Leo Gura

There is of course much overlap between book and videos. The book is a formalization of my work and all the videos, aimed at a complete explanation of Reality. There will be new arguments, but also many old ones. The book is for people who have never found my channel. It also goes into very heavy epistemology and ontology. Price of book? No idea yet. It depends on whether I strike a deal with a publisher. If I go with publisher the book will be cheaper so it can sell more. If no publisher than more expensive because few copies will be sold. It is a serious book so I expect a more serious price of $30-40. A publisher will make it more like $20. It will probably be two volumes sold separately. I have also entertained making it extra pricey to weed out the unserious people. This is supposed to be a life-changing book so the price is really irrelevant. If I charge $1000 for it, it would still be worth every dollar. But it won't be anything that pricey.

@Ero I don't doubt what you are saying. But what you are saying is not acceptable in today's science/academic system. My point is simply that science needs to be more open to that kind of method.

The book writing is a bit more formal, not as casual. But not too formal or fancy. Similar to blog but better. It definitely feels like me. It has the Leo vibes. It is not as dry as say, Ralston's books. It will feel like I wrote it, not some generic AI.

This is like a chicken getting into the oven for the wolves. Haha

I don't know. It's impossible to count. I have been writing for myself and on the blog for a long time. But as far as pure book-writing experience, well, not much since I haven't written any books before. So it depends on what you want to count things. I don't really care about writing as a craft. I care about insights and ideas. Writing is just a way to deliver insights. I write in a direct and clear style without a bunch of fanciness. The challenge of the book is not in the writing, it's in the logical organization of all the insights. That was the real work, not the typing of the words. The words are not what matter. What matters is the order in which they deliver the insights so that everything makes holistic sense. On this front I reached mastery long ago thanks to making my videos. I am not trying to master the writing, I am trying to master the layout of the insights.

Hipsters who still buy vinyl records.

It is very readable. Of course that time does not include all the editing I will do later. But I write in such a clear style that you can read the rough draft and it all makes perfect sense. Can it be polished up more? Of course! That will involve a lot more time. Also, I don't write fluff. If it was written, it is important for the whole. I only make important points. If I was allowed to write fluff it would need to a million words long. 1000 pages is 1000 very dense, very condensed pages of content with zero fluff and even stuff left unsaid due to lack of space. Even in 1000 pages I won't be able to say everything I want to say. It's just not enough space for so much insight. You cannot turn all my videos into 1000 pages. It would not fit.

Certainly. That's easy. I got you guys for that. I'll send out drafts to a few folks on the forum who are trustworthy. I can also use local AI to proof-read it and even ask for improvements. I plan on doing that only once it's done.

Mike Tyson, casting pearls

That's a narrow way of looking at it. Religion was a great innovation in its day. It wasn't just a parasite, it offered unique things that didn't exist previous and had a variety of beneficial impacts on humanity. Of course, it causes harm too. Today it is largely outdated, but again, only for those of us in highly developed parts of the world. Most people in the world today are still not developed enough to outgrow religion. If people were developed enough to outgrow it, religion would barely exist.

@Jirh I wouldn't call them placeholders, they are natural stages of development.

I do speak for a living. That's why I'm wary of it.

Exactly.

You are acting like it is arbitrary, but it's not arbitrary. Laws are spiritual because humans are spiritual. You can have secular laws, but humans are spiritual and demand spiritual things. If you give them secular laws they will not be satisfied and ask for your head on a platter because you ignored their spiritual needs.

Religion serves a self-help function, because it teaches mankind the right and wrong ways to live. That's why people like religion. It can help you live properly. It's not just beliefs. Religion helps stage Red people find proper ways to live that are not so self-destructive.