Leo Gura

It is bad relative to thinking independently. However, thinking independently is very hard and you don't have time to think through everything from scratch for yourself. So group-think is a way of dealing with the insane vastness of mindspace. It has its pros ans cons. You could think yourself into something even worse than the normie worldview if you aren't careful. Group-think is like living in a herd. It is generally safe, but the herd will sometimes all run off a cliff together.

Because it is part of Hindu culture, tradition, and group-think. The exaggeration is baked into the culture and he is repeating things he's heard since he was a child. You don't need to be a liar to spread fantasy and belief.

I'm making this thread to collect every important video or source of information I find about understanding Israel's deceptive behavior. I've found dozens upon dozens of important videos, too many to fit on the blog. So I'm going to keep adding them here. Feel free to add your own. This is not a thread about debating the Israel-Gaza war. I want to build up a playlist of quality videos for people who want a deep understanding of Israel's deceptive behavior -- the underbelly, if you will. This playlist does not focus on understanding Hamas or Arab terrorism or the latest news about the Gaza conflict (since we already have a thread for that). Warning, this list will be pretty negative as it focuses on uncovering deception, propaganda, bias, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and deconstructing illusions. I see a lot of deception and bias about Israel in mainstream western media which I want to dispel. That's what this playlist is about. This is part of my study of self-deception and self-bias. Sorry if this doesn't seem fair, but this is what I needed to study to unravel the deceptions. This is part of my own sense-making journey. Feel free to discuss any of the videos or share your own. Be mindful not to share low quality, hateful, or misleading/untruthful material. The point here is not be deliberately negative but to gain a deeper understanding of the Israel situation. I will delete any low quality material posted here.

The YouTube recommendations algorithm keeps getting worse and worse, suggesting shallow crap. We need to crowd-source this problem. Let's begin keeping a list of the best, unknown YouTube channels. I'm always looking for high-quality channels related to philosophy, psychology, political science, sociology, history, documentaries, geography, travel, etc. I'm looking for serious channels with mature people who talk about mature subjects. Not drama, not culture wars, not clickbait, not entertainment. Channels with interesting, high-quality content. Channels that are educational and add to our understanding of the world. These channels usually have fewer subscribers, less popular. If you know of such channels, if you find new channels of this kind, please share them here. When you share the link, please write a few words about what the channel is about and why it's worth watching. I will share the best of these suggestions on my blog as well. Thank you. Examples of the kind of channels I'm talking about: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDissenterRL/videos https://www.youtube.com/@WHATISPOLITICS69/videos https://www.youtube.com/@SoftWhiteUnderbelly/videos https://www.youtube.com/@thestoa/videos https://www.youtube.com/@IntegralNaked/videos https://www.youtube.com/@LetsTalkReligion/videos

I don't know how to answer that. I don't think in terms of those categories and your framing of the issue is quite vague. "Solving a problem" could mean so many things.

I will investigate this matter. Please be patient.

You live!

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So quiet that we don't even know whose turn it is and which side we are playing.

Truth is not wishy-washy at all. It's exactly the ugliness you live.

When you understand that half the US Senate has their life savings invested in corporations that rely on Taiwan, you will understand why the US will never let Taiwan go.

No it can't. The business investments are too high. A huge chunk of the S&P500 valuation lives in Taiwan.

That post isn't about that.

If you live in a cardboard box no earthquake can hurt you

Normally that would be correct. But I have been genuinely shocked at how badly the whole conformity topic has been handled on this forum. Apparently 4 hrs of explanation was not enough.

Yes. And people are also not the same people.

SD is amazingly accurate for Tier 1 stages. With Tier 2 its accuracy nosedives. I basically only use it for Tier 1. Beyond that I drop it.

Avocados are highly overrated fruit.

Christians demonizing demons is conformity.

It takes intelligence to understand what is conformity and what isn't. You guys want to make it into some mechanical thing. When I cite examples of conformity, they are deeply and carefully thought out. They are profound. You guys cite example likes throwing spaghetti at the wall, trivializing a profound topic.

Well, investigate for yourself and find out.

This is a conformist shoe: https://www.trailspace.com/gear/vibram/fivefingers-classic/

Lol. I was just looking at this shoe in the store today.

Once you do enough consciousness work all the themese of human literature becomes childish nonsense.