Brian Saetre
@briansaetre.com
I think a lot about human behavior and modeling other minds.
I'm also into:
★ Building companies (Huncher.com, TaskOS, ArtworkIQ)
★ Software development (Laravel, Vue)
★ Building better IRL communities
★ Helping the victims of narcissists get justice
I'm also into:
★ Building companies (Huncher.com, TaskOS, ArtworkIQ)
★ Software development (Laravel, Vue)
★ Building better IRL communities
★ Helping the victims of narcissists get justice
Yeah, I think I need to update my DNS.
October 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Yeah, I think I need to update my DNS.
Yeah, and everything else is downstream of that. If you can't critically reflect on your behavior because you brain is disordered, you end up doing a lot of bad things.
October 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Yeah, and everything else is downstream of that. If you can't critically reflect on your behavior because you brain is disordered, you end up doing a lot of bad things.
How am I making excuses? He has a brain disease called narcissistic personality disorder, and that's why he's one of the worst people on earth...
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
How am I making excuses? He has a brain disease called narcissistic personality disorder, and that's why he's one of the worst people on earth...
Wait, WTF. It is a brain disease. It's a brain disease that makes him a horrible person, but a brain disease nonetheless.
October 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Wait, WTF. It is a brain disease. It's a brain disease that makes him a horrible person, but a brain disease nonetheless.
His brain disease makes it impossible for him to critically evaluate his own actions. If it wasn't for that one particular flaw, he'd probably be a normal person doing normal things.
October 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
His brain disease makes it impossible for him to critically evaluate his own actions. If it wasn't for that one particular flaw, he'd probably be a normal person doing normal things.
The downside of being able to kick people out of parties is that it gives the parties even more power to defend the duopoly than is already the case.
July 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The downside of being able to kick people out of parties is that it gives the parties even more power to defend the duopoly than is already the case.
It would be great if it weren't run by Elon and we had ranked choice voting to eliminate the spoiler effect.
July 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It would be great if it weren't run by Elon and we had ranked choice voting to eliminate the spoiler effect.
"Belfast" in Northern Ireland made me laugh.
June 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"Belfast" in Northern Ireland made me laugh.
Eh, they should boot out the king too. Must be humiliating to have a king.
May 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Eh, they should boot out the king too. Must be humiliating to have a king.
The CEO and shareholders will lose out too. Everyone loses.
May 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The CEO and shareholders will lose out too. Everyone loses.
I just wonder if they will assign blame properly when their investments go poof...
May 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I just wonder if they will assign blame properly when their investments go poof...
Throughout most of human history we got our sense of self-esteem from belonging to a close-knit tribe. Now that most of us lack that, we get our sense of self-esteem from delusions about our place in the world, our superior knowledge, culture, politics, etc.
At least that's my best guess.
At least that's my best guess.
April 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Throughout most of human history we got our sense of self-esteem from belonging to a close-knit tribe. Now that most of us lack that, we get our sense of self-esteem from delusions about our place in the world, our superior knowledge, culture, politics, etc.
At least that's my best guess.
At least that's my best guess.
Everyone has blind spots, but I won't argue against the fact that we need more understanding of all types of narcissism, especially at this juncture.
April 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Everyone has blind spots, but I won't argue against the fact that we need more understanding of all types of narcissism, especially at this juncture.
Does that make sense?
April 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Does that make sense?
All variants of narcissist are dangerous to society, but more people have personal experience with the later two types, since they are harder to identify and avoid. It's not surprising that people have a disgust-reaction when hearing their hypocrisy while describing Trump's similar personality flaws
April 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
All variants of narcissist are dangerous to society, but more people have personal experience with the later two types, since they are harder to identify and avoid. It's not surprising that people have a disgust-reaction when hearing their hypocrisy while describing Trump's similar personality flaws
Trump is a malignant narcissist. I think we probably agree about that. But many prominent social media personalities on the left are communal narcissists or vulnerable narcissists.
April 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Trump is a malignant narcissist. I think we probably agree about that. But many prominent social media personalities on the left are communal narcissists or vulnerable narcissists.
Solid article, but I'd like to help explain what I think Robin means by this quote:
"...I loathe this kind of politics...I loathe its operatic-ness, the way it performs concern and care when all it really is about is narcissism and a desperate desire for a fix...."
"...I loathe this kind of politics...I loathe its operatic-ness, the way it performs concern and care when all it really is about is narcissism and a desperate desire for a fix...."
April 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Solid article, but I'd like to help explain what I think Robin means by this quote:
"...I loathe this kind of politics...I loathe its operatic-ness, the way it performs concern and care when all it really is about is narcissism and a desperate desire for a fix...."
"...I loathe this kind of politics...I loathe its operatic-ness, the way it performs concern and care when all it really is about is narcissism and a desperate desire for a fix...."
I haven't read the full piece, but the excerpt seems like a reasonable mea culpa to me. I agree that those who didn't see this coming lack sound judgement concerning the nature of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and what happens when they get power.
April 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I haven't read the full piece, but the excerpt seems like a reasonable mea culpa to me. I agree that those who didn't see this coming lack sound judgement concerning the nature of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and what happens when they get power.
Physically awkward and unrealistic, but not impossible.
April 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Physically awkward and unrealistic, but not impossible.
My wife and I bonded a bit over our lack of interest in the spectacle.
April 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
My wife and I bonded a bit over our lack of interest in the spectacle.