The TV Addict Who Became a Macro Forecaster

Interesting post from Richard Hanania, “Sixteen Fun Facts about Me.” It’s too bad the article is paywalled after his fourth “fact,” but some parts are similar to contrast with my own life. I don’t have much contact with my family, and haven’t maintained contact with any friends from elementary school, high school, or college. I think it’s because I don’t like the person I was growing up. So every time I see someone from my past, it reminds me of that fact. It’s also an issue of not having much in common with them. I didn’t start meeting people of similar levels of smarts and intellectual curiosity until I was well into adulthood. But I do think I benefited from having some contacts with normies and proles growing up. Same, but I think this applies to most people? People have really varied interests. It’s hard to keep in touch when people’s life trajectories go in totally opposite directions. I had only one full year of high school. I remember finishing ranked something like 393 in the…