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Breadtube emerged after the 2016 election and features video essays as a quick way to share key political ideas.
There are various video essay types within Breadtube, including slideshows, theatrical videos, and streamed lectures.
Breadtube personalities encompass characteristics like Theater Kid Energy, Cross-platform Influencers, and the process of Deradicalising.

In the early days, some successful projects started with gathering discarded technology and repairing it to make something functional. This resourcefulness can lead to big ideas and accomplishments.
Persistence is key when pursuing ambitious projects. Rejections are part of the journey, and finding the right support can be a game-changer.
Media outlets, especially when covering complex topics, should listen to and include input from experts. Maintaining high standards and credibility is crucial in journalism.

The Gamestop story reflects a movement born on the internet with impactful waves.
Observing various elements at play including Gamestop, Wokeism, and Capitol events brings forth insights about our current age of breach.
The collision of different forces and narratives in current events like these show a significant shift and change happening.

Jefferson preferred traveling alone without bodyguards or assistants, allowing strangers to criticize him to his face without recognizing him, spawning the 'My name is Haines' meme.
The 'Here's your mule!' meme originated from the South during the Civil War and later became associated with jerky behavior, linked to stealing mules and creating chaos during land grabs.
Ancient Sumerians possibly created the first jokes, including riddles and humorous observations, showcasing early humor and wit in written form.

Big tech is treating A.I. as a power grab: companies keep expanding and spending huge amounts while causing environmental and social harm but delivering little real value.
A.I. is hollowing out the internet and creative life by replacing real human-made content, weakening education, and threatening jobs, so people should choose human-made work and push back on A.I. initiatives at work and locally.
Some narrow, targeted machine learning (like medical imaging) can be useful, but most current A.I. is inefficient, unprofitable, and risky, so avoid paying for or supporting harmful A.I. projects and resist its power plays.

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Maxxing means narrowing your whole life down to obsessively amplifying one trait, even if it destroys your body or wellbeing. People pursue extreme practices—cosmetic surgery, self-harm, asceticism—to push a single quality to infinity.
Modern social and economic conditions make maxxing possible and tempting, because formal equality, specialization, and a market for personal traits let people game hierarchies by maximizing one attribute. It’s not just internet subcultures; the logic comes from games and evolutionary strategies too.
A tiny number of extreme maxxers can have outsized cultural and political influence, creating turbulence and unpredictable effects across society. That concentration of obsession may shape the century and draw everyone into reacting to their extremes.