MutedMiles

I guess you are right to some extent, things are not that black and white. Some of these countries do have time tested conservative values which may work better in certain situations. However i do prefer first world for the overall freedom it offers, though it has it's vices for sure.

Yeah, we don't know the actual story. But in past they used to have better stories for people at-least while they handled the business.

Yeah, it's clearly misplaced, relying on third world country barely above lunatic red to broker peace for the world. Hahaha

Yes, the models are increasingly becoming domain specific after Claude success at coding, that's basically all the recent success of AI is about, domain specific skills and tools.

This seems like hate speech to me. You can either pick one or many from Middle East.

Enlightenment at work.

Why do you need to share the insight?

I don't know where to categorize this country in spiral dynamics model. But somehow they came up to rescue the world, isn't this ironic?

Well, you'll have to look into your actions, what are the motives? why you do what you do? Mostly we have superficial reasons that we tell ourselves as stories. And usually we stick with stories that we like and repeat them until they stop working, That's what happens when you are not motivated enough for something and with time you figure out another story that can keep you moving. Usually these stories take the form a stick or carrot, rather a bit of both. Happy people have more carrots then sticks and vice versa. But actual motives are not these stories. Once we understand those motives, then it gets simpler to act as needed. But until we do that, you need some kind of a goal (carrot) or a serious problem(stick) to keep you moving. Since you have a problem motivating you i would recommend that you add a goal around it something positive that you like, that can motivate you. Secondly don't assume that goal with take care of itself, whenever you feel like lagging behind you have to decide again that you want this goal or this problem solved. It's like taking same decision again and again until it isn't needed and becomes a habit. All the best!

It's a meaningless question. There is no such thing as "your own country".

I personally understand "Truth" in terms what's really the case, instead of what i may want it to be. In that sense what i may want is a sort of illusion compared to actually what's real or true. I also understand Honesty/Integrity as to be aligned with reality or "Truth" instead of what i may want truth to be. Your purpose in that sense is something created by you and can only exist in the context of "Truth" or reality not a fantasy or illusion. Ultimately the question is, If i can delude myself to be happy for rest of my life, is that acceptable? If it is for you then focus on life purpose, if no focus on "Truth". However two are not mutually exclusive.

@integration journey I quit smoking and few other things, and did some changes to life style overall around 11 years ago. It all stuck, probably those are the reasons that, I'm still breathing. To start take a clear decision, but usually people think that once you take a decision it should take care of itself, that's not correct. Because you will be reminded of it again and again by your memories, behavior patterns as well as surroundings. All those are not in your control. So take a decision and repeat the same decision as many times as needed.

Makes sense! Leo could be right or wrong, same goes for Ralston. One can't just believe them. It depends on what you are willing try for yourself.

Yeah, in that sense even our immediate experience isn't 100% too.We are not experiencing reality but our interpretation of it. So there is nothing 100% in that sense. If there is something that is 100% it's not in the domain of language, perceptions, concepts and sensations, So neither we can think of it or talk about it, So let's not waste our time. But to have any conversation we have to agree on some context. Your question was from an assumed context and i responded from that.

Why you are calling them conspiracy theories if they are correct? If correctness can be shown in anyway, it's no more a conspiracy theory.