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https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/live-blog/israel-iran-conflict-rcna214241 Apparently US just attacked Iran. I was recently listening to professor mearsheimer that this would be very bad for US? I hope this wouldn't be like the war after 9/11 .. and I hope Iran doesn't attack USA like it is successfully attacking Israel. I do believe Iran has a right to defend itself. It's unfair from my limited perspective of politics what is happening to them, but as a US citizen I hope we are safe. I really don't want to cause fear mongering but a light question .. this isn't turning into a more global conflict is it? like WW3 or something?

These 2 are a couple: shes pretty damn gorgeous, she seems pretty normal in the head, grounded, even caring and stuff. This guy is pretty disabled, but in some ways lacking in masculinity, but in some ways in a sense I can see healthy masculinity. Now this guy seems nice, but how is she attracted to him? I'm wondering if she's genuinely physically attracted to him. She seems emotionally attracted to him, but I don't know if this is some kind of psychology problems or mental disfunctions she has or whatever. The reason I ask is not to judge. But as a guy I want to have a deeper understanding of female psychology, what makes them tick, what do they desire. What does she seem in him. She probably saw something amazing in him to have to deal with so much baggage that as a pretty attractive female she probably doesn't have to. But then also I wonder why a lot of famous male celebrities who can get really gorgeous girls settle for unattractive girls, like Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes. Something I wonder a lot is .. why does someone choose another person really. Of all the options someone can have, who has options, what is worth going for, and why do people go after who they go after. What are core attraction traits. But I still don't understand this couple. I mean she's far more attractive than Eva Mendes for example, why not choose a partner that is far better suited for herself? For most people, is love just - something in the stars align and you can't logically explain it but that person clicks in a way that no one else had, throw logic out the window, throw out what traits you desire out the window, and marry that person?

@Leo Gura These books are quite fascinating though. I've always wanted to go in this direction after listening to "introduction" episodes on Joe Rogan and stuff, but never knew where to look in the vast sea of books.

@Leo Gura Much appreciated Leo. I second the notion where someone suggested to just leave the book links if the reviews aren't ready. I am curious though, why such a push to read books so deep in corruption? Wouldn't that have an inevitable effect of negatively conditioning the mind, black-pilling as you say, such that it would take away from Truth, even though it leads to a greater understanding of reality? I notice you're careful not to expose too much corruption at once, and sort of dribble it on us bit by bit lol which is appreciated, if that's what you actually do, but I'm curious why there's such a big importance on studying corruption so deeply? 56 books with corruption being a big theme is wild. Or actually is it the case that there's a higher level understanding from these books - political understanding given the state of things - and that corruption is a necessary part of the path to understanding global politics? Just curious about your overall intention with this update.

@Schizophonia I actually find it mind-boggling that someone can find ryan gosling unattractive lol .. blade runner 2049?

@Sugarcoat yeah but the face botox stuff? Idk also Ive always seen this guy as the hero in all these movies, ripped and stuff, and bro he had rachel mcadams .. every guy is in love with her lol

@Sugarcoat yeah she is pretty for sure .. But maybe it really is the case that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

@Schizophonia she doesn't seem to be faking it or doing it for money, but yeah I think its possible that its some savior thing too

@Sugarcoat yeah she was much prettier in her 20s, but Gosling I believe married her when she was in her late 40s. Logically in my head nothing about that makes sense. He could have easily married someone in her 20s or 30s. And tbh I just think he could have done a lot better. Maybe its just not possible to logically understand an individual person's psychology because some things transcend logic. @Schizophonia thats honestly a deep point here

@Leo Gura I can confirm. I have a friend who is christian. He is a normal dude, but things like all this "pride" stuff everywhere threatens him lol .. so he goes deeper in right .. becomes a fan of trump .. trump further plays on that narrative but also comes with toxic masculinity .. then friend becomes more blatantly racist .. I think its a few triggers that make people go down this rabbit hole .. its quite sad to see. I'm afraid to even say something to him.

@Leo Gura I mean I've been semi-royally fucked by Amazon. They shut my 6-figure business down overnight because their "system" prioritized the end customer over my business. I had a negative perception of amazon for a while, but at the end of the day I still think capitalism overall does far more good than bad. Even if I was truly royally fucked by some corporate jackel, I'd just be talking from hurt, when my truth radar suggests capitalism does far more good than bad. Covid was stopped by capitalism and AI from my understanding with breakthroughs in the vaccine. The nuclear bomb invented in USA was like a startup that defeated Germany. Even when I look all around me, I see a social reality with the cream of the crop products around me, products that won competition to create the reality all of us live. I'd be happy to be shown otherwise that ruthless capitalism doesn't do more good than bad. I also don't like thinking that it does more good than bad. But from my current understanding, that is what I see. The very definition of capitalism is centered around the good of humanity. But I think it works like this: All the top corporate structures have a stakeholder priority system and strategy aimed at maximum profit, that usually puts the end customer first. The last stakeholder gets fucked the most (which is why we have a lot of environmentalism issues), etc. But its like that ethics discussion: Are you willing to sacrifice one person in the dungeon to power a city of 100 people? It's a very tough question I've tried to solve but I could never quite. Corporations and government sacrifice that 1 person for the 100 people. I partly see that as the "greater good" or even aligned with truth because they are not letting that 1 person bias whats best for society. But also that harming of the 1 person is corrupt as well. I guess my overall take is that corporate entities and government is overall good for society. But the individual people running it are often evil. But even these people as a whole do evil that leads to good for society, because goodness for society is aligned with their evil interests with some exceptions.

@Leo Gura I know google, open ai, etc. are corrupt in so many ways .. but how do I make sense of some of this stuff .. a) theres actually so much good done in society. I believe the only reason most of us on this forum are alive right now and happy is because of such capitalism. I found you on YouTube, owned by google. I'm typing on a macbook made by apple, who do corrupt things in 3rd world countries, yet the macbook did a ton of good also. Open AI's ChatGPT is saving lives medically, helping me a ton with creative ideas and elevating my business, etc. .. I don't deny the massive corruption done by these businesses, but isn't far more good done by these businesses. I was recently thinking how is it possible all these businesses do so much good for society. And I came to the conclusion that the economy is built on this idea of providing in-demand goods and services to customers, meeting their demands. Because they got obsessed with meeting demands, all of humanity has been elevated by that form of capitalism. I'm just trying to make sense of this. Is it truthful to just point out the corruption of capitalism while not acknowledging that capitalism has likely done far more good for society. (Of course I'm not talking about very dirty wall street, etc.) but just from your blog post referencing "The corporate world is basically one giant disease and they themselves do not know it." It's my take that the corporate world is a vote humanity has made to whore itself out spiritually for the material benefit of all of humanity. But the tricky part here is that spirituality is built on a foundation of survival, and such capitalism has done massive wonders for our survival. Am I wrong anywhere in my thinking? would you agree or do you have a different take?

Wow this is gold, great thread ..

@Leo Gura I wanted to say this before also, but are you not zooming out to the large reality perspective, whereas all that most humans are looking for is that small domain of that 1% where what they want to achieve can be done within that 1% making genetics less of a conversation worth discussing simply from wanting to achieve their results? That 1% though would make all the difference. Even if it is 1%, I have seen people go from incredible results in all areas of life. It's like, why are we a) talking about the rare exceptions, on a statistics graph the exceptions are the hard outliers. People are not looking to be an outlier, theyre looking for a pretty good position on that graph generally, and if we're talking about the general human domain .. and trying to go from A to B, even if its that 1% effort that will get you there, why are we talking about the 99% being genetics?

@Leo Gura just to remind you, many months ago on 2 seperate occassions you said 1) AI is more intelligent than any human, "it's just me and AI" against the world lol or something like that .. Im not giving the exact words, but the essence of what you said, and 2) "a world-class book can be written with AI" .. and even 3) I asked you once, that do you think AI is better for workflows compared to reading, and you said definitely .. it seems your views on AI have largely shifted? your sentiment has seemed to go from like a 4/5 to a -2/5 lol ? Is that the case?

@Leo Gura is the book just about consciousess, spirituality, etc. or other more practical topics as well? Is it away from the human domain and largely about existential truth?

@Leo Gura you can use AI just for testing your biases though .. challenging your biases, finding them, etc. .. in what you write. Not in a bad way, as we all have, but sometimes on the forum (a lot less in your videos) I see you have some increased bias. I can see AI helping a lot in that.

@Leo Gura Unfortunately, your work is largely already fed into AI. I believe even apple podcast app has transcribed all your work, for example. I also recall Mira Murati hinting that Open AI trained on all youtube videos. There's little obstacles stopping people and companies from training on your book in the future.

@Leo Gura you say this a lot, but I dont think you account for a lot of other factors. When I write software, I work from 5 hours a day to 10 to 14 hours a day because I'm engaged, and locked in. How can you say health and energy is 99% genetic when there are so many other factors? I do get your point that genetics is more important than one thinks, but to say 99% genetics to me implies you are saying 2 things: 1) There's not much you can do to change your life situations. When that is not true. You can achieve incredibly results through consistent effort in almost all areas of life. But yes, I know you are optimizing within your genetics, but still that statement of 99% genetics being health doesn't seem to hold at all. 2) What about so many other factors? Your beliefs, habits, etc. Someone who works out, gets a lot more testosterone, sunlight, veggies, yoga, etc. also doesn't just have better habits, he or she is (from what I understand) influencing the chemistry, biology, and even genes that get activated vs. ones that stay dormant (I vaguely recall learning something like this)

@LordFall I actually didn't know that. I just asked ChatGPT lol .. "Yes, Iran is an authoritarian theocratic regime. It combines elements of a dictatorship and religious rule, with ultimate power held by the Supreme Leader, who is not elected by the public and has control over the military, judiciary, and media. Elections exist but are tightly controlled, with candidates vetted by unelected bodies." Yeah now I just don't know anymore. It's kind of frustrating having to sort out all this. Like if I had to objectively look at this. Okay so Iran is authoritarian, fine. But perhaps that is one factor. They state they want to destroy Israel, okay another factor if that is true. But also can US be trusted? Can Israel be trusted. Look at all the evil we have caused. Does that make it okay for us to invade them for some words they said and a specific government structure they have? Isn't it worse to kill tons of civilians in Gaza, and now Iran? Just because these words were exchanged and their government structure, doesn't even mean they have a nuclear weapon like Trump is claiming. And also even if the government is structured the way it is, that seems to be mostly internal politics in their own country. That doesn't make them a terrorist type government? What's worse, Iran saying they want to destroy Israel or USA and Israel killing tons of people over time like this? How do you know Iran isn't just angry for what Israel has become? @Leo Gura I was wondering your thoughts, is it okay to invade Iran because of their government structure, and what they have said? I'm just looking for truth and understanding here.

@BlessedLion I think about leaving US all the time. Sometimes the evil commited by US can weigh on the mind a lot. Turning a blind eye is also not a complete solution either. It's like what just stay in denial? Though if you're concerned about your safety in USA, I think generally you and I should be fine, even if a full blown war erupts out of this strike. But yeah from just an "evil" perspective, it is something to question whether to stay here and be a part of this. I even unconsciously don't acknowledge all of USA's evil just because that would create deep internal conflict inside.

@BlueOak Yeah wow you have a good point. I didn't realize that. It's not just the handful of people in government but millions and millions of americans supporting that government. But I try to remind myself that every human is unique. I am very disappointed by Israel's actions and US actions as a US citizen, and I have to keep reminding myself not to hate the average israeli person because I know most of them are good at heart, even if many have false beliefs. But yeah overall good point, tons of us are complicit on some level with the government's actions, even if its just in paying taxes, etc.

Biden def was a slow duck but trump causes too much chaos imo ..

@Husseinisdoingfine me too man, but dont hate America .. most of us are good, some corrupt people take power and causes a lot of countries misery though so I get your pain

@PurpleTree Yes he just wants to spread infinite love to all of mankind