Burgundy Pill: Plate Spinning - Ch 0: Prologue

setting the stage for the coming four part series on plate spinning

Prologue

I started writing this over a month ago, the same day I published shit tests, after realizing that idea was incomplete. All I was seeking to do was communicate that there is a specific type of “shit test” that 95% of TRP’ers completely fail, doing the opposite of what they are supposed to.

Now six weeks, 50 hours of writing, 200+ hours of thinking, and 12,000 words later I never even ended up addressing this point. Typical. Maybe I’ll write a little addendum at the end (or more likely a whole entire series about how to apply TRP to LTRs in a way that isn’t retarded).

On the bright side, I did learn from my mistakes with every previous series I’ve ever started, from Counter Intuitive Ideas On Making Money to Politics Is Worse Than…, acknowledging and managing my utter lack of interest in ever getting to part 2 (let alone the solution) by disallowing publishing any of them until all are done. This will be my new rule moving forward. It will lead to less frequent content, but much more complete and usable content.

Thus, this is a 4-part series, all of which are written, the other two coming this week (for reals this time). 

Part One: Conscience Edition, makes the case against plate spinning from the angle of how it is predicated on a zero sum mindset which is socially degenerative and harming the world.

Part Two: Narcissist Edition, makes the case against plate spinning from the angle of how it is bad for you and is preventing you meeting your own goals with women and life.

Part Three: Spicy Edition, is actually an epiphany I had 80% through this series about what I got wrong in the first two parts, and the very-not-PC reasons why I missed them.

and Part Four: Solutions Edition, ties the previous three parts all together to help you devise what to actually do with this information.

Lastly, just FYI: this series isn’t as coherent as it could be due not only to the typical reason of Max’s brain being the way it is, but also from having several epiphanies along the way which in some sense contradict previous points.

So if you are the type to look for minor flaws or “gotchas” as an excuse to dismiss everything else in an argument: the number of potential “gotchas” in this series are more than I can count and I lost interest in trying to fix them forty hours ago. Maybe someone will eventually turn my scribbles-on-napkins into a beautiful and well organized atlas and grift you a step by step course for a very reasonable price, but for now: if you’re not coming into this with curiosity and a willingness to work for it then you’re just going to have to get fucked. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

For those of you who know the drill: hope you enjoy.

Part one here.