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As opposed to what other content format that is not competitive? It just gives you more options to express yourself as a creator, long form content takes a while to do so I think it empowers creators to get into content and lowers the barrier to entry.

@Basman What are you talking about lol VR has reached like 2% of its potential. Have you never watched sword art online or overlord?

Very cool! I have a lot of hope for medical and biotech advantages in the coming decades, should radically change our lives.

@Jannes What makes you think short form content is more addictive than long form? People have been using media for escapism since it’s existed. Why can’t intelligent things be explained in a short format? Doesn’t that make it easier to peak the curiosity of people that usually would be discouraged by hour long videos and get them to engage in the material? Also plenty of long form content is extended needlessly and creators just seem your attention for dollars.

Healthy pride is a good thing.

@Santiago Ram You can think like any stage, you’ll just see how stupid it is @Ramanujan what makes you say that? .

Why hate on short form content? It's just about communicating ideas in a short and effective manner. Practice it, it's fun. I post daily reels about various topics, been super fun to connect with the people that follow me and beyond. I post anything from photoshoots, philosophy, business vlogs, crypto, etc. Works quite well got up to 100k monthly views a couple months ago. This is a good video on Youtube shorts specifically. I never managed to do well with them so I'm studying up the format. It's different than Instagram since you have to learn how to capture an audience from scratch instead of relying on the people that follow you on Instagram already.

I can definitely relate to that. Normalness is not too bad, just kinda threatening. Doesn't seem like the average person fares too well in this world.

I would start to workout a lot and then it’ll be pretty useless to eat junk food as it’ll ruin your progress. Use counter leverage basically. If you’re just trying to use willpower alone that’s tough.

They think is a better idea to antagonize Israel and the US over just not making nuclear weapons? Highly doubt that

@PurpleTree Different situation, the soviets helped NK develop their nuclear program to help their Cold War efforts. I don’t see any rational reason for Iran to double down on this at this point in time and perhaps Israel is taking it too far but I’d call their pretence for this attack justified. Let’s also not forget to seperate the populace from the government here, the regime is holding the wider population hostage similar to Hamas and the Palestinians.

@hyruga Tech is not really convenient to use right now but it’s getting heavily worked on so it’ll be there soon.

That’s a wild take, they’re an authoritarian theocracy with 10% approval rating violently oppressing their citizens with not even fake elections. Their nuclear program got set far back last time by the stuxnet cyberattacks. If they’re rational and looking for peaceful diplomatic relations why not dismantle their nuclear program? Their claim that it’s for energy production is ridiculous.

I haven’t followed this thread but to steel-man Israel you don’t think that stopping an Islamic state from enriching Uranium is a valid pretence for attacking them? I know Islam is demonized by the mainstream but is martyrdom part of the faith and dying to destroy your enemies seen as honourable? I was very nervous from the Pakistan and Indian conflict escalating, glad they settled down.

Well I would question your reasons for wanting to be influencial, relevant and famous but there are pretty systemized ways to do it. I would work on social skills and start posting on social media. This book is a good start.

Marketing is sharing your message and convincing people of engaging with it. I was pondering on the Leo blog post recently on marketers being bullshitters. I’m not sure if that’s really the case; are Seth Godin and Gary Vee con artists? Perhaps it has to do with the need to convince someone or something but isn’t that just human communication with scale put into it?

I’ve only used a VR headset a few times but the first time I put one on I could immediately tell this will be the future. It’s taken a long time to take off but augmented reality is coming soon with Meta and other companies planning to release their glasses in 2027. I would see as a brand new dimension of reality to explore with new possibilities for human interaction and exploration of consciousness. I’m super excited for it.

@Majed I would post stuff on socials at least 5 times a week. Start with 20 second snippets of songs and work up to short form music videos and eventually perform in public. I would argue that tedious life is part of spiritual work man especially stuff like mastering your emotions and discipline so that you can eventually achieve financial freedom. It’s what I’m working on myself, fucking easier said than done too. Meditating in the wood about how you’re a multi consciousness being is one part of it but that is not truth as it’s not the reality of our existence.

Sounds to me like you’re spiritually bypassing and coping with not being able to find high quality partners to be able to build a conscious relationship on your terms. If you wanna go full Ekhart Tolle and bliss out on a park bench for years then more power to you but the whole point of reality is to experience duality otherwise you’d just be a floating mind thinking up random images that’s basically what the godhead is. Base humanity and the social matrix is truth just an evolving one.

I would never lie about my business. I would quote him the same price and if he refuses negotiate it down but do not compromise your integrity for short term gain, it's never worth it and will hurt your expertise in the long run. Then become an ever more deadly code builder and charge more to the next clients for fixing deeper and deeper problems.

@Joshe That’s cool, thanks for sharing. Seems like basically the hero’s journey with some added neurosis and lack of introspection. Apart from that most of the steps make sense to me. Just about accepting yourself and shifting through your ambitions that are trauma based and authentic. Becoming a powerful man is still an amazing goal. Power just means being able to influence reality; being at the cause not the effect. That’s a way more fun way to live than being stuck a 9-5 slave and all the other pitfalls that men face today.

I definitely have the base male fantasy of unlimited access to unlimited sexuality. In terms of long term relationship I have deep provider male tendencies so I’d like to date/marry multiple women and have worldwide adventures with them while building cool projects and eventually having a big family with 10-15 kids.

Transparency is a good virtue so glad the truth is coming out. Ironically it goes full circle for me; I found actualized.org through the rant against the pickup community video. Also I met Mystery a few times and he was still hurt that originally Owen stole his business model and whole email list. Definitely spot on with the ego comment, he presents himself as someone he's not. I still remember the video where he said he'd rather die than miss a day at the gym. I get that its a mindset more than a reality but it'd be me like pretending to be this shrewd entrepreneur when I'm broke.

Well of course plenty of not great guys get laid and reproduce, that was never the point of the conversation. It’s about what works best and what to aim towards. Plenty of guys date obese women get partners doesn’t mean that you should tell one that you know to not worry about weight and attractiveness just find a connection. Emeralds point is not wrong it’s just not the whole point and not really practical. Of course you should seek to heal your trauma and be able to be vulnerable and authentic with the women you meet. As well as making yourself physically as attractive as you can and having a lot of money and a wide social circle, etc. Doesn’t mean it’s impossible to date without these things just makes it harder to date attractive women with their shit together or have a lot of casual sex. Also worth talking about the codependence, independence and interdependence model. If all you want is a basic codependent relationship that’s not too hard to get into lol but a high quality relationship where you support eachother in achieving a meaningful life purpose is hard to achieve and is built through a lot of self development and reducing it to being open to connection seems a bit silly to me. Also self awareness is key in knowing what you lack. The loving part was not my issue I was mostly the needy BF without his shit together. A dude in private equity that’s overly ruthless from work will have different issues than me and other types of men. General conversations aren’t really that helpful.

You don’t need capital for your life purpose, you need a skillset and a direction. I would highly recommend this book, it covers specifically how to teach freedom and purpose in your career and life.