the world unemotionally and find an opportunity to do common things… https://x.com/i/web/status/1861804755502174631 11:10 AM • Nov 27, 2024 25 Retweets 261 Likes Read 43 replies

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Nick Huber @sweatystartup Ask yourself: What does every successful business that you admire do to win? The answers are often obvious and simple: They answer the phones. They respond to emails in 15 minutes or less. They have sales reps making 15-20 cold calls per day. They run simple but effective… https://x.com/i/web/status/1862515419590078760 10:14 AM • Nov 29, 2024 3 Retweets 72 Likes Read 9 replies

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