Basman

Had this epiphany about education while contemplating why it is the way it is. It dawned on me that the core issue of when it comes to the quality of public education boils down to resources. Society has to educate millions of people, but it simply doesn't have the resources to give every single person an education that is of high quality on an individual level. Hence bureaucratic tools like exams and ritualistic/symbolic educational requirements to get into higher education/get a job (degrees, diplomas, etc.). educational attainment is contingent on resources and opportunities available. Genetics, interests and hard work can carry you to a certain extent but for most people getting higher grades requires simply more resources. A genetically gifted child can only get so far if he's born in Africa. Africa lacks the resources to give him a high quality education compared to a European country. The education system is largely systemic in my opinion and only meritocratic to a certain degree. Which is why strict requirements for higher-education opportunities tend to filter out lower-class people. They don't have the resources to truly shine. So if you are struggling academically, consider that you just need to invest more money into it.

The environment has been optimized to suit business needs, with an oversupply of workers, inflated real estate value, among other. Credentialism is largely just coping with a highly unequal relation between workers and employers relative to leverage over available jobs. Add to that we simply need less workers now than in the past due to technology, but our system is built on everyone getting payed for their contributions. Then you can wonder who is going to keep a consumerist economy going if people don't have a job? Economic exclusions makes the rich richer, but alienates trust in institutions among the rest.

The LP course can help you seek out life experience consciously and frame it in a constructive way. It is not a given that you need life experience. I do think there could be more content aimed at if you lack experience specifically though within the course. I remember hitting this wall myself and unsure of what to do.

Yelling "la migra" at Home Depot and if the latinos run they are illegals. If they stand still they are well trained illegals.

Mexicans are known for kissing the ground repeatedly and praising the heavens in Spanish upon crossing the border into the US. Americans have nothing to fear.

I was part of a course once that taught how to make your own course. The dude spent a solid third of his revenue on Facebook ads. It of course depends on the industry and your target audience how much advertising you feasibly need to do.

Immigration = cheap labor, more customers and is good for real estate investments. Stage Orange loves immigration and doesn't care about the deleterious effects it can have on a population long-term. It is telling when immigrants themselves think there are too many immigrants. It is not necesarilly conscious, but rather the effect of what is best for business as they help maintain perpetual growth. It is a serious issue if the populace feel that their borders are too loose. It leads to distrust of institutions, which is why it is problematic to dismiss and exaggerate conservative concerns. It is as toxic of the informational space as xenophobic fear mongering. It leads to a post-truth environment where the truth becomes secondary to ideological saturation. You need to take responsibility for conservatives as they are part of the system. Ignoring conservatives would be like ignoring that the exhaust of your car rattles because it made a problematic tweet. Rich enough to care, but too rich too feel any of the effects.

It's obviously easier to be healthy on an omnivorous diet. You have access to way more food options and animal products are much more nutritiously dense than plants. Veganism requires a lot more knowledge and needs supplementation for it to be adequately nutritious. Something approximate to vegetarianism is probably the most healthy in my opinion, but mileage depends on the person. You want to eat a variety of veggies as a baseline, but just eggs and fish alone in addition can do a lot. Personally, I'm also just happier eating animal products. I've tried veganism, and without the accompanying beliefs relative to animal rights I think it lacks a point when vegetarianism/healthy omnivorism can reach the same degree of health while being less restrictive and easier as you have way more options. Veganism does have the advantage that you cut out so much junk with one simple move, which means that most vegans are more healthy than a normative diet by virtue of not having access to most junk food (and the fact that they are on a "diet" which means that they are more conscious about what they are eating as opposed to a normative diet which tends to be driven by convenience and taste).

It's also about managing how immigration puts a strain welfare and housing. Ironically enough, many of the politicians on the right that are against immigration rhetorically themselves actually benefit from immigration as a source of cheap labor. Brexit is a prime example, as migration increased post-Brexit despite the rhetoric. Most countries are systems for which unchecked migration is unsustainable without it being deleterious politically.

How does that work? Does he raid the bookstore every week? Or the library?

About 2.5 years ago I applied for an art school which required me making a large portfolio to the deadline. Most of the things they asked for where things I where unfamiliar with and had no prior material of, so I grinded away. I think I worked 6-8 hours almost everyday for 1-2 months straight or so. I managed to finish my portfolio just the day before the deadline. I had to learn as I went. I had to build the bridge as I crossed it, which only added to the workload. I got rejected for lacking skills by the way, but that is besides the point. I was burnt out on art hard after that ordeal. I barely touched a pen for a whole year and I still only draw intermittently, even as the worst of the burnout receded. To this day, I haven't fully recovered the passion and zest I used to feel for drawing. I sometimes even question if I even like drawing, but when I do draw I generally feel a sense of elation and joy in the creative process. I just feel like I have to force myself to get there and if I do build a habit I quickly fall off again and there will go a long time till I pick the pen up again. I've been recently thinking that I should take a break "officially" now. I have never at any point since I made that portfolio consciously decided to take a break. I just berated myself for not practicing my art, which hasn't been great for my mood either. I kind of made drawing a part of my identity, which is probably why I'm struggling so much with this and I'm scared that I actually hate drawing.

I feel like the whiplash combined with the sleaziness of it kills the mood. Like your some kind of servant. What a story.

No fun allowed under religion and feminism.

Calling these things AI has to be one of the biggest marketing ploys of all time. It draws on decades of imagination and wonder and incurs a seemingly endless amount of speculation and hype. Very convenient for driving investments. Just calling it AI has to have made this companies billions. Calling it LLM instead of AI would remove it from the endless speculation and preconcieved notions of what it might do. It would be way more sober and make it more apparent that there are limitations.

Self-help is more about expanding your mind and ability to act on your passions, so a lot of self-help is worth reading, but not necesarilly worth studying. I can only think that a handful of books are really worth studying as they essentially cover the breadth of the topic.

Studying is often necessary to develop valuable skills and insight. Studying isn't always worth it though depending on the material.

Russia doesn't want peace and isn't interested in diplomacy unless it is sufficiently destructive for Ukraine's governability. This is why Trump's negotiations fail. He thinks Putin will be happy with a "good deal" of material substance, but Putin doesn't want peace. Russia can only be prevented from further escalation by being stonewalled military. Ukranians themselves are going to rely less on western countries when there's a lack of support. It doesn't help that Trump is ideologically allies with Putin. It's an unfortunate development if Ukraine goes nuclear.

That Mexican alien was pretty small.

Proves that nobody questions you if you just walk around in reflective vest.

According to this theory, Atlantis was an actual city, located at the "eye of the Sahara", or the Richat Structure, a one of a kind geological formation located in western Sahara of modern day Mesopotamia. Atlantis was supposedly a hub for international trade. The amount of evidence provided is mindblowing. The only thing I'm not quiet so sold on is how the natural disaster that wiped out Atlantis could exactly happen. According to the theory, a giant tsunami essentially washed over the breadth of Northern-Africa which moved diagonally south-west, but what exactly caused that? Keep in mind that the Sahara was much more lush and green at the time when Atlantis would've existed (also true for ancient Egyptians and ancient Greece).

Genuinely. The most painful period of my life was objectively not that bad. It was 95% just how I interpreted my situation and chose to react. I was driving myself to feeling suicidal over how I focused my mind. You don't really need to transcend it. You just need better mental hygiene. Awakening the Giant Within is full of strategies for making your mind more constructive and solution oriented. Jordan Shanks on Youtube also shares a bunch of strategies for being more constructively oriented.

How do you know that?