The Renaissance Man

Yeah shorts are trashy, but that's where the money is at, because more people's attention is there. And if the money is there, then more people are going to make content on those platforms. And if more people make content, the competition drives the content to be better and better. And if the content is better, the platform becomes more popular, and the cycle continues (until people get hurt enough that they leave) This really looks like the problem of marketing high consciousness stuff you talked about, Leo. At the same time, like @Juan said, it can be a huge opportunity for creators. (a quesiton for you though @Juan, why not creating on other platforms? is it because of the algorithm that works so well?) But even if that's the case (huge opportunity), it is true that not all social media is the same. I haven't experienced the "TikTok effect" on other social media. And it's also true that creators have other platforms to grow, it's not like without TikTok they're done (although some will suffer more than others). And finally, Leo was right in saying content on TikTok pretty much adds no value to one's life. Total waste of time. I could say the same for Instagram, but it's true that it's not as addictive (and retarded). Conclusion: it's fucking complex and I don't know enough about policing and its consequences to make a judgment

@mmKay The problem is that it works so well on retention, that the videos just perform better. It's not the case 100% of the time, and it has its drawbacks, but as of today's social media metrics such as viewer retention, it just works. It's unfortunate.

@LSD-Rumi My question was more about feeling the call to create your own catalog of content, in Leo's style. I'm more interested in how ya'll would make stuff differently, or hell, even better than Leo. Yet along the lines of the "building a catalog and teaching wisdom"

Yes I agree with you There's a lot of evidence in your personal experience and observations, and it can be combined with the knowledge of many other teachers to propel you to a new level. This isn't always applicable though, it depends on the theory. I'm not sure whether this applies to Wilber's work or to some of his work or to any of his work at all. Edit: the evidence is not traditionally measured or proven, but intuition can often go beyond anything measurable.

I believe there's a compromise to make though. You have limited resources. You can either invest them more in creating solid proof for your claims, or you can invest them in pushing your exploration further. As long as there's a philosophy of "don't believe me, test it on your own", and a positive intention to help rather than scam, ideas can be incredibly powerful, even if not traditionally proven. A LOT of scientific studies are worth shit for various reasons, so ultimately you need to test stuff for yourself anyway.

@Husseinisdoingfine Please don't overlook what I wrote above. I was able to actually solve this situation in my own life. I'm not giving advice because I heard it from Huberman, Peterson, or whoever. Don't trust me on my words, but if you haven't tried seriously, consider trying this different route. It's true that consciousness over time will make you transcend those cravings, but you can't ignore the "over time" part. And my solution for that is in my first message.

@Husseinisdoingfine I suggest an alternative for the short-term. In the long-term understanding will be required to transcend those cravings. But back to the alternative, I believed I was addicted to youtube. I watched it 4 hours a day, after lunch, before sleep, during breaks. Youtube was my last remaining distraction. I had removed successfully Instagram and video games. And it was easy, as long as there was an alternative. When I took away YouTube, I burned out in a week! So the fight kept going for months. I couldn't understand. Am I addicted? I think we tend to call everything an addiction, when many times the root problem is different. Well, 3 months ago I decided I would start reading novels, and replace youtube with that. Would you believe that after 10 years, watching youtube 4+ hours a day, unable to quit, I was able to quit it entirely in two weeks? Was it an addiction then, or are we demonizing normal brain needs? Maybe over time I'll be able to transcend novels and meditate all day. Whatever. At least compared to youtube novels don't have endless scrolling. They're less stimulating. Healthy alternative!! Be smart about it, think outside the box. The self-improvement world is full of this bullshit advice of habits and discipline. How many times do you need to see it doesn't work? Only being conscious of the situation will make you transcend the craving. But that's not something you do on command. So as you work on it, find smart alternatives. Marginal gains, that are a bit better. I went from playing video games, being on Instagram and tiktok and then also youtube. Then I removed games. 6 months later social media. 1 year later youtube, and since it was the last thing remaining, I had to replace it with something: novels. Much healthier and less addictive. I went from eating junk food and being ignorant about nutrition. I then learned about it and started being obsessive and weighing everything. Then I understood that the real way to make healthy nutrition sustainable was to find a healthy alternative to the junk food. So I found my combination of healthy, regular meals, and completely removed any junk food. Pasta became whole-grain pasta. Chocolate became only dark chocolate. Cookies became nuts. Pizza, sushi, and that stuff is only allowed outside my house. If I go out once a month, I don't care. See? TRY. I was in your shoes, it's the whole paradigm of approaching those """""addictions""""" that's toxic.

Are there any of you who think your life purpose is along the lines of teaching wisdom? Along the lines of building a great library of content, not necessarily videos though Are you planning on specializing on something, or do you want to go broad like Leo? What would you do differently from him? Teaching differently, structuring your approach differently, etc.... How is your work going to be extraordinary?

This is so juicy

I agree with Leo and found myself in the same situation. The misoginy then comes for another reason though. I've been in and through it: Men here, tell me if I'm mistaken: For years young men are told by their families, culture, women themselves, to be nice to them etc etc in order to be attract them. This coupled with their need for pussy turns them into weak servants of women when with them, they see them on a pedestal. Those creatures to satisfy, so mystical, so beautiful. Then you stumble on the truth of the things: that behavior is the farthest thing from what a woman is attracted to. Holy shit! Then those cultures (redpill, etc) promote an idea that the very reason of your suffering, of those ideas of behaving like a nice guy, came from a feminist culture, that promotes women as princesses in movies and men as chasers, that see masculine traits as toxic, etc etc. As a man you have those traits and tendencies, and you feel like your authentic behavior is seen as wrong. So you feel a boiling sense of revenge, against all the suffering you had in your unsuccessful (with women) teenage years, and against the idea that masculine traits are oppressed and deemed as inherently toxic. I was able to "escape" from the misogynistic mentality, while learning the good lessons, by seeing first-hand how those cultures (redpill, etc) make the problem much bigger than it is. Most women aren't ruthless (obviously), and you are free to act as a man in society as long as you have common sense and don't spread mysoginistic propaganda, and you won't get banned, etc. etc. It's actually appreciated (obviously, again). The mysoginy comes from magnifying those truths, because there's some truth in that, and coupled with the suffering that came from the bad advice society provided (to be a nice guy), BINGO!

@RendHeaven If you push your own product just a little bit, or create new products, you can make 10x donations and youtube ads combined per month no problem. You don't get RICH through Youtube ad revenue by talking about philosophical stuff. A massive, mainstream audience is needed to make big money through Youtube ads. Note: I don't consider $10k revenue per month being rich. It's more than enough for a great life though.

@Phil King What Leo did isn't even good marketing. Doesn't mean it's bad marketing either, but he doesn't push the life purpose course at all. He could be a lot more pushy with it. So if you were to sell the same product to the same audience as Leo you could easily double what he's made, just by changing how frequently you mention it and how you talk about it. I almost see Leo's marketing as "the bare minimum". But this goes to show what his values are towards his audience. Actions speak louder than words, and I admire Leo for this. Considering the same product, which should be of great value, here are 3 strategies: The more selfish option would be to suck as much money as possible from your audience, even if you provide value. For example selling the LP course for $1000+ The "least selfish", would be what Leo did, decent pricing and barely mentioning it. And then I would probably go for a third approach, that I believe doesn't hurt anybody much, which is a fair price, but a bit heavier on marketing, watching out to not sound like a greedy salesman.

@Bobby_2021 Consider it as a brainstorming tool. That way it's super powerful. Challenging your theories, suggesting solutions. Then YOU evaluate each one. Treat it just like you'd treat any other source of information. Book, course, seminar. Just because humans can be deceived, it doesn't mean every book written is shit. It just means you need to validate the information, and the same is for AI and its hallucinations

@Leo Gura were you able to have the entire conversation in one go, without any message limitations? The whole conversation it's 36 prompts.

I also noticed how when you say "I think", such as: I think the that politics in that era, and in most eras, was so brutal that only a genius opportunist could succeed at it. Or "I see", such as: I see conformity and reactionary behavior as another big factor in all this. the AI expands your theory more than questioning it. It doesn't feel as biased as chatgpt 3.5, not even close, but it could withhold some information that contributes to the full picture. It's probably just a nuance of prompting, where maybe asking the question without letting it know your opinion, like: "what do you think happened to all the ideological purists?, why weren't they in power?" forces the AI to express its own opinion and more unexpected perspectives (or limitations) can show up