Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[Xonas Pitfall]

3 minutes ago, Space said:

Solid advice there. Just a quick thumbnail, title, hook, and a quick script on a trending topic. Easy as that.

So easy and obviously none of the other 2 million creators on Youtube are doing this so you'll be sure to get views.

Please tell me you are a regular YouTube creator and not just copy-pasting some generic advice you found online.

Obviously, there’s a lot more nuance to this, I’m not saying it’s that simple at all. Plus, I wouldn’t want Leo to change his style, as he’s clearly aiming for authentic and truthful expression. That’s why I was suggesting other approaches, like collaborations.

Many people think they’re following this kind of advice, but there’s actually a lot of research involved - understanding which titles, topics, and thumbnails perform well, what the current “meta” is, and so on. It’s a whole field you could study.

I’m really sorry if I came across as oversimplifying things; that’s not my intention at all. YouTube is a brutal, competitive space.

[Leo Gura]

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[Rishabh R]

@Leo Gura When will your video on hope and guide to success will be coming ? Curious about them.

[Xonas Pitfall]

19 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

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[Natasha Tori Maru]

You can see there is taste, balance, rule of thirds, perspective and complimentary colour used in Leos artistic direction.

Style is timeless, typical youtube click shit is just a trend.

When all that shit falls by the wayside, real art remains

[PenguinPablo]

@Leo Gura Thank God for the forgetting feature. Otherwise, living amongst society would be impossible.

True constant full God Realization would look like insanity to basically anybody functioning member of society.

But from God Realization pov the opposite is true. 

Funny how they are so incompatible. 

Like Schrodinger Cat 🐈 

Edited June 8 by PenguinPablo

[Xonas Pitfall]

29 minutes ago, PenguinPablo said:

Thank God for the forgetting feature. Otherwise, living amongst society would be impossible.

Would true constant full God Realization would look like insanity to basically anybody functioning member of society.

But from God Realization the opposite is true. 

The way I like to look at it is through the metaphor of Local vs. Cloud Storage. Cloud storage allows your data to be shared, while local storage means your data stays on your device.

In local mode, you are the Godhead, omnipotent, singular, solipsistic. It's pure self-contained divinity. There’s no one else, no comparison, no competition, no reflection. In that state, you don’t experience interaction, connection, or even love, because there's only you. It’s absolute, but also absolutely alone. In local storage, there's no external verification or syncing, so you can alter your data freely, meaning scores, identity, or progress can be faked, manipulated, or cheated without consequence. You have total power.

Then comes cloud mode. Here, you accept contrast. You’re no longer the only one, now you have a username, an identity. You play within a system, follow rules, and build a track record. You can succeed or fail, be better or worse than others. But in return, you gain the richness of experience: connection, love, rivalry, community, victory, loss, and otherness.

The trade-off is clear:

• Local gives you total sovereignty but no relational depth.
• Cloud limits your omnipotence but offers the beauty of interaction and connection.

The same principle applies to dream vs. reality, and god-mode vs. multiplayer in games! 🐈 

Edited June 8 by Xonas Pitfall

[Rafael Thundercat]

 

"Don't forget how lucky you were to find this content. It's like a winning lottery ticket fell in your lap from the sky. Most people will never find me. So make the most of it."

Leo, how can we help to spread this more widely?

I try to share here and there on social media, but sometimes I am also aware to dont share on over toxic places like X or to people online who I feel will not value it enogth. The principle of not giving pearls to pigs is a constant 

[Miguel1]

3 hours ago, Xonas Pitfall said:

The YouTube formula is:
Thumbnail + Clickable Title + Solid Hook + Evergreen or "Trending" Topic.

Brother, you are badly underestimating Leo’s commitment to Truth.

[Xonas Pitfall]

1 hour ago, Miguel1 said:

Brother, you are badly underestimating Leo’s commitment to Truth.

Not at all! That wasn’t my point – I was just suggesting that YouTube isn't blacklisting anything (since there are clearly large channels focused on spirituality, self-help, more taboo woo-woo topics, psychedelics, etc.). The algorithm just pushes whatever people watch and keeps them on the platform. If that's Trump videos, it'll be that; if that's cat videos, it'll be that; if that's Subway Surfer TikTok edits, then it'll be that. Sadly, that’s just the state of things right now. I’d never want this content to turn into some watered-down, mainstream brainrot.

[Vibes]

@Leo Gura I'll be watching The Surfer soon.

Have you heard of Yorgos Lanthimos? He has some very weird movies.

My favorites are: Poor Things (2023) and The Lobster (2015)

[Joshe]

[Joshe]

So, I knew Leo was an INTP before I joined this forum. He is textbook INTP. 

If you understand the MBTI functions, it's clear why people like Leo, and likely Aurum, operate the way they do. Their cognitive functions propel them toward open-ended, expansive exploration, and guess what - that's a bias!

When someone like an INTJ comes along and says "here's the actual dominant factor worth considering for practical purposes, so you can omit all the minute factors, the INTP says "No no no. Too shallow." 😆

Ta daaa!! What’s often interpreted as Leo being dismissive or condescending is actually a natural expression of his INTP predisposition. the INTP typically explores reality more broadly than any other type. This is just what they do. And because others don't do it, they are biased against them. TBH, I too have a bias against people who are not like me. I think we all do to some extent.

The specific combinations of Jung’s eight cognitive functions offer a far more precise and explanatory framework for understanding individual psychology than something like SD. 

"Understanding individuals through Spiral Dynamics is like diagnosing a single tree's health by studying satellite images of the forest — insightful from afar, but too zoomed out for real precision."

I don't think you could truly know yourself if you don't understand the functions that you run on. I was living with Ni as my dominant function my whole life and knew it was uncommon and strange but didn't have a clue as to why or what it was all about. Upon discovering it, I got cold chills and watery eyes at how it was explaining me to fucking T. 

The OCEAN model is valuable for capturing broad tendencies but it can't tell you much about how a person actually processes information, makes decisions, or spends their internal mental energy. MBTI gets much closer to the architecture of thought.

Also, notice this: when an INTP discovers SD, it’s easy for them to identify with Yellow. Not because they’ve developed into it, but because it mirrors how their mind already works.

SD Yellow is a natural place for them to want to fit in. It feels like home to them. Just something to keep in mind when dealing with the INTP types and their fascination with Tier 2.

Edited June 8 by Joshe

[Joshe]

A good visual demo of how intuition works and the differences between internal and external intuition.

 

Edited June 8 by Joshe

[Leo Gura]

@Joshe It's not like I don't do what INTJ does too. I reduce issues to core essences a lot.

Edited June 8 by Leo Gura

[UpperMaster]

Adding to the previous YouTube recommendations discussion:

 

I deleted TIKTOK because no matter what my interests were or who I follow, I would eventually get blackpill content. Content that made me feel as though I am not good enough. 
 

I even experimented and got a new account. Same thing. After some time, it naturally puts in blackpill content. And the community is so toxic. Just destroys your self esteem and keeps you addicted and trapped into that paradigm.

Up until recently, I had no issue with YouTube shorts. Now this is happening in YT shorts too.

 

I strongly suspect that this is intentional. 
Does anyone else have this experience?

[Joshe]

2 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

@Joshe It's not like I don't do what INTJ does too. I reduce issues to core essences a lot.

Yeah, there's definitely some overlap, which I was just exploring. Lots of people on the personality type database think you're INTJ, but it doesn't make sense. I was confused because your latest blog post on intuition describes Ni rather than Ne. Since Ne is your second function, that means Ni is 7th in your stack, which hardly ever gets used, although it can because we can use all the functions, but it's not likely. We usually operate on the first 3-4 functions, but mostly the first 2. In your case, that's introverted thinking using extraverted intuition as a tool to branch out. An INTJ uses introverted intuition first, then uses extraverted thinking as a tool to validate the perceptions. 

I think I solved my confusion with this understanding: Highly-developed intuition requires massive exposure to complexity over time. Both types (introverted and extroverted intuition), when developed, eventually produce high-speed pattern recognition, but the process for Ne is bottom up whereas Ni is top down, so essentially, they start to look a lot alike the more Ne develops. 

[Leo Gura]

What makes me INTP vs J is that I dislike following structure and schedules. My mind needs to operate in a very loose, informal way.

J's are more rigid routine-followers.

Edited June 8 by Leo Gura

[aurum]

I dislike that there is no vertical component and consideration of cognitive development in Myers-Briggs. It's too essentialist. 

My results have fluctuated overtime as I've changed. 

[Joshe]

1 minute ago, Leo Gura said:

J's are more rigid routine-followers.

This is actually a common misconception about INTJs. I'm 100% INTJ and can't stand schedules or routines. I wake up at a different time every day. INTJs really crave control and autonomy, not structure. For INTJs who do appear structured, they love the control the structure provides, not the structure itself. 

"The INTJ who wakes at a different time each day may not be living a life devoid of order; rather, they are likely prioritizing their internal state and long-term objectives over the superficiality of a fixed daily schedule."