Thiel’s idea of indefinite pessimism. It describes a society that expects the future to get worse but has lost the belief that it can do anything about it. People still work, companies still operate, and money still changes hands. But where is the conviction that we can build something genuinely new?
Of Germany’s 50 wealthiest people, 20 are Gen X or younger. According to his count, every one of those 20 inherited their fortune. Among Americans in the same age group on the equivalent list, nine of twelve built theirs. It is only one measure, but it raises a serious question: where are Europe's new great companies and builders?
Germany has a remarkable tradition of invention and industry. Britain has its own tradition of exploration and pushing beyond the known. These are traits written into blood, they are ambitions that people once chose to pursue. If we lose them, we risk becoming societies that only maintain what previous generations built, and a future of nothingness.
A German spirit: he still insists that the future is something we must make. I don’t want us to accept a slow decline while recycling old ideas and calling it progress. I want people to take risks again, to ask questions no one else is asking, and to create things that did not exist before.
The future will not arrive because we hope for it. Someone has to build it; young people have to start building again.
I’ve decided to create a second channel: Coins & Steel.
This will be a place where I can speak more freely about finance, commodities, business and the economic climate facing young people today without mixing those subjects too heavily with this channel.
I’ll be sharing my thoughts on how young people can create, monetise and earn more, while also exposing the flaws, false promises and outright scams that far too many are falling for. I won’t be afraid to name names, either.
I have some genuinely interesting videos planned for this channel, so please subscribe and join me. Thanks, guys :)
"When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness, incapacity to live; how little I appreciated it, how many times I sinned against my heart and soul—then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness!"
- Dostoevsky writing to his brother a few hours after nearly being executed by order of Tsar Nicholas I.
"I hate this era; it makes me vomit. There are people that I hate. Everything is false, and only money counts. Respect no longer exists, no one keeps their promises. Every day, from morning to evening, I only hear about crime. I know that I will leave this world without regret." - Alain delon
At the age of 32, Julius Caesar broke down in tears before a statue of Alexander the Great. By that same age, Alexander had already conquered vast stretches of the known world, while Caesar felt he had achieved almost nothing of real significance. Burdened by enormous debts and serving as a relatively minor official in Spain, he could not help but compare his own life to Alexander’s extraordinary achievements. It was a moment of painful self-reflection, the kind many of us experience when we look at where we are, compare ourselves to others, and wonder whether we have wasted valuable time.
Yet for Caesar, that realization became fire. He returned to Rome with a renewed sense of ambition, climbed rapidly through its political system, conquered Gaul, campaigned in Britain, emerged victorious from a brutal civil war, and ultimately became one of the most powerful and influential figures in Roman history. The man who once wept because he believed he had accomplished too little would eventually leave a name remembered for more than two thousand years.
"We were born for this era and must courageously follow, until its end, the path destined for us. There is no other path. Our duty is to hold the line, without hope, without help, in the image of that Roman soldier whose bones were found in front of a door in Pompeii, who died at his post during the eruption of Vesuvius, because they had forgotten to relieve him. This is true greatness, this is what it means to be of noble race. This loyal and honorable end is the only thing that can never be taken away from a man."
Hi guys, just a reminder, I post to my Patreon, where you can help support the work here on the channel and see more content. As you know, the nature of my content, I don't know how long this channel can last here on YouTube. I don't have an X or insta, but you can find me on Patreon! Lots of cool projects I'm working on that will be up soon, www.patreon.com/cw/FinHarrington. I appreciate all the support across my videos <3
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome: ‘Do your worst, for I will do mine!’ Then the fates will know you as we know you.”
"Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other in awe, I venerate the young, unknown geniuses who die in their teens, their souls shattered, delicate, phosphorescent glowworms that one must see to know they really did exist."
Fin Harrington
Thiel’s idea of indefinite pessimism. It describes a society that expects the future to get worse but has lost the belief that it can do anything about it. People still work, companies still operate, and money still changes hands. But where is the conviction that we can build something genuinely new?
Of Germany’s 50 wealthiest people, 20 are Gen X or younger. According to his count, every one of those 20 inherited their fortune. Among Americans in the same age group on the equivalent list, nine of twelve built theirs. It is only one measure, but it raises a serious question: where are Europe's new great companies and builders?
Germany has a remarkable tradition of invention and industry. Britain has its own tradition of exploration and pushing beyond the known. These are traits written into blood, they are ambitions that people once chose to pursue. If we lose them, we risk becoming societies that only maintain what previous generations built, and a future of nothingness.
A German spirit: he still insists that the future is something we must make. I don’t want us to accept a slow decline while recycling old ideas and calling it progress. I want people to take risks again, to ask questions no one else is asking, and to create things that did not exist before.
The future will not arrive because we hope for it. Someone has to build it; young people have to start building again.
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Fin Harrington
I’ve decided to create a second channel: Coins & Steel.
This will be a place where I can speak more freely about finance, commodities, business and the economic climate facing young people today without mixing those subjects too heavily with this channel.
FIRST VIDEO IS LIVE - https://youtu.be/918qfwXXb4c
I’ll be sharing my thoughts on how young people can create, monetise and earn more, while also exposing the flaws, false promises and outright scams that far too many are falling for. I won’t be afraid to name names, either.
I have some genuinely interesting videos planned for this channel, so please subscribe and join me. Thanks, guys :)
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"When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness, incapacity to live; how little I appreciated it, how many times I sinned against my heart and soul—then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness!"
- Dostoevsky writing to his brother a few hours after nearly being executed by order of Tsar Nicholas I.
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"I hate this era; it makes me vomit. There are people that I hate. Everything is false, and only money counts. Respect no longer exists, no one keeps their promises. Every day, from morning to evening, I only hear about crime. I know that I will leave this world without regret." - Alain delon
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At the age of 32, Julius Caesar broke down in tears before a statue of Alexander the Great. By that same age, Alexander had already conquered vast stretches of the known world, while Caesar felt he had achieved almost nothing of real significance. Burdened by enormous debts and serving as a relatively minor official in Spain, he could not help but compare his own life to Alexander’s extraordinary achievements. It was a moment of painful self-reflection, the kind many of us experience when we look at where we are, compare ourselves to others, and wonder whether we have wasted valuable time.
Yet for Caesar, that realization became fire. He returned to Rome with a renewed sense of ambition, climbed rapidly through its political system, conquered Gaul, campaigned in Britain, emerged victorious from a brutal civil war, and ultimately became one of the most powerful and influential figures in Roman history. The man who once wept because he believed he had accomplished too little would eventually leave a name remembered for more than two thousand years.
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Fin Harrington
"We were born for this era and must courageously follow, until its end, the path destined for us. There is no other path. Our duty is to hold the line, without hope, without help, in the image of that Roman soldier whose bones were found in front of a door in Pompeii, who died at his post during the eruption of Vesuvius, because they had forgotten to relieve him. This is true greatness, this is what it means to be of noble race. This loyal and honorable end is the only thing that can never be taken away from a man."
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Fin Harrington
Hi guys, just a reminder, I post to my Patreon, where you can help support the work here on the channel and see more content. As you know, the nature of my content, I don't know how long this channel can last here on YouTube. I don't have an X or insta, but you can find me on Patreon! Lots of cool projects I'm working on that will be up soon, www.patreon.com/cw/FinHarrington. I appreciate all the support across my videos <3
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The average Roman didn’t know their empire had collapsed, they just noticed their roads stopped being repaired one day.
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“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome: ‘Do your worst, for I will do mine!’ Then the fates will know you as we know you.”
— Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
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Fin Harrington
"Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other in awe, I venerate the young, unknown geniuses who die in their teens, their souls shattered, delicate, phosphorescent glowworms that one must see to know they really did exist."
- Knut Hamsun
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