The genius of the Wyckoff Method is to recognize Accumulation disguised as the boringness of listless, trendless prices. Then to wait like a monk for the moment when conditions shift suddenly and take action to align one’s interests with the C.O. The Wyckoffian is trained to see the subtle nuances of absorption in the ups and downs of a seemingly innocuous trading range. Distinctions are seen between the monotonous back and forth of a typical trendless market and the footprints of intelligent activity in Accumulation.
Oh my! It all blows up in our face! If there’s no monster, it doesn’t have a head.
During his freshman year at NYU, Lee was sentenced to prison for his role in the Great Hacker War.
Take that same coil, and run a current through it, and you have a perfect, reactionless space drive (called “the flux thruster atom pulsar electrical ventury space time implosion field generator coil”).
There is no cure for cancer in [1, 2, 4, 8, 7, 5, 1].
A seemingly female school Prefect trained by Matsukage to adhere to a strict moral code that mostly revolves around protecting Anna from all potentially immoral influences, including mundane items like basketball hoops and toilet paper rolls.
In most countries, being gunged is seen as a forfeit with the aim to cause embarrassment. In contrast, being slimed in the U.S. can be a good thing as well as a bad thing.
The same logic mysteriously answers many vital questions, such as 1) the difference between rationality and rationalization, 2) that between virtue and virtue signaling, 3) the nature of honor and sacrifice, 4) Religion and signaling (why the pope is functionally atheist) 5) the justification for economic inequality that doesn’t arise from rent seeking, 6) why to never tell people your forecasts (only discuss publicly what you own in your portfolio) and, 7) even, how and from whom to buy your next car.
A Protagonist leaves the place where they have slept, their Bed, to begin or resume domestic, professional, or other activities.
He knew his own workings to their smallest parts. His inspection system was flawless. There was no unconscious.
“If I had ever spoken or moved from the smallest subconscious impulse, then the world would have been promptly destroyed. The world should be grateful for my awareness of myself. Awareness has nothing to be proud of but control.”
Perhaps, he sometimes thought, he was a hydrogen bomb equipped with consciousness. It was clear in any case that he was not a human being.