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Everything posted by Leo Gura
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	That's the point!
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	So I've decided to give this tour a shot. The details are still yet to be determined but tentatively I'm hoping to visit about 10 cities in the next year around the US. This tour would happen in 3 phases: Phase #1: Los Angeles, San Fran, Seattle Phase #2: Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago, NY Phase #3: Austin, Atlanta, Miami Perhaps not in exactly that order, but something akin to that. We will adjust cities based on demand. But Phase #1 seems fairly certain to happen in that order. It would work as follows: I would fly into the city on Friday Around 6-7pm on Friday we would meet in a hotel conference room where I would give a talk on some new topic followed by some group exercises and Q&A. This would all last about 2-3 hrs long in total, with about 10-30 people attending (depending on demand). This would perhaps be followed by a dinner at a local eatery, depending on crowd size. Probably limited to 10 people max as it gets unwieldy with a party over 10. Cost: estimated around $30/person Cost of attending dinner: some amount just to keep the group to 10 max + you pay for your dinner I would visit at least 1 city per month, maybe as much as 1 city every 2 weeks. The schedule would vary to avoid conflict with holidays but the meetings would be held on Friday evenings. Locations outside USA are too cost and time prohibitive right now. Europe might be possible if and when Phase #3 is successfully completed, but that's too early to talk about yet. I'm doing this in phases because I have no idea yet how many people would show up in which cities. If fewer than 10, it's not really worth doing due to the expenses of travel, hotel, meeting room, car, and time. 10-30 would be ideal for now. More than 30 requires larger, more expensive meeting rooms but I doubt we'll have this problem at this stage. If there is interest I might also design a one-day mini-workshop which I would teach on the following day: Saturday. With the idea being that if you like the Friday talk and you want to do a more in-depth training the following day, that might cost $100-$200 for let's say a 4-hour training. This extra mini-workshop day would help cover my costs of travel and it would be a good learning experience for you. But for the mini-workshop to be practical there would have to be at least 5 people paying. Otherwise it's not worth the hassle. The trick in planning this out is that I have no idea how many people would be interested in this in each of the above cities, let alone show up. The only way to find out is to actually schedule the dates and do it. So I will probably be making concrete plans shortly for Los Angeles, San Fran, & Seattle. After those 3 are complete we could assess how things went, make improvements, and schedule new cities. Or, if not enough people show up, then Phase #1 will be the end of this experiment. Let me know what ya'll think. This would probably only work if those who want to attend can convince 1 or 2 friends to come as well. One of the biggest benefits of these meet ups would be the ability to network and make friends with self-actualizers in your city. So you don't just get to meet me, but you get to make some new local friends who are into this work who you can hang out with for years to come. I'm excited to do some talking and socializing in the non-digital realm
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	Starting bid is $150. It's not an expensive piece.
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	You don't drive a scooter on the road or near the road. I drive it around park areas and neighborhoods where there are very few cars and cars move slowly.
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	Don't ever say Trump and truth in the same sentence.
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	They don't need to be told. They just live in their ego-obsessed little worlds.
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				Leo Gura replied to StyxNStone's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
It's not just that. It's about labor costs. Film shooting is done in places where labor is cheap and there are no unions. - 
	Technically that's post-rational religion. But even post-rational religion will turn into an obstacle. Religion is problematic regardless of how you spin it.
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	They would pull someone out of Harvard and into a top secret comparmentalized program. Like Bob Lazar. Of course it makes no sense to just announce such technology to every shmuck at Harvard. They would hand-select only the people they needed for the job.
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	One requires being a philosopher, the other does not.
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	Hell no. Dems need an economic populism agenda. The whole Dem agenda should be about fixing income inequality, ending corporate domination, busting monopolies, and ending corporate lobbying. But Dems should not raise taxes on the bottom 80%.
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				Leo Gura replied to StyxNStone's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
If Trump actually cared about re-shoring filmmaking he would give tax breaks for US film production. Many nations do this. Not that he has this power. - 
	Proves that he is a philosophical pervert. All his verbal ejaculations are just a clever distraction from realizing God. This is why I hate academic philosophers.
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	My scooter has an app that lets you lock it. So scooter will only work for someone with the app. And you just buy a bike chain. Easy. But this scooter is obviously not for shopping unless it's enough to fit in a backpack. Don't confuse a scooter with a moped. Moped is a road vehicle. Scooter is not. It's for fun.
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	That's be a Vespa moped. If you want this just for game you can just get non-motorized scooters.
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	It's very easy to lose balance and spill. With two people spill is guaranteed. They are so cheap that you could. Or just take turns.
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	Scooter cannot hold two. That would be very dangerous. Perhaps you could use it as a good excuse to invite her over for scootering. Scooter and chill
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	Game??
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	The holographic nature of Infinity
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	@Vibes Their project seems suss. This is the best UFO footage I've seen:
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	I still think gold will go higher long-term, like over the next few years. But in the short-term it will probably stall and move side-ways. Right now the market situation with Trump's potential for chaos and chances of a recession is not good for long-term equity investing. Investing long-term in equities now would be too risky. Markets will probably hit new lows within the next few months. So be very careful about equities. I don't think we've bottomed out yet. I am actually going to use the next few months to run a few experiments with short-term trading to exploit this market chaos and side-ways movement. But this is not something I recommend you guys do. I am doing this for my own education and amusement. Markets are going to be very volatile and chaotic over the next 6 months at least. Lots of dramatic ups and downs. This is bad for long-term investors and good for day traders. I think Bitcoin is a good investment if it dips 10%+. Nice
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	These TV physicists are so foolish and epistemically clueless.
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	One with everything would need to include one with everything inside itself. The self-reference problem.
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	I saw that wheel in-person in Vegas at a show called Zakana. One of the performers almost slipped and fell.
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	Populism is definitely a problem.
 
