Joseph Maynor

First we need to get clear about what awakening means.

They named the video War Between Truth and Survival. Interesting.

Why isn't the second video (part 2) showing up on their channel?

It can be helpful to determine what kind of player you are: Do you like quiet game vs. aggressive game? Do you like classical vs. rapid or bullet? Are you an openings or endgame nerd, or a tactical player? Are you a master at positional play or are you more of a romantic spur of the moment player? Chess has multiple modes of play -- and oftentimes you're tacitly agreeing with your opponent as to what specific game of chess will be played.

I liked the humorous moments including the stretch about pickup. That was delicious. I like the discussion about hippies -- how since everyone's defenses are down, a wolf in sheep's clothing can come in and take advantage of it. Shows how stage green can kind of become corrupted by stage red. The second mic drop moment was regarding the topic of morality.

One thing I like about openings is you can see what kind of chess you prefer. For example, I prefer e4 as white where black plays a Sicilian defense. I love this video:

There is a vibe in rationalist that sounds a bit like other ists that we can commonly think of. It's a desire to other or overcome another perspective. It's like a preemptive strike.

Yes. But the question is who is inflicted with groupthink. You can't escape this.

This gets to the issue as to whether there is a duality between the relative and the Absolute.

I wonder who their audience is. They seen like very openminded scientific types. They seem more like musicians to me.

But I dodged it with an attempt at humor. I hope I passed.

Yes. Inside joke. I like the look and I didn't see to much problem with the sound.

Got it. This presumably takes morality out of being a feature of the human realm exclusively.

Is selfishness bad?

That's too bad lol.

Morality seems to be one of the trickiest topics in spiritual enlightenment. It's tempting to arrive at the conclusion that there is no right and wrong because you take morality to be solely a human invention.

Is claiming truth vanity?

@Wilhelm44 I noticed that too. That was a mic drop moment.

I felt like they pushed back in ways that were reasonable to have a full conversation. I can tell this was a discussion among artists. You have to expect a difference of opinion and even value that -- and even more, celebrate that through a higher relation.

I agree.

I agree in part with this. But I can sense a desire to be right in a lot of people who don't claim truth explicitly, but it's written all over their energy.