LordFall

I'm inclined to meditate because it helps with emotional regulation which helps in my survival in day to day basis and connect me more to my spiritual self which is my "infinite survival" so I don't really even understand the foundation of your question. Seems pretty self explanatory to me. Makes me connect with everything is gonna be okay.

Go to meet events to meet men that are more aligned with your goals like for me I really like business, crypto and philosophical meetups for more intellectual discussions as the average men just talk about culture and random nonsense in my books as an INTP. Then you can also create your own communities and social circle over time and curate your own crowd.

I think unless something major happens(like ASI/AGI coming out and overtaking humanity in the next 2 years) I think it's pretty guaranteed that we are indeed there. China is pretty committed to invading Taiwan and the US can't really let that happen otherwise China will overtake them in global dominance and slowly but surely make them irrelvant. Phenomenal podcast on it.

Having a overly negative to Mamdani is pretty much a litmus test for being a corrupt piece of shit

@integral You can't do TA on this, the cycle has changed. Institutional buyers have changed the game, it's not mostly retail now.

Sure why not, I’m working a blue collar labor job right now and it’s helping ground me from my idealistic and unrealistic ideas that I’m not responsible enough to actualize yet. Also if you’re really stage yellow you can navigate those environments without getting super triggered like stage green people will.

@PurpleTree You would think the first one. America has to take pretty drastic actions to retain its current global dominance otherwise in the next 5 years it’ll be overtaken by China. You would think they’ll use all kinds of financial manipulation and conflict building to stop that from happening.

Like the Gandhi quote where we have enough on the planet for what we all need but not enough for what we all want. Gotta find realistic win-win solutions to fix that and not fall into utopian thinking. I think AI/Metaverse can be part of the solution. Soon enough we’ll have an alternate universe that’s even more realistic than the real world where you’ll be able to indulge all your base needs of power, sex, control, etc without affecting the rest of us.

That’s good news, let’s get a new socialist wave coming to America. Corrupt capitalists pretending they’re the only reasonable ones around are getting really boring.

@Someone here Where did you get all those ideas? Plenty of porn actors love their jobs and plenty of them get into it not in circumstances of poverty. I know a girl who just graduated from the best school in Canada and then became a stripper. Just likes the freedom of expression and lifestyle and of course money from it. I don’t think you can back up most of these points with any statistics. Also plenty of porn is not studio porn but couples filming themselves fucking or people masturbating so that skirts around the ethicalness issue.

I guess you’re arguing for a more hedonistic and selfish lifestyle for short term gratification? Outside of wanting wellbeing for others those setups don’t usually stand the test of time although some do.

Just bought a bit of crypto, that market is looking like it’s gonna do quite well as the general public is still not really into it but institutions are moving in. The genius act on stablecoins in US banking just passed the senate too so if it gets by the house that’s a huge W for crypto and markets gonna pump. Build up a position now is my strategy.

Don’t focus so much on the money making part and what you want, use that as a guiding vision but in terms of business models focus on solving people’s problems. So perhaps you can offer remote anxiety coaching for business professionals as part of your conscious business for example. What I recommend is working on a skillset everyday and using that as leverage. The simplest one is content production like posting IG reels and YouTube videos of your ideas and practice similar to how Leo did it. You posted this thread on Thursday and it’s Monday so that would already be 4 videos posted!

The simplest way is to sell a product/service that you believe in related to that and use your public speaking as marketing.

@Alexop I think it’s a feature not a bug. What a lot of people have missed in this conversation is we already come from infinite spiritual perfection. Meaning the purpose of life is to experience imperfect dualistic life. Experiencing life as two genders that dance with eachother is one of the core features of our existence, characterizing it as a silly distraction is a silly mindset in my books.

@RendHeaven Yeah hard to say what’s gonna happen in the next decades. I have a more optimistic view though that it’s gonna enable people to live out the relationships they truly want without being stuck in social norms. Plenty of normal human “intimacy” filled relationships are full of drama, codependency and toxicity so I’m not sure we should always put that on pedestal by default.

I like your point that's very advanced. It's hard to say I go back and forth. Sexuality is indeed one of the core aspects of humans and its interesting to see how we struggle with it. What do you make of the neuroscientists point on its adverse effects? Here were the main ones I noted down: Consistent porn use(more than and apparently including once a month) can lead to - Anxiety - Depression - Porn induced ADHD i.e. lower Productivity - Erectile Dysfunction - Dopamine Desensitization - Higher likelyhood of non Consensual and potentially violent Sex Acts

I like Jesus's teachings as well and try to study them and live by them. The brutal thing to realize though is that he didn't accomplish much, got tortured and killed and the world is still in all kinds of violence and despair 2000 years later. So much for the messiah son of God. I believe world peace is coming but I really don't think naive optimism is how we get there. Something closer to AI revolution and blockchains to force transparency sounds more like it to me.

But what's your point? You said that Netanyahu is a dubious character. I agreed with you. What's the next step of the debate after that? I then said if Iran is indeed developing nuclear weapons like it seems that they are then it does make sense to take action to stop them from doing that. What is your response to that point?

That's not at all the points of vegans and literally the exact opposite. They are not saying that we should go back to animal rights and violence makes right(i.e. stage red) but that every being on this planet should have the right to dignity and lack of needless suffering.

You think being worried about violent authoritarian regimes having access to nuclear weapons is foolish? How exactly do you think that Iran having them would help the region? That's a similar argument to gun rights in the US. I would rather nobody have guns than every random guy having the right to hold a gun in his house and going up to shoot people when he's upset or himself when depressed.

Red Herring A red herring is a logical fallacy where someone introduces irrelevant information to distract from the original argument. This can derail the conversation and shift focus away from the main issue. Non Sequitur A non sequitur is a statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument, but it usually refers to a conclusion that doesn’t fit rather than just going off topic. Is Iran developing nuclear weapons? Yes or no? Should they be allowed to develop those weapons if so? Yes or no? What do you mean following him in a war? I understand that you don't like the situation but you're objectively not saying points that make sense. Ask AI yourself if you'd like.

@PurpleTree You just made another one though. Where in that clip does it say he's not an ally of americans? He talks about his ability to maneuver politically like even any american politician probably does behind close doors. I would read books like 48 laws of power that break down this sort of power and influence game pretty clearly. Politics is not a fun game but it is the reality of our existence on this planet. @Inliytened1 Thank you! I understand that it's a painful topic for all of us but we're only gonna get out of this mess and get to the world peace and global unity that I know we can by having intellectual honesty i.e. epistemic integrity with these topic as that's ultimately what aligns with truth.

@PurpleTree You're making an epistemic blunder here though. The personal character of Netanyahu is obviously related to the actions of Israel but not the totality of it. Is Iran developing nuclear weapons? Yes or no? Should they be allowed to develop those weapons if so? Yes or no? You can also do the same thing with the Gaza conflict, was Gaza ruled by a violent terrorist group yes or no? We can agree that the actions of the IDF on the palestinian people have been disproportionate but they were attacked in a violent terrorist attack and decided to defend themselves which is justified, correct or not correct?

Money helps with logistics and lifestyle freedom. I wanted to do a 30 day challenge and just do some pickup everyday to make a breakthrough and I've never been able to take 30 days off work in the last 5 years to make it happen. I could still do it like Leo says but if I have to juggle it on top of my regular life I rather focus on achieving financial freedom over reducing my mental blocks of talking to the women I wanna talk to. Also one of the top predictors of divorce is financial issues so saying money doesn't have anything to do with pickup is a half-truth especially if you don't just wanna sleep with random women that you're never gonna see again and aim to create a high quality relationship.