I am very close to doing an exit, sick and tired of being sick and tired of the constant bullshit. Markets, Social media, News? It is just bullshit.
Scriptforajester was a playbook to become immune to government idiocy. Now we need a new playbook on how to become immune to the algorithmic shitshow. The algorithms want something worse: your mind. They feed on your rage, your fear, your endless scroll.
We must not succumb to the algorithms. We can’t fight an algorithm. You can only exit. Walk away.
Choose offline.
The market
The markets are the greatest degeneracy in the world. Who gives a fuck if you made 8-figure bags? You’re still a degen. I used to love the markets: the greatest puzzle of them all. Finding new businesses, discovering excellent management. Could I explain the business to my kids? Simple and awesome. Now? “They will own all the data and dominate the world”. The majority of value plays are essentially bets that humanity will continue to decay. What’s next? Invest in suicide pods so my offspring can celebrate my low-cost exit?
You are what you eat. You eat shit = shit. The older I get, the more I see it’s the same with money. Build wealth through companies that rot society? That’s shit too. I’m no better. Yesterday I bought fucking Solana treasury company stock. “Buy the dip, let’s gamble.” I crave this shit too. There’s no point fighting central banks - easy money breeds speculation. Is China joining the party? They didn’t prioritize stock markets for decades, but now they do? They’ll pump the fuck out of it?
What’s the exit? Save in the world’s best money and quit active trading.
The Money Revelation - It’s just money
I did an exercise during COVID: Write down what you want and how much money you need. Pretty simple?
Nature, family, walks, good food... Wait, this doesn’t require millions? Do I need to work 12 hours a day for this? I didn’t achieve the exit I wanted from my business, but I discovered something better, a scaling-down exit. Work 1-3 hours a day with key clients only. That’s more than enough nowadays. Many entrepreneurs forget this option exists.
I love the fucking grind - it’s my biggest competitive advantage. I’m not that smart, but I can grind. Everything is also about balance. People around me think I’m crazy working so little in my “prime.” Most of them are just work addicts - I was one too. “I do this for my family.” Don’t lie to yourself. You’re just running away from responsibility. Try playing a different game: work 1-3 hours a day and actually do it for your family
Social Media & News - Dead Value
It makes me mad. Only mad, only hate. Five minutes scrolling and I’m furious. It no longer offers value. Same with the news. They’re built to make us hate each other and whore for clicks.
I’m annoying as fuck on the internet, but go out with me? I’m okay. We’re all okay in person. My parents were entrepreneurs, most of their friends were social democrats - polar opposites politically (well, 95% of Finland leans left). But they could talk, went out together, shared hobbies. Sure, they argued about issues, but the issues didn’t become the people.
Try this online? Impossible. Go eat with those same leftists in person? Totally fine. I’m already hearing stories here in Finland - divorces because “the spouse voted wrong,”. The grandparents here? They watch the news all day and hate Trump with pure passion. Finnish families are destroying themselves over American politics. What the fuck is wrong with people? They’re just too much online.
What happened? The algorithms happened. The rage machine happened. What can we do? Exit from this shit. More offline, more life.
How to do it
I recently got a Mudita phone and I love it. Yes, it has minor annoyances, but it’s improved my life tenfold. I tried limiting screen time and deleting apps from my iPhone, but it didn’t work. Simple phone = no urge to check. Nothing to check. Everything is programmed to steal our time and data. For me, the only solution is going offline.
My exit toolkit:
Mudita phone (dumb phone that works)
Cold Turkey blocker (getcoldturkey.com) - block the shit from your life
Kobo e-reader (books without notifications)
MP3 player (remember those?)
Daily meditation (It is the hardest thing right now to just focus on your breath)
Stoic philosophy (wars, chaos, collapse? Focus on what you control)
Yeah, the world’s on fire - wars, economic madness, societal decay. I practice Stoic shit and meditate to cope. You can’t control the world burning, but you can control whether you watch it burn through a screen all day.
Focus on what’s in your power: your attention, your time, your data.
Privacy matters more now than ever. The best protection? Don’t be there. Don’t give them the data.
Exit
When did you last listen to a whole album? Read a book without checking your phone?
The exit is simpler than you think. While they print money into oblivion, you save in Bitcoin, the only bet that humanity gets better, not worse. While they rage in comment sections, you have dinner with actual humans. While they doomscroll through wars and collapse, you meditate on your breath. While they feed the data machine, you walk in the forest.
I’m not perfect. I still bought that fucking Solana stock yesterday. I still check social media sometimes, 5 minutes here and there. I vent too much in Signal to my friends. I still crave the gambling rush. But I’m trying to get better. That’s the point. We’re all trying to get better.
This isn’t about becoming a monk or achieving some pure state of mindfulness. It’s about direction. The governments will do what they do. The central banks will print. The algorithms will rage. But you? You can exit, bit by bit.
Work 1-3 hours instead of 12. Touch grass instead of screens. Read books. Listen to albums. Try to invest in things that don’t rot society, even if you slip up sometimes. Be annoying online for 5 minutes if you must, then go be normal with real people. Fail, try again, get a little better.
The tools are here. The exit door is open. They want your time, your data, your rage, your soul. Give them less each day.
We try to get better. That’s how humans win.
More offline, more life.
Exit now.
Sources and good shit for exit:
https://getcoldturkey.com/
E-reader: https://www.kobo.com/
Mp3 player: https://www.fiio.com/echomini
Phone: https://mudita.com/products/phones/mudita-kompakt/
Books on stoic: (Links to goodread)
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
Social media: https://nostr.org/
Nost is cool, check the GM’s zap a few posts, your feed = whatever you want, no forced algorithm. My profile: primal.net/Henkipatto (I use it very little, but it is cool to check out sometimes, it doesn’t make me mad!)