Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights — Page 10

Peter Joseph is a very rare, advanced, mature Tier 2 political thinker. I highly recommend his YT channel.

With that said, I think Peter Joseph's political solutions are completely impossible to the point of delusional. But his articulation of our political problems is brilliant.

This is what high quality politics sounds like.
This is what a mature human being sounds like.

Remember Lower vs Higher Perspectives? Well, this is exemplary of a higher perspective. Learn this difference and stop feeding your mind with political scum.

Steamed broccoli is to a Twinkie as Peter Joseph is to Fox News.
How's that for an SAT analogy?

Note: I want to warn you seriously about this notion of eliminating capitalism or the market system. I strongly disagree with Peter Joseph that markets or capitalism can be eliminated. This is a fantasy. It is not going to happen. Not at all! So do not get the wrong idea that just because I recommended Peter Joseph that I endorse eliminating capitalism and markets. I don't have time right now to explain why this will not work. Nevertheless, I want you to watch his videos and learn from his analysis. Take the gold, leave the crap. I expect you to be able to approach sources I share in this way because you are Tier 2 and I share nuanced stuff, not ideology or simple answers. You need to question everything a source says, not just accept it as endorsed by Leo.

I've spent a lot of time developing my own surreal art style for new thumbnails.

I call it "surreal metaphysical".

My thumbnail game is going next level. Here's a taste of what's to come:

(Source: NeilBreenFilmsLLC.com)

The filmmaker Neil Breen is an astounding example of a man with zero self-awareness. He's been making awful, cringe films for two decades with no self-awareness of how bad his film-making is. He literally makes the worst films of all time — but with total passion and delusional self-confidence. It's amazing. His fans watch his work for how bad it is, but he is so self-absorbed and narcissistic he doesn't understand that. He thinks they love his work. But ironically all his films are profitable because they are so bad and he is so delusional that people can't stop watching!

I'm sharing this as an example of how you should not be. This demonstrates why self-awareness is so important.

This isn't a joke topic. Watching Neil Breen makes me much more conscious of my own lack of self-awareness and cringe ways. It's quite salubrious.

Here's the million dollar question for you to contemplate: "How am I like Neil Breen?"
(And I don't mean me, I mean you.)

If you've never seen a Neil Breen film, be warned, you will melt from the cringe. But you should force yourself to watch just to reflect on how ugly lack of self-reflection is. The key insight here is: You have more in common with Neil Breen than you'd like to admit. Rather than laughing at him, you should wonder, "What if I'm as un-self-aware as him?" That is a serious study of self-deception.

(Start at timestamp 23:55)

I dare you to go down the Neil Breen rabbit hole:

• Watching Neil Breen's Double Down
• Watching Neil Breen's Fateful Findings
• We Watched Every Neil Breen Film In One Day

So, you will commit to contemplate how you are like Neil Breen. I will commit to contemplate how I am like Neil Breen. And Neil Breen will to continue to be Neil Breen, holding the line for us all.

Neil Breen is a modern Atlas, nobly bearing the weight of the world's cringe on his shoulders — for us mortals.

Thank you, Sir.

More examples of conformity that I forgot to mention in my video:

• Black people wearing pants down their ass
• Black slang, use of nigger/nigga
• Ripped jeans with holes
• Wearing chains
• Girls wearing high heels — OMG! what conformity!
• Humor, jokes (ex: yo-mama jokes, etc)
• Reverence for classical music
• Musical instruments: piano, guitar, violin, etc.
• Vinyl records
• American refusal of the metric system
• Quoting famous people to sound authoritative or wise
• Folk medicine, Chinese medicine, Ayurveda: rhino horn, shark fins, tiger, pangolin
• Voodoo, Wicca, Church of Satan
• Rastafarians
• Pet ownership
• Profanity
• Gamer culture
• Pokemon
• Tattoos and piercings
• Hair styles, blue and pink hair
• Botox, lip fillers, eyelashes, make-up, plastic surgery
• Steroid use
• Biohackers
• Gym bro culture
• Sports cars: Ferrari, Lamborghini, Masarati
• Billionaires buying luxury yachts & private jets
• Ridiculing woo, ridiculing Deepak Chopra
• Atheist arguments, the flying spaghetti monster
• Racism, hatred
• Post-modernism
• Writing formats and standards in academia
• Complaining about lack of studies and proofs
• Peer review
• Rejecting work because it isn't academic or formal enough for you
• Humility (certain forms of it)
• Marriage
• Teens going to university just because they got no better plan
• Tourism
• Cruise ships
• Protests, riots, revolutions, social movements
• Comic book super heroes
• Lootboxes and microtransactions in games
• Conspiracy theories
• Profit maximization
• Hippies, Stoners, hipsters
• Burning Man, burns, festivals, raves
• Cigarettes, chewing tobacco
• Crystals, Orgonite
• Dreamcatchers
• Singing bowls, sound therapy
• Aroma therapy
• Ayahuasca retreats, sweatlodges
• Native America reservations & their casinos
• Taylor Swifties
• LGBTQIA+
• Trad wives
• Superbowl ads
• Award shows: Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, red carpets
• Medals & awards
• Ivy League universities
• Fraternities & sororities
• The British and their fucking tea
• The French and their cheeses
• Tea ceremonies
• Energy drinks, Red Bull, 5hr energy shots
• TRT (testosterone replacement)
• Table settings
• Chopsticks and soy sauce
• Uniforms
• Gimmicky fitness equipment: BowFlex, ThighMaster, etc.
• Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Quinceanera
• Gender reveal parties
• Pinata
• Drinking champagne for celebrations
• New Year's Eve celebrations, fireworks
• Star Wars fandom
• Hype for new game releases, like the hype for Cyberpunk 2077 or GTA 6
• Pogs
• Certain popular toys: Furbies, Beanie Babies, Tamagachi
• Fanboys
• Luxury brands
• Eating Tide-pods
• Cinnamon challenge
• Ice bucket challenge
• Chess (every pro & grandmaster should be playing Fischer Random. The only reason they don't is because they are conformist cowards)
• Myths, mythology, citing Greek/Roman mythology
• Shakespeare and much of classic literature
• Popular boys and girls names
• Certain styles of YouTube comments. Ex: "Wake up babe...", "First!", "But Leo!", "Last time I was this early...", etc
• NLP
• People changing their names to Hindu-sounding spiritual names
• Japanese slurping their noodles

If you think of more good examples, share on the Forum and I will add them here.

Somehow I fell down the rabbit hole of researching alternative Lego brands and decided to test them out for quality. I built this ship:

Here's what my research revealed:

There are Chinese brands of Lego-like bricks which are almost the same quality as Lego but 30% the price. Lego is very overpriced these days. You can buy some amazing sets from these Chinese brands and they ship directly to your door for free and you pay zero sales tax!

Two of the best brands I tested are called Reobrix and Mould King. Both are high quality. I would say they are 90-95% of Lego's quality. They come in nice boxes with good instructions. They also offer some great and unique sets that are different than what you can get from official Lego.

You can purchase directly from their websites:

• Reobrix
• Mould King

I can confirm that both sites are legit and work well. Shipping time to USA takes about 2 weeks. They also ship to Europe.

If you have kids, these make for awesome gifts at very reasonable prices. Your kids will LOVE these. If you were buying sets like this from Lego it would cost you 2x to 3x more. And Lego doesn't even have most of these sets. For example, Lego does not make any military or weapon sets.

Here are some examples of the unique and affordable sets they sell:

• T6 Shuttle
• U-Type Submarine
• CH-53 Helicopter
• MCX Assault Rifle
• Radial Aviation Engine
• TIE Fighter
• Mining Excavator
• RC Jeep Wrangler
• Steam Locomotive

The bricks are identical in size to Lego bricks, so they are interchangeable with official Lego bricks, although their fit is not as good as Lego bricks. They can be a bit too tight, but it's good enough for most purposes. The color shades can also be a bit different from official Lego bricks.

This is not a sponsorship, not an ad, no affiliate links. I don't make money from this. Just sharing by research in time for the holidays.

You can also find these sets sold on Ebay, if you want faster shipping. Ebay also sells some of the discontinued or out of stock sets.

How's life in Iraq these days?:

Development tip: If you're going to travel, don't travel to Western democratic cities, travel to obscure unglamorous places. That's what will really grow you. Cultivate a taste for obscure travel. Notice how conformist most travelers are.

Of course, don't take undue risk.