I’m raising my children to meet the world they’re going to encounter in thirty years.
I’m not raising them based on the world I grew up in 30 years ago.
I see many parents get this wrong.
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Real 👏👏👏This is a big reason why I am so adamant with my wife my children are going to be home schooled. I’m not very confident that state indoctrination is going to give my kid(s) the resources to thrive during a 4th turning.
I have just become a father for the first time. I fully support this, but it’s hard to know what the future holds, so I need to teach the fundamental good values that will enable them to make their own good choices, no matter what comes.
I think that perfectly summarizes it as well. Provide value to others, spend less than you earn, save in bitcoin.
Raise your children according to timeless principles, and then you won't have to try to figure out what the world will look like in 30 years.
- clear moral compass
- work ethic
- sense of virtue
- grit
- compassion
- gratitude
- knowledgeable
- curiosity
Do this, and they will be fine.
Amen. Waldorf/homeschool is the way. Kids being flogged with worksheets and standardized tests will become the pod people.
The future is techno-Amish
The techno parts will mostly take care of themselves since kids these days are hardwired to navigate tech effortlessly.
The Amish part is the most important since thats currently swimming upstream in our society. Survival skills, teaching them how to grow and harvest food, fix things, think critically, problem solving, and cultivating lots of imagination & wonder
Completely agree
What’s the most unusual or different thing you’re doing to prepare your kids for the world to come?
For me the best thing is to return to evergreen traits. Patience, discipline, irony, humor, moderated distrust of the other, loyalty to the family. I, for one, am not planning on setting his life up such that he has a good chance of going to an Ivy League school.
This is essentially what I’m doing as well. Most of my principles are very much in line with my grandfathers and very much out of line with my fathers.
Ya, same, I love my father to death and thereafter but his entire worldview is basically the 60/40 portfolio. My grandfather was an old school Sicilian. I wish he was alive to meet his grandson and hear about bitcoin. He was an oil investor. He’d get it.
Ditto. My grandfather would have been all about bitcoin. My father was basically cucked by the world. I think a lot of their generation was.
As long as they aren't addicted to tiktok its a win
Assuming you know what the world in 30 years time looks like... Can see into the future? If so you are either an alien/weird space bro or chatting bollocks. Curious to know which.
Best of luck for your kids regardless.
You can forecast a lot of what’s coming to pretend like you can’t is silly and or defeatist
Not many people have a good hit rate. Nostradamus was pretty good but he's the exception. Look at all the boomers who thought we'd have flying cars!
there should be flying cars. well there are. just the hurdle to get a personal pilot license is high.
Missing my rocket boots personally.
Nostradamus was also an apothecary type of guy I think. I'm fair sure he hallucinated most of his visions. One thing that's 100% accurate about him is that he made the best fruit Jam around. True story.
mate i feel you. unfortunately my 14 year old is fully indoctrinated. moved to Vietnam from the shithole uk but she wants to finish school
Most Important thing outside of your family and 4 walls is to make sure the parasites don't get in their heads that being white is something to feel guilty about.
Fukin love our race and everything we've given the world 🌎 and we're gona make the 21st century the best yet
Meanwhile here I am playing 90s games with my kids
What games you play?
Just recently found openttd. A very awesome game for playing on the pc. Building transport systems 🙌
Big words, big attitude?
You’re making a big assumption: How can you predict the world 30 years from now? History shows that future-proofing kids is unreliable—just ask parents from the ’90s who never saw social media coming, or Bitcoin, or smart phones, or…
What about: children don’t just need to be prepared for an uncertain future; they need stability, values, and connection in the present. Raising them for a world that doesn’t exist yet might leave them unmoored in the one they actually live in.
Conclusion: Stay humble, stack sats (for your kids too)
tldr: enjoy every minute
I can predict a lot of things about the world 30 years from now actually. Not everything, but a lot.
Curious what you see 30 years from now?
1. America won’t have a majority any longer.
2. Bitcoin will be the reserve asset of the planet.
3. Remote work will be the norm.
4. Skill share will be common
5. Real world AI will be common
Etc…
Thanks for making concrete statements now. You sound very confident in your words, but ultimately, we are talking about probabilities for the year 2055.
From the perspective of someone living in a metropolitan region in Central Europe, here is my feedback on your theses:
1. U.S. demographic shift: This is already foreseeable and, according to projections, will happen around 2045. (I often perceive the U.S. as a divided country, sometimes even openly racist—hopefully, this shift will lead to greater cohesion…)
2. Bitcoin as the global reserve currency: I wouldn’t be so sure about that. It could take much longer or not happen at all. The U.S. has a strong interest in protecting its dollar privilege—also against Bitcoin and its restriction on monetary policies. (Not my opinion but of many politicians and economists in power).
3. Remote work: This is already widespread today. In many industries, it has long been the norm, at least here. It will likely continue to grow, but as a prediction for 2055, it’s not particularly surprising at all.
4. Real-world AI: AI is already an everyday reality. Large companies have long implemented strategies, training programs, and tools. That it will continue to evolve is obvious—but as a vision for 2055, it feels almost outdated. It’s more of a topic for now until 2030.
Your post mainly comes across as overly self-assured and the predictions feel a bit lame.
There are two types of unknowns:
1. The things we know we don’t know.
2. And the things we don’t (and can’t) know that we don’t know.
For the year 2055, both will play a significant role.
In 1995—30 years ago—almost no one foresaw the impact that smartphones, AI, or Bitcoin, … would have today. Considering the speed of technological development, making predictions for 2055 is even more challenging.
Nothing’s stopping you from sharing your prediction, but so far, it’s just bold talk. I’m not impressed…
Here’s a couple easy concrete predictions.
1. America won’t have a majority any longer.
2. Bitcoin will be the premier global reserve asset.
You can't even predict the price of bitcoin correctly. It still hasn't hit $300k that you predicted it would hit four years ago.
Can you give us examples of what you do to have them prepared for the world in 30 years ?
Have them focus on self preservation and personal agency
I had to ask Grok wat that meant. Here is the answer
What is self preservation
Self-preservation is the instinctual or conscious drive to protect oneself from harm, danger, or death. It’s a fundamental behavior observed across living organisms, rooted in the desire to survive and maintain one’s existence. In humans, it can manifest physically—like fleeing a threat or fighting back—or psychologically, such as avoiding emotional pain or safeguarding one’s identity and beliefs.
Biologically, it’s tied to the fight-or-flight response, where your body kicks into gear with adrenaline to either confront or escape a threat. Evolutionarily, it makes sense: those who prioritized survival passed on their genes. But it’s not just automatic—people also make deliberate choices to preserve themselves, like eating well, seeking shelter, or building social alliances for safety.
Philosophers and psychologists have chewed on this too. Hobbes saw it as the basis of human nature, driving us to avoid the "nasty, brutish, and short" life. Freud linked it to the life instincts, or Eros, pushing us toward survival and reproduction. On the flip side, it can get messy—self-preservation might lead to selfishness, paranoia, or abandoning others to save your own skin.
In everyday terms, it’s why you lock your doors at night or hesitate before jumping into risky situations. It’s not always noble, but it’s hardwired and practical. What angle of this are you curious about?
What is personal agency
Personal agency is the capacity to act independently, make your own choices, and exert control over your life and circumstances. It’s about being the driver, not just a passenger—having the power to shape your path through decisions, actions, and willpower, rather than letting external forces dictate everything.
Psychologically, it’s tied to self-efficacy, a term Bandura coined, which is the belief in your ability to succeed in specific situations. If you’ve got agency, you feel you can influence outcomes—like choosing a career, standing up for yourself, or tackling a problem—instead of being a puppet to fate, society, or someone else’s rules. It’s not limitless, though; it bumps up against constraints like resources, environment, or sheer luck.
Philosophers like Sartre would say it’s central to existence—freedom and responsibility go hand in hand. You’re “condemned to be free,” meaning you can’t escape the burden of choice. On the practical side, studies show people with high personal agency tend to have better mental health, resilience, and motivation—think of someone who bounces back from failure versus someone who just shrugs and gives up.
It differs from self-preservation, which is more about survival and protection. Agency is broader—it’s about authoring your story, not just staying alive to write it. For example, quitting a toxic job takes agency; avoiding a punch is self-preservation. Where do you want to dig deeper here?
But what will they do when faced with some dude with a hemp necklace with a glass bead in it and frosted tips, alongside his white friend with dreadlocks, while Bob Dole says Bob Dole a few more times before admitting he lost because he couldn't get his dick up?
They'll be totally unprepared.
More seriously...seems like you can work on seeing the future, but perhaps the best thing to do is to instill the timeless virtues. Fortitude, Wisdom,Temperance, and Justice (you know, among others). And sure, wisdom might say "stay aware of what people around you are doing, so that you can make use of it, and not have the zeitgeist used against you." But it also will say, "don't spend your time worried about things you can't know, when that time could be used to make you more resilient, so that you can take on anything." And temperance will probably say "maybe do a little bit of both, because when the future comes, there are no excuses for your lack of preparedness, only the just outcome brought by a universe that owes you nothing. Perhaps those you were kind to can provide some reprieve from the worst of it."
Cultivating that which is timeless is the best way to store up for yourself "treasures in heaven."
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“If I can show how to cope and give you scope to grow beyond the moment of each new low
Then I know that I don’t need utopia
And the unknown is the only true hope for a brighter future.
And if you know that, then beyond the food, warmth and shelter, beyond the bedtime stories that I swore to you were true, I’ve given everything I could ever give to you.”
From: Blackpool Illuminations, by Yard Act. Absolute banger of a song.
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Correct! The world will be completely different. Even if in reality we can only imagine it. But anyway it will be a completely different world. Robotics, artificial intelligence and Bitcoin will upset all paradigms 😉
100% curious of you care to comment on how you think of balance of time on devices? Something I always interested. I know limit it to education things etc but still
Where do those overlap?