The Market of Abundance
Scarcity inevitably breeds social Darwinism. People fight over crumbs. In contrast, abundance bypasses that logic altogether — it expands the field of possibility.
This distinction is at the heart of philosophy, politics, culture, and markets.
Scarcity and the Dark Forest
Take the “dark forest” idea in astrophysics. It suggests that the reason we haven’t seen extraterrestrial life is that any civilization that makes itself visible becomes a target for destruction. Visibility in a scarce, hostile universe is suicide.
It’s telling that the theory was popularized by a Chinese author. Because despite China’s pursuit of prosperity, the mindset is still scarcity-driven. I’ve seen it first-hand. Scarcity isn’t just material — it’s cultural.
And you can see the same logic in everyday America.
Petty Crime vs. Grand Crime
Why are some demographics more susceptible to petty theft or violence, while others lean toward white-collar and political crime?
The answer is not morality. It’s capacity.
Petty crime is often the highest-level expression of scarcity thinking. White-collar crime, for all its destructiveness, at least operates at the level of consequence. Both are distortions, but one demonstrates a higher ceiling of imagination.
This is why we make mistakes when we label the petty as “morally superior.” It’s like assuming a baby is innocent when in fact it will push its will to the peak of its capacity. We see it as adorable only because its capacity is small. Scale it up, and the same impulses look less innocent.
Copycat Scarcity vs. Original Abundance
I’m one of the few Asians who thinks in terms of abundance — not scarcity.
Most of the region’s rise came in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Copycat cultures flourished. I’ve seen what that produces: a double trap of mimicry layered on scarcity. It’s sterile. It’s defensive. It creates nothing new.
That’s why I gravitate toward exponential growth, toward originality, toward ideas of consequence. Out of free will, I reject copycat scarcity.
And there’s no greater laboratory for this than the global market.
From Probability to Causality
I wrote a book on probabilities. I know that world inside out. And precisely because I know it, I also know where it breaks.
Overcoming that leap — from prediction and probability into causality and authorship — is itself proof of what abundance-thinking makes possible.
The market validates this every day. And the validation of the market is the highest form of validation I know. Not social groupthink, not media narratives, not institutional recognition. The market itself.
The Market as Validation
As an individual male not yet married by choice, I can say this plainly: the greatest validation for me is the market.
It’s also where ego destroys men.
Male egotism forces them into groupthink.
They distort market forces to defend their position.
But the deeper you embrace the market — not as a gambler, not as a punter, but as an author — the more it unfolds itself to you.
And that’s why every claim I make can be validated in real time. Because the market, when authored, becomes the most consequential proof mechanism available to humanity.
Why Here
Mainstream media doesn’t want truth. It wants narratives, lags, and agendas.
That’s why I chose this format — a Substack of original thought, backed by receipts in the market itself.