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Attention is a trainable behavioural resource - so algorithmic short form media isn't just this innocent entertainment source - the environment is deliberately curated to provide you with novelty & emotional salience. It ends up a its own personalised reward stream. Meta deliberately removed natural stopping points and created an almost frictionless environment to leverage continued engagement - good or bad. For anyone curious you should look into the recent lawsuits from late 2026 + internal research Meta performed themselves. It is becoming harder and harder for them to pretend they were ignorant to potential harm. The lawsuits do not mean they are admitting liability or are guilty. Meta has argued they performed research to identify and mitigate problems (compulsive use and harm) from features such as infinite scroll, autoplay and notifications. They reject the interpretation from the recent 2026 litigation (still contested I believe) they knew about the harm that could be caused. I removed the apps from my phone - I occasionally browse on a terminal. It was one of the best things I did for wellbeing, happiness and attention.
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There are a lot of good use cases for short form content. The best one is event recaps and travel reels. If you do activities with your friends or community often times people take pictures but if a picture tells a 1000 words then I'd say a video is worth 100 pictures. You can capture organic fun moments and relive them years laters. You can also use Instagram to keep in touch with people you would've lost touch with a long time ago. Having someone on IG is way more powerful than having their number on your phone. Doom scrolling is a pretty big waste of time and it does take advantage of people's psychology. I don't really do it myself, when I watch reels I save them in my Obsidian for content ideas or events I can host myself. If I look at hot girls it gives me motivation to level up to get them. Sometimes I get in a funk and it makes me more depressed and self-pitying but I can usually snap myself out of it pretty quickly.
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Deepak sadhwani replied to Deepak sadhwani's topic in Life Purpose, Career, Entrepreneurship, Finance
@yetineti yeah, I agree that ultimately I have to hold myself accountable. I can't really outsource that to someone else. I just see the relationship as something additional. @LordFall and I are already taking responsibility for our own goals, but talking regularly has given us a chance to learn from each other, get inspired, challenge each other and make the whole thing feel less lonely. I also think your point about being influenced by other people's energy is actually important. I guess that's why who you surround yourself with matters so much. The right people can pull you forward rather than away from your goals. -
Is this process fully GPDR compliant? Is it truly wiping data or just hiding from the site but still exists in the database? Also maybe make a sticky topic on account deletion request process.
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This!
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James123 replied to Mellowmarsh's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Why do you even need to silence the thoughts? Suffering starts from needing. Why should I be angry man? I feel like talking to you is same as talking to woman who is in period. -
Spiritual Autolysis Journal Entry #94 ~ Sun Aug 20 '26 ~ 10:48 AM This is a rant. Sometimes, my Autolysis journals will look like this. My mind is starting to contemplate things that it may not be ready for. Strap yourself in because this ride is going to get bumpy. here i will be contemplating the ultimate Truth, what is death? Death is the ultimate Truth in the sense that there is nothing more final than death. It canot have any other meaning. To understand the Truth about death means that you understand the entire Universe. We are talking about the Absolute realm right here. And the Absolute realm is right here, right here in front of me. But the problem is right now I am not conscious of it. I feel like I'm on a high right now. But tomorrow is going to come and all of a sudden I am going to be roped right back down into social games. But I do know what I want out of life. And it ain't so easy to distinguish right from wrong. Maybe I should eat two cans of sardines every night... I'm getting away from the topic at hand. Life is a mystery in the sense that we're not supposed to find out all of its deepest darkest secrets. This finite being is not supposed to become Enlightened. He is here for a different reason, to survive. I now have such a great foundation of what Truth work really is and why it is important. If I didn't care about Truth, then I wouldn't know what to do with my life, I wouldn't have a direction. I do want to have children one day, maybe when I'm 35 years old. I am here on this desolate planet with no one to turn to and no where to go. Where would you go anyways when you die. Theres nothing else but right here. You are here and you are shackled, attached to this body and mind, trying desperately to hold on to something for stability when there ain't any (or theres infinite stability depensing on which way you look at it.) Burn the ego to the ground, thats what my mind keeps saying, but I want to love the ego wth all my heart, just like I love Izzy. If you love someone truly, then you will be able to let them go. You will always have to let them go in the end anyways. But enjoy your time with them, theres nothing wrong with that. Even if you get married, that doesn't mean that you own the person. I am afraid that I won't end up with her. If you don't end up with her, then she simply wasn't right for you. The Universe does not make mistakes. This whole thing is so much bigger than you.
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Humans waited for thousands of years for something that they can share with the whole world but some of them deleted the app.
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Natasha Tori Maru replied to Joshe's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Can't AI just do the dishes, fold the laundry and do the crap I don't want to, instead of do that crap I do want to do? I don't want AI to do the shit I often enjoy or find interesting. 😈 -
Ahhhh I see! Yeah don't personally think I have the experience to help you much with that one! So I shall bow out! BUT from how you've worked through this so far though?! I do generally get the vibe that you're going to figure this out, have a lived experience of what you want, and it's going to take you where you need to be. Learning from the trial erroring is truly the best 🤝
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Yes short form content does a lot of harm to society. It's imperative we reduce the consumption of short form content as much as possible. It fries our attention spans and thinking skills. Cal Newport talks a lot about this too on his YouTube channel. Reading is a good antidote and is even more important, radical, and therapeutic because of this.
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I think all anyone who is struggling needs is encouragement, empowerment, and a reconnection to our innate love of learning, passion for life, optimism, and self confidence that we are born with and that society sometimes beats out of us. This is what Leo has helped me with and what I would like to help others with.
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Puer Aeternus replied to AerisVahnEphelia's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Nice try, very convenient escape attempt for a more vulnerable question but not going to work Some intriguing character typed this up whether this is some dream character or not. I am curious about your dialogue if you would care to indulge! -
im skimming through leo's older blog posts from years ago and so many videos are unavailable i really wanted to learn about things like the geopolitics of oil and docs he shared on different countries
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Habits & Disciplines Journey Entry #215 ~ Sun Sep 6 '26 I hate cooking. Like I really don't like it. However, I want to be healthy. How am I going to be healthy without cooking. I want to start having cereal in the morning. 7 wishes with whole, organic, pasture raised milk. Then i want some lentils with rice. What about the meat? Can I just have that when I get home from work? Will that be enough protein? Maybe... depends, I've been trying to eat 150 g , but is that too much? Do I really need that much protein? So no more protein shake? Correct, no more protein shake. 7 wishes: 16 g protein, lentils: 20 g protein, Rice 10 g protein, sardines 18g protein Sometimes I feel like I am blindly trusting what I hear from books about a subject. The bottom line is that I have not liked the progress that I've gotten in the gym based on the routines that I am engaging in right now, so I am now on a quest to figure out a better path. I've gained some muscle, theres no doubt about it and I now have a workout regimen that I am following on a weekly basis, these are all necessary things to sort out in life.. Daily goals: Shower: 48 Groom hair: 48 Brush teeth: 48 Floss: 7 Take medication: 48 Drink protein shake: 0 Make bed: 31 Kriya yoga: 0 No porn: 0 No ejaculation: 6 Eat 150 g of protein: 0 Brush teeth before bed: 1 Wash face before bed: 1 Weekly goals: Workout 3x: 4 ( ☑️☑️☑️) Give yourself a haircut: 0 Do laundry: 6 Clean room: 6 Clean car: 5 Things to do: FIX PHONE - I called and I ordered a new sim card for new phone - will come in the mail in 3-5 business days - it just came in Get new card at L Bank Set up high yield savings account Pay tolls - idk how to pay it Get new light bulbs - ACE hardware on Saturday of next week Wash sandals - Call about hospital bill
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If you feel like you have value to offer then sure. We get acclimated to our own success and take it for granted but oftentimes we've figured out stuff that other people are still struggling with. Also there are different ways to offer value. You can create an accountability group for example that helps people reach their goals without any need to have any sort of expertise yourself besides offering others the value of your consistency. What type of skills do you have that can help others? Or perhaps another way to word it is what problems do you think others have that you can solve? I run 6 creative communities, 2 business chats and 2 investment communities at the moment. I also hosted a mastermind and a book club previously. Those formats didn't work particularly well so I retired them but the other ones are performing quite well to the point that I'm working on scaling them to other countries as a goal for next year. @LifeEnjoyer you wouldn't word it like that but you can message people that you know that are skilled at something that you admire or even people that you don't know. You can say something like "Hey man I really like how you're doing X or this Y piece of content that you posted the other day. I'm also into X, what're your thoughts on Z?" Most people like talking about their interests so it's easier than you think to get their thoughts on it. To develop a deep 1 on 1 mentorship relationship with someone you usually have to pay them a retainer but not always.
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the “goat-sucker”? oh no… i’m a goat!
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@TheBG i have DM’d you! thank you for your curiosity on this matter.
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That's cool. What part of self-acceptance resonates most with you? Not sure what you mean by use of the mind, do you mean like shadow work?
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In a district in germany a far right party has probably won and will govern that district which is historic as it didnt happen since 1945 I think. Fuck me. In the podcast that covered it the women had such a put on or maybe put on sad/ suffering voice.
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Building community is one thing and much harder than helping one or two younger people who are obviously struggling. Is this a good idea?
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Well it's weird because our society says it's weird. The Catholics have a tradition of asking someone to be your confirmation godfather at around age 13. Usually an older member of the community who you know and trust. But confirmation godparents rarely ever do anything of value in my experience. Probably because they aren't developed themselves. But also because it's not normal for people to mentor others. And because it is weird, I am suggesting that we should try and be mentors to younger people around us who are obviously struggling. And I'm wondering if you guys think this is a good idea.
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@Yimpa Any recommendations?
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Did they have a chupacabra?
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