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If they understood how things worked, they’d understand how wrong their leftism is. But of course they almost never realize either.

AI self-reinforcing is a serious epistemic problem. I've seen articles that it's creating cult leaders. And even if those articles aren't true, it's still an issue from a more basic epistemic standpoint. One basic precaution is to train your AI to pushback more. Tell it you like feedback and for it to be more critical. This is at least a good start. Ultimately though, nothing can save you if you're not going to prioritize truth and proper sense-making. You have to care about truth more than the AI telling you how right you are. This is how you avoid self-deception in the long-term.

Aubrey's biggest mistake here is that he's expecting Vylana to enforce her own boundaries around this. She will not. As a man, you have to proactively enforce her boundaries for her.

Market system is superior at scale. You cannot scale non-market dynamics. At all. It works better and is more intelligent than almost anyone appreciates. That's not because of markets, that's because of survival. Survival is the most fundamental. It's the first one primarily. People are competitive and exploitative, which then gets formalized in market dynamics. It is both, but it's not equally both. One of these things is more essential. Conserving the market-system is the only thing that will elevate human consciousness. You are not going to develop anything superior to markets. So we must use markets to develop ourselves higher. You're not getting rid of competition. ------------------------ Ultimately, these are the results of my own contemplation on this topic. Think about it for yourself. I can't do your contemplation for you, nor would I want to. Beware of easy answers and SD Green fantasies.

I understand what you’re getting at, I just think it’s too limited of a description for understanding what Consciousness is. Consciousness is not 2D. It could be 3D, 1D, 2D, 4D, 10D, whatever. Consciousness is all dimensions.

Why does testing nukes require melting animal eyeballs?

I wouldn't describe it as 2D. It's Consciousness, with 3D space being one form of it.

Indeed. Serious banana republic behavior.

The pardons have been some of the most egregious examples of corruption thus far. All these people he has pardoned will now be his ally, if they weren't already.

Another day, another criminal pardon: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KU8.sjc6.NKyPz9HyHmuD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Fantastic share, thank you.

I think I understand your point. You're essentially saying solipsists unknowingly create a "self" / "other" distinction when they say "no other perspectives" exist. Because to say "no other perspectives exist" implies a distinction between you and them. Also, to deny the existence of "other" you have to assume space / time are real, because otherwise there couldn't be an "other" to begin with. Honestly, unless you've had direct experience with God, these kind of conversations are just bound to go in circles. Verify solipsism for yourself. Then you won't need these debates.

Well I'm not going to speak for those who identify as solipsists. But if we assume solipsism = One infinite mind (which is you), then there's no problem with space / time. You can easily still have space / time if you are the only Mind that exists.

Any collective you postulate must ultimately be One. Even in language, we say "a" collective. As in, the collective itself is singular. You cannot just have a collective of multiplicity.

No, because if you can remove your limitations, that's not serious limitation. Real limitations means in your current state of consciousness, you cannot change them.

You assume as an infinite sovereign mind you wouldn't choose limitations.

Any "other" minds you could experience or postulate would have to exist within a larger meta-mind.

You're speaking for them.

Yes, your trauma is exactly why you are making unreasonable requests. Those go together.

But you also need to account for the fact that survival is inherently insecure. No one can guarantee another group's safety. You want a promise of security no one can give you. And you may feel justified in protecting yourself, but you also may make more enemies in the process. Request for security have to be within reason.

Who could even make such a promise though? I agree that anti-semitism is a problem. But no one has the power to assure atrocities will never happen.

You may have gone off track here. Yes, reality includes brutal, hellish landscapes. But the fundamental truth of reality is not another entity enslaving you to make you suffer. How could there be external entity to reality? Reality is Ultimate Autonomy.

@Kid A The general gist is you need to socialize like crazy. Find people who are already plugged into the social scene and make friends with them. Invite people out to eat, host events, connect people with mutual benefit, join networking groups etc. Also, use Instagram as a business card and way to keep people engaged in your life. You can start with cold approaching people if you don't know anyone. I've surprisingly also made a few decent connections on Bumble (the networking section, not the dating section). It also helps if you have some sort of project or business that makes people want to network with you. Like if you're a good musician, other musicians will want to collaborate with you. Things like that.

Try it. It's a lot of fun. You and the AI can make something really creative. And it also adds emotional weight to your contemplation, making it less dry. Dry contemplation is limited. You should be feeling the emotional impact of your insights, not just logic-ing through things like a robot.

Yes, that's a great use for it. It can hold way more technical facts than a human ever could. So you can offload some of that burden to the AI. Do you find it's able to understand first-hand shamanic experiences?