Names are not neutral. Neither are people or organizations. Names tell us something about the person or product or problem or company.

Concrete incremental problem solving matters. But so does vision, sales, marketing, creative lateral-moving art and problem solving, and many other areas of work accomplished by the great companies and builders and creators of our time that do not take a view like Linus.

“ I was never a “big thinker”. One of my philosophies in Linux has always been to not worry about the future too much, but make sure that we make the best of what we have now – together with keeping our options open for the future and not digging us into a hole.”

Many of Linus Torvalds statements are foolish, and he should be questioned and criticized by more people than just myself, Jeremy Welch.

Linus’s approach to thinking and building is a surefire way to get slop. Over and over...

I am surprised by the fanfare for Maye Musk.

Elon’s accomplishments seem to be translating to pump up his mom’s image? But the substance I don’t find compelling. People shouldn’t be listening to her for any kind of guidance.

I find the lack of dedicated marriage or even public longterm partner to be particularly problematic. Is it possible that her influence led to some of the chaos in Elon’s own personal life?

おばあちゃん、ありがとう。あなたの優しさは無限です。

Gratias tibi ago, avia. Benignitas tua infinita est.

Thank you, Grandmother. Your kindness is boundless.

Grazie nonna. La tua gentilezza è infinita.

Danke, Oma. Deine Güte ist grenzenlos.

할머니, 감사합니다. 할머니의 친절은 끝이 없어요.

Gracias, abuela. Tu bondad es infinita.

Спасибо тебе, бабушка. Твоя доброта безгранична.

A man cannot wear a mask.

A man can speak on behalf of another man or woman explicitly, while sharing his own being as vouching for the word of another.

I’ve never worn a mask and never will.

Anyone speaking or acting for me, will always identify themselves and explicitly state that they are acting on behalf of me, Jeremy Welch. It is only by doing so that a chain of human accountability and honor can be maintained, both of which are especially fragile in an age of the worldwide web and synthetic cloud-based, LLM-based repeater fake intelligences.

Historically, in order to communicate some truths it seems that some authors needed to wear masks to avoid immediate violence looming right outside their door in the form of witchhunts for even the slightest heresy from common dogma. But in our age, especially keeping in mind the Straussian framework, some contemporary authors have...

I was just in a hotel lounge in Japan and was surprised to hear a man, seemed to be American, talking loudly on the telephone in a quiet area. I asked him to hang up because he was speaking loudly and disturbing me and other guests. At first he gave me some protest, and I told him to hang up, so he told his dad that he had to hang up and he promptly did so. After a few moments of looking cross at me and mouthing off, he then got verbally aggressive with me and then as I was leaving for an appointment downstairs, he dialed the phone again and started talking loudly again. I informed the manager of the issue on my way out, and they went to speak with the man to make sure he wasn’t bothering other guests.

Why is it that some people are so rude when visiting other places? There are times when you can ignore such foolish behavior, but after a certain point, and if it is clearly bothering...

I was reading this post by Vitalik a few days ago, and felt a need to share a few important points of my own experience on the origins of Ethereum:

> Crypto is building toward human empowerment, as it has been since the beginning

“Empowerment” was the code of the philosophy of the Pirate Party, before crypto even existed. https://t.co/3jGzyouVu7 pic.twitter.com/3keGzBxVYJ

— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) December 20, 2025

On a flight many years ago, I happened to sit next to one of the many cofounders of Ethereum. I won’t reveal his name here out of respect for his privacy, as he is an extremely privacy-conscious person. We talked Ethereum and Bitcoin during the flight, agreeing and disagreeing about various issues in the space. I’d been personally invested in Bitcoin for years, and at the time was building Casa, a security system and service for Bitcoin.

At the end of the flight, he...

Leo Strauss designed his system as a trap, a distraction. A container for smart minds to create layers of gibberish and debate over layered speech instead of over harder ideas.

I’d barely read any works from Strauss until just a year or so ago.

I do not like the Straussian model. I will not repeat that because there is nothing to read beyond that. It is a waste of time and energy.

I have not followed Strauss’s approach in my writings before, but now I am concerned that some people think that I have. The only way out of Strauss’s trap is to speak plainly and then back up the simple statements with actions that truthfully align with the simple statements. Over time people will see that you are truly not intending to create Straussian layers, and will ask if something isn’t clear instead of just assuming they don’t get it. Already with this essay the trap is broken.

We all should...

I’ve been thinking today about chastity in relation to spiritual and mental development.

I am going through a divorce from my wife Sinclaire, and one of the contributing factors to my initiating separation was an abusive approach from her in discussions and interactions around sex. What started as a series of control measures in withholding sex, turned to an accusation of sexual assault against me. All of this got worse after months of me not caving to my ex-wife’s absurd demands. She isolated me mentally, emotionally, and physically to try to control me, and further even taunted me, but I resisted control without retaliating. I still love my ex-wife and felt a duty to care for her despite the abuse. I wouldn’t normally publish this publicly, but Sinclaire made false accusations about me 4-5 times throughout our marriage to attempt to control and then silence or get rid of me (it...

I write most of my work direct in pen and paper in journals, or within the Notes app or Word app on my computer. I also occasionally write directly in the Svbtle interface.

I set this blog up using Svbtle’s software many years ago, after previously setting up custom hosted implementations of Wordpress and other blogging software. The process of setting up Wordpress, although more customized, can be a headache and require a lot of time when custom-hosting.

I need to focus on writing more than setting up software right now, so I will continue using the Svbtle software temporarily.

However, usage of the software should in no way be seen as my recommendation for Svbtle, or for their founder Dustin Curtis or any of their team, beyond the basic usage of the software platform. I have never met or talked to Dustin or anyone from their team, but I do respect the work they’ve done narrowly...