Leo Gura

Newsom is by far the strongest, most presidential guy that Dems have. I'm quite confident he will be president within the next 12 years. He is uniquely talented. The only thing I worry with him is some kind of sex scandal. Overall, the Dems just don't have strong charismatic leaders. They are either batshit woke leftists or middling professional lawyer types. Newsom is a good middle road there.

Newsom's political optics are so good. He really should have ran this cycle.

Somewhere in the $250-$350 range. It innovates in the depth of the practical application. You will be amazed by all the new ways you can apply it which had never occurred to you before. It's like a whole mountain of applications have been hiding right under your nose. Even if you read those books or courses you're not getting the results you should be. Then again, I'm not necessarily promising something revolutionarily new. Most self-help material covers familiar ground.

The reality is that getting joy from just sitting around and doing nothing requires insane levels of consciousness and development. And people who have pent up desires to burn through will not be able to do it until they burn through those desires first. For me, the joy doesn't come from just sitting and doing nothing mindlessly, the joy comes from a deep consciousness of existential matters about reality. But you could even call that a kind of intellectual seeking. If you want to literally have joy from doing nothing, that will not be possible without some serious awakenings and some serious ego-death. The ego is never happy just doing nothing. Especially if you have a decent sense of ambition, which you do. For most people to be happy they need to be working on things which give their life meaning, whether that's business, family, gym, travel, or whatever. Of course the thrill of success will be stronger than the mild joy of just be present. The thrill of achievement is a dopamine hit. The joy of presence is a serotinin hit. They are two different reward pathways. Dopmine hits are stronger but they are also always fleeting. So there's a tradeoff.

That's mostly how I live. If your inner world becomes rich and deep enough it basically becomes more rewarding than most things the outer world could offer you. Most people live lost in the external world, like children lost in an amusement park.

Owen's whole approach to life is very specific to his personality type. It is not suitable for many people. But for those who have a similar personality type to him it might fit like a glove. The trap here would be to take Owen's way as the best or only way -- to think that you have to be like him to be successful. For example, Owen's way does not suit me. But I can still take tidbits from his approach to life. The meta lesson here is that it's important to be selective when learning from strong leaders, because they will try to convince you that their way is the best or only way.

I'm not gonna watch the debate. But Biden's age is clearly a big problem which cannot just be swept under the rug even though Trump is the monster that he is. But anyone who capitalizes on Biden's age problems to ignore and distract from the monstrosity of Trump is not being honest. This is the situation we find ourselves in politically. It's not a good situation and there's no bullshitting our way out of it.

Obviously one of the surest ways to get rich is to provide services to insanely rich spoiled people. Because they are so rich they just don't care about wasting money. Catering to frugal people is a lot hard because it reduces your profit margins. This is why luxury brands earn crazy profits for selling useless junk which nobody needs. A Rolex is essentially a useless piece of junk.

If you were infinitely conscious you would understand that everything is magic.

I need to ask you a favor. Murder your ego for me

So Cat Infinity is legit but Toilet Paper Infinity is not? What kind of games are you playing?

That's the rub. Hard to get laid when you aren't around humans. The real solution here is to change your lifestyle to be more social. Rather than trying to drag a girl back to your crypt.

It seems that way because you are not conscious of the pure infinity but are focused on gross forms. It's hard to notice infinity because it is formless. Cat Infinty isn't really a visual thing, it's actually formless. But this emptiness has all the forms inside of it.

Don't know, don't care. I do not care about deciphering the worldviews of dead philosophers.

There is Toilet Paper Infinity. Where every brand of toilet paper comes from.

On the blog. Use google.

You don't use text to build rapport. You use it to invite her to a fun social event. "My friends and I are going out to the club on Friday. Will be much fun. Come with us."

A cat is much more than a concept. Go look at an actual cat. Of course. Chair Infinity. No, a chair is a figment of Consciousness. The Universe dreams chairs. No. A chair is existential. Your issue is that you don't have enough consciousness to understand what I said. Which is why I made the Cat Infinity post.

I find this most true with acquiring material luxury items, like a fancy watch or expensive TV. It never makes you happy like you hoped.

Thanks for the love, guys. I appreciate it.

Okay, so then do nothing and be a nobody.

The rate is annual, the interest payments are made monthly.

I don't know enough about it to comment.

The best way to relax

Depends on what you consider to be the function of philosophy. Many people consider it to be the study of ideas of old dead men. So in that case yes. You can spend the next 2 years reading Hegel and still not understand what his actual view was. Or you can just go to Wikipedia and read about monism and idealism and make more progress in 20 minutes than you did in 2 years. Again, what is it you actually want out of being a philosopher?