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@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

@PurpleTree I never actually listened to him ever but it seems like he has some parallels with Trump ..

@Inliytened1 man Im open to hearing that POV but do you have some kind of credible source? .. @chess_king yeah .. thats what my current understanding is .. but I really don't know why though, I mean it can't be random? Whats the motivation is one of my questions .. to just be absolutely sure islamic countries dont have any chance of nuclear even if for defense?

@Inliytened1 how are they the bad guys though? I mean I don't know all this much, but from my understanding I'm not even sure they are developing one. I heard this Tulsi lady said their intelligence shows they're not even developing it? And even if they did what's the problem? But also what do you mean "just" lol .. how do you know this is an isolated single event that won't escalate on and on? affecting both sides?

@Leo Gura appreciate all those insights very much .. I always find that they always help me get unstuck even when I didn't even realize I was stuck. I'll contemplate and integrate these points.

@Leo Gura regarding your recent blog post on Truth .. Every now and then I get the courage to question what reality is, etc. .. but I used to be able to do this quite effortlessly. I think past trauma has made it hard to even question it even a bit. I start to freak out a bit now, and have to keep re-grounding myself. But then I started thinking about your blog post more. You said "Anyone not doing this is corrupt and deluded." If the pursuit of truth removes corruption and delusion, is it also the case that the pursuit of removing corruption is sort of a path of truth? What I mean is that if questioning reality even a bit triggers trauma, etc. .. is a path to truth removing trauma, fear, negative emotions, improving mental health, physical health, building ones life, etc. I'm a lot better at journaling my corruption and purging that, but can I consciously take that as a path to truth until I'm more receptive again to a higher quality path to Truth? or do you think I am flawed here somewhere in my thinking? And do you just mean absolute truth, or is your idea of Truth very holistic, multi-perspective, encompassing direct and indirect paths, etc.? Also, I hope you can answer this also very specifically: one of the greatest joys I get is tapping into infinite creativity, in my own way, within my life purpose, and I fundamentally feel more holistic, less fearful, more connected to life, etc. In other words, a lot more conscious when I'm really applying myself creativity. How does something like that fit with in with Truth? Because from one perspective I see that being higher conscious, becoming conscious of the beauty of reality, participating consciously in creativity, etc. but on the other hand it doesn't seem as direct, and therefore is that still not even in the ballpark of pursuing Truth? I guess if I had to boil all this down into what I'm really asking here, is that if there's room in the pursuit of Truth to be strategic in how you go about it, as the path to Truth. Like there's more than one way to climb a mountain sort of thing, even if its indirect, you can still be climbing that mountain, whatever resonates, whatever feels fitting and is doable, etc. Sometimes I get the sense that when you talk about Truth you mean either a) "all this work of actualized.org as the path which is super holistic", but sometimes I get the sense you mean b) "yeah you'll do all this actualized.org work but really you need to be pursuing absolute truth very directly very often"

@Leo Gura ah okay, that is an important distinction. I can see such extreme levels of power being blinding .. that possibly explains trumps and musk's behavior as well.

@Leo Gura maybe its a rule of life: the less you possess (stuff, attachments, etc.) .. the clearer you see. Just a theory.

@Leo Gura I didn't even realize things can get worse lol .. I really need to watch your 4 part politics series. None of politics make sense to me. It feels like a jungle where its hard to understand anything. All other aspects of personal development are far more clear to understand, but politics is a mess from my POV. So many lies, bias, etc. I recall mark andreesan say he read tons of books on politics .. yet he's the biggest trump supporter ever .. claiming its "morning in america" .. but of course he is highly biased by techno-optimism, but its surprising because despite reading tons of books, he seems deluded to be a huge trump supporter without naunce.

@Miguel1 My god if Owen really did that .. Id be so disappointed. I've been getting increasingly annoyed with Owen over the years .. how he treats his son, forcing me to pay for his stuff, buying a course with basically nothing in it, and the list goes on .. But despite all that I still think he's genuine at heart. But let me get this straight, he lost a court case and wiped the assets after that so that he wouldn't get the money or something?? I don't get law that well, but is that the case? That's another level to stoop too.

@Leo Gura This being an example, and other examples I have .. to suggest that trump may not be "THAT" bad? Of course I am not supporting his authoritarian agenda, etc. but every now and then I come across some very important changes his administration is making. I can't tell if this is me being delusional and being caught in my own agenda, or if he is actually making important changes. For ex. deporting illegals, from one perspective I can see as a good thing. So thats sort of 1 good point for him, although its been a bit harsh and inefficient, but generally been fine? Then also I see that his admin is limiting chips to China, which helps US advance in AI, and also some of the de-regulation helps US AI companies advance further than china, which is also good in the case that we don't want an authoritarian regime being far above and leading the world in AI, which would be bad for war, as such a thriving economy and power in china would also trickle into war and military of theirs in many ways. Which is another important 1 more point for Trumps administration? Now I can see this de-regulation thing potentially being a bad thing in terms of just letting companies do whatever they want, further building bigger pockets of AI companies (and possibly trump richer) .. and he likely didnt do this de-regulation because he's protecting national interest (or is he?) .. But I guess overall I'm wondering if my views on Trump being 100% bad is completely accurate? Many things have made me furious in the past like what he's doing with Medicaid, and to the elderly, etc. though.

@Leo Gura well damn .. maybe ill re-consider taking elon's mars flight coming in a few years

@Leo Gura But then you're claiming supply and demand graphs will never have any gaps, or if they do they'd immediately get filled by AI? I'm not sure if you're being hypothetical or posing this as a serious possibility? But also by that logic isn't your job also gone then? And if that really is the case, then how will any of us physically survive, or have a life well-built that survives? I don't think I want to rely on the government for UBI. I mean sure I'll take it but I wouldn't want to rely on that.

@Leo Gura On the opposite end, if we have tons of diverse AI agents at our disposal, incredible polymaths, imagine what we can actualize and create in the world with our vision, good taste, good judgement, utilizing all these agents? And even if there was an AI that could replace the visionary, so what? There's always room in the world to create amazing world-class products. For those who care about building amazing things, I don't see how AI would be a bad thing.

@Leo Gura are there any particular videos you made that opens the creative capacities more than others? I listen to some of those creativity, requisite variety videos from your blog a lot, as that puts me in a creative state before work, but I was wondering if you had any on your channel that is particularly good at that?