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Make sure you get enough sleep and your diet includes enough magnesium, B12, zinc, and choline (great to see someone else mention it) ... the number one problem of a vegan diet is choline deficiency. Taking up eating hard boiled eggs would make a massive difference to most vegans (certified humane of course)... I use an egg slicer to make them into egg salads. Sometimes feelings of irritation, annoyance, and discomfort are simply programmed into the brain. I try not to let these feelings control me, but simply observe them mindfully as I control my thoughts and gradually, over time, reprogram my responses to simuli. It is working... though maybe you are just getting older.

Now is the time to start to embrace smart nuclear technology and actually get some funding for it by governments. Wind and Solar are great, but you still need a backup source for when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining. We are overdue for this with the computing power and engineering abilities at our disposal. This outdated notion we are going to have another Chernobyl needs to be put aside. https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-fast-facts-about-spent-nuclear-fuel

Perfectionism breeds a control freak style micromanagement mentality that conflicts with what personal development is truly about... peace of mind and radical acceptance of the present moment. It's okay to strive for things for yourself as part of your growth process to climb Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, as long as you don't equate that with thinking everyone else should have to or forced to be like you, like vegans tend to do when they turn their diet into a religion. My father is guilty of this with his obsession over diet and order in general. He finds some new truth he then latches onto and thinks is right and then wants to spread it around to everyone else. I mean, I get it, but after a point you have to let people find their own truth. Plus, how does he even know his truth is the right one? I'm constantly self checking my own BS but that's a hard skill to learn. Nevermind there's no reason whatsoever to wash your hands when touching something someone else touched. I would call this obsessive compulsive disorder. You should unlearn these habits by being a slob on purpose and find a balance for yourself. Healthy personal development "it's okay if it happens, it's okay if it doesn't."

see leo's video on addictions.

There's a certain wisdom to this... right now we have lots of genetically inferior members of the general population you might dub "useless eaters" that end up being a parasitic burden to the system. It can be argued it's compassionate to try to "save everyone" but the fact is the laws of nature and evolution itself are savage and don't include these human inspired values. That said, nazi ideology didn't arise from any ideology of racial superiority, it mostly arose as a result of how Germany was treated after world war one. Hitler didn't originate his ideology, he picked it up in his environment during his younger years. https://www.supersummary.com/mein-kampf/summary/ There have been plenty of genocides throughout history though. Understand the nazi mind and you can understand human nature in general better. People tend to be followers and go along with strong leadership, regardless of the leadership's policies. Autocratic regimes use fear as a tool to control the populace and strictly control the information and propaganda to groom the youth into accepting the new regime and purging any elder dissidents who "remember how things used to be." Read Hitler's book Mein Kampf, then read the book 1984. Understand the autocratic mindset. In the end it's about control for the sake of control. Maintaining repressive regimes requires it. It's why they are inherently low consciousness. Hitler's Nazi Germany was just another variation on a general theme... use of propaganda as a tool to manipulate and mold history to the way the regime wants people to perceive it. People like to call autocratic regimes "far right" but the truth is these terms "right" and "left" really have little meaning in historical context. Both extremes are capable of autocratic belief systems. All it takes is a big enough victim complex and a desire for revenge along with charismatic leadership. Those elements combined with enough supporters of your ideology, brute force, and some luck, is all it takes.

Personal development 101. Many of the normies around me lead happy lives just through being raised with a positive attitude. If you have that, it's all you really need. With that anything can be achieved. Mindset is everything. Too many stage greens are stuck in this "world is evil, capitalists are awful, so many injustices" victim mindset that sabotages their true potential. Nature is amoral. Evolution is amoral. True power comes from embracing the hardship and pushing forward in spite of it. Even if the world, life, evolution, are objectively not "fair" (which they clearly aren't) it doesn't do any good to dwell on it and get into a negative thought/emotion loop over it.

Generally healthy, as long as one can maintain a caloric deficit or neutral state without gaining weight eating the said food. Oats are fine, oatmeal cookies could make you fat. Legumes are great, but too many burritos could pack on the pounds. Dr Greger has a "divide by 5" rule in which the carb you consume should be at least 20% dietary fiber as a percentage of total carbohydrates. Generally a good rule to follow. Oats have the highest glycemic index of the aforementioned items. Good for mixing milled flaxseed, frozen blueberries, ceylon cinnamon, potassium salt, and protein powder into for a nice, healthy breakfast especially after lifting. Throw in 7.5 grams of glycine and 1-2 grams of Taurine as well.

There are some arguments that sexual relations with cousins or nieces/nephews doesn't really do that much genetic damage especially with good existing genetic stock, but still I'd say it's not the best idea. A lot of this stuff goes on behind closed doors where both parties keep it a secret, and no pregnancy results. Cultural mores can pressure people to act a certain way but all human "values" are merely "suggestions" (should statements) unless backed up by the force of law or punishment. If neither party is hurt by the transaction and both enjoy the transaction, and nobody finds out, then no harm done. There's a lot of cultural stigmatizing when it comes to sex still compared to our actual genetic drives and nature. If it's with a "brother in law" or "sister in law" in which there is no blood relation, technically there is no issue unless people make it one. Spending that much time with someone of close age of the opposite gender with no blood relation... people are naturally going to want to fuck, and at younger ages than society typically deems acceptable. Just saying.

All sides have their emotional and cultural biases and try to get people assimilated into a belief system. I wonder if AI could help free us from our own nature if it was allowed to evolve without bias, or if it would simply inherit the bias of it's userbase?

Good luck with your diet! I would say that mindset, perspective, and attitude are more important than any diet. You can have the most perfect diet but if you are filled with anger, resentment, fear, anxiety, or other negative emotions, the positive effects of that diet are going to be limited. For me, self discipline enhances my overall positive mindset so there's a bit of a synergistic effect here compared to if I didn't lift weights and eat well.

Crying because you don't have a submissive doormat who does what you say without question won't help you grow as a person. That's what some men in the manosphere do. Generally if a man has grown enough as a person, he'll find a good woman just through the course of living his life, without all the drama and should statements about how a man or a woman is "supposed" to act. "Feminine" women can be just as unbearable. Plenty of men are obnoxious all over the spectrum of masculinity. It's really hard to make broad generalizations about personality and apply them across an entire gender. I admit, I used to do this, but I grew. It's all about being comfortable with oneself, and finding happiness in oneself and not seeking it in another through a co-dependent relationship. This comes along with the whole personal development mantra. Many "normies" have this part nailed down far more than the autistic depressants who fancy themselves so "advanced" that tend to populate forums like these (and I include myself in that description. ) reddit, or the "manosphere" as it's called. How masculine or feminine should a person be? They should try to balance it as best they can.

I have hangups with both political parties. Sometimes it's hard to choose, but leftists in their current state remind me more of a religious cult, which is one reason I tend to shy away from them. They have these socialist utopian ideals that human beings as a species are not going to be ready for any time soon. You go too soft in crime, and crime goes way up. You give people too many handouts, they just want more of them. This whole coddling of society just doesn't, and won't ever work. That's not how evolution designed us to operate. That, and I tend to like to vote for the underdog, just to keep a sense of gridlock in place. Human nature dictates you won't want any herd of people to have too much power. The more checks and balances to keep power distributed, the better. That said, the super rich will always pull society's strings whether you are in a capitalist society, communist, or whatever. Those at the top like power, they like control. In the end, vote for what you think will be best for the long term growth of the nation, world, and species. I tend to think that's progressives, but they have a few pet issues they fail spectacularly at, so much so it's hard to support them. In the end I default to supporting "democracy" or rule by voting, over autocracy, rule by dictators. Beyond that, specific issues aren't as important. You will never please everybody. I am NOT worried about Trump being a dictator or making himself president for life. As a Trump voter I myself would oppose that and do whatever I could to stop it. The system of checks and balances is important and there for a reason. People have swallowed the mainstream media narratives, which is why they believe this stuff. All media, including social media content creators on all "sides" , are sensationalist peddlers looking to extract you of your attention, clicks, and dollars and try to assimilate you into their frame, their narratives, their mindset, their echo chamber. Remember that and increase your peace of mind, and free your mind.

Somewhere between the extremes of eating all carnivore and no meat at all there's a happy medium that I prefer to follow. Eliminating all baked or deep fried anything would be the single best thing a person could do to improve their diet. Deep fried and baked items compose probably 95% of the dietary problem areas in people's diets, encompassing all the "junk carbs" like potato chips that are carbs and fat mixed that are addictive and promote weight gain and the development of metabolic syndrome. A ribeye steak or a fresh salmon isn't the problem area of one's diet. Eggs are a good source of choline which is an important methyl donor and for liver health. I get the "certified humane" only personally, to keep to my compassionate side. What I'm going to make after I finish editing this post: Egg salad with 3 hard boiled eggs, one can of salt free peas, TBSP of italian seasoning, large spoon of cream of mushroom soup, medium spoon of light mayonaisse, squart of yellow mustard, large spoonful of pickle relish, potassium salt, and some liquid sucralose. Throw in my 10 grams of daily glycine into this salad also. Mix well.

Peace of mind starts with mindset, thoughts, and perspective. The master key system really had it right 100 years go. It's your mindset, and not your environment or external stimuli, that ultimately creates your internal mental state, though obviously some people are going to have conditions in this matrix which make them more easy for them to be happy. Your being depressed about losing your singing voice is a resistance to the present moment. You want reality to be different than what it actually is. That's a form of madness, according to most of the spiritual self help gurus going back thousands of years. You can either deal with your inner demons and thought stories or allow them to perpetuate your suffering. Nobody can make that choice for you. I will say, make sure you don't have any acid reflux or LPR. Signs that you might include a coated tongue and post nasal drip. If this is the case, you might want to take PPIs to let your throat heal. I'll also point out, all the best singers tend to lose parts of their vocal range as they age. That's life. The lead singer of Def Leppard would be an extreme example... he has nowhere near the voice as when that band was in their prime, and lost it quite a long time ago. The drummer in this band played through most of this band's run with one arm, by the way. Now that's a great example of adapting to what is. You can kind of make that out at 1:36.

hydrogen peroxide, MMS, body alkalizing, etc. are all nonsense. As someone who used to dabble in this stuff, I can tell you the body regulates it's pH level through breathing. There's no scientific evidence to suggest vegetables "alkalize" the body or that lemon juice leaves an "alkaline ash" or anything like that. The body regulates oxidative reactions naturally through normal functions... it doesn't need artificial sources of oxidants consumed via water ozonation, MMS, sodium chlorite, chlorine dioxide, hydrogen peroxide, or any such substances. If anything, you want more antioxidants in the diet, or to eat a diet that doesn't promote excessive inflammation, which is basically the SAD of pizza, fried chicken, french fries, hot pockets, and donuts that fattens them up. Work on your inner demons. Cultivate that playful ventral vagal parasympathetic response, eat a common sense healthy meditarranean diet, and don't be super overweight. If you want to "oxygenate the body" go for a walk or a jog outside.

It's called tough love. A good parent knows how to balance being a parent versus providing love so as to not raise a spoiled and entitled child. The fact we incarnate as an animal species with a distinct set of genetic characteristics means that coddling such an animal is not going to work. It might seem nice to want to feed and house the entire planet, and have everyone in safe spaces and bubbles, but when you feed the animals or shelter them they become dependent on you and weak. In the end, I've stopped feeding animals besides birds for this reason. We evolved in scarcity. Evolution occurred because hardship pushes adaptation which pushes genetic changes. Life on this planet is savage if you really objectively analyze evolution. It has the same rules as any video game and applying too many cheat codes takes away from the purpose of the game. It does no good to be excessively soft on people. Sometimes it's good for people to be told harsh red pill truths about this matrix. It will help them find solutions to what's troubling them faster than telling them only what they want to hear. It's a balancing act. Someone above said that men who are angry are "hypermasculine" and that's not really true. Many are insecure inside or have personal demons they are projecting outwards. Men who are actually masculine are playful and generous of spirit while knowing how to set the rules and be firm when necessary. They project a vibe of being comfortable with themselves. Nobody with a perpetual chip on their shoulders can be said to be developed to an advanced degree.

I did try it. It works because it simply takes the most addictive foods out of the diet. Mostly it's calories in/calories out. It's possible to eat too much only meat and gain weight. I know because I've done it. Most people gain weight from addictive foods... donuts, crackers, hot pockets, french fries, pizza, etc. I rarely eat these foods. Paleo works because it eliminates the most addictive, caloric dense foods from the diet, and in the end it's more about calories in/out. For lifespan extension, eating carnivore is generally not the best idea. Something like the Novos diet is closest to optimal, though I disagree with his saying to give up bread, but I eat high fiber bread. In the end, use common sense. https://novoslabs.com/how-to-slow-down-aging/ https://novoslabs.com/what-is-the-best-diet-for-longevity/

Religion is just another way for a group of people to try to gain power over others. The vast majority of our species just want to be left alone, but are insecure and impressionable, looking for a group to "fit in" with... that's all it takes for those who are strong, or desire power, to gain a foothold. They can then create rules which the leadership gets to break, because that's human nature... a way to flaunt one's status and exercise one's evolutionary drives.. and yes the drive to procreate with girls right as they hit puberty is wired into our genetic makeup, while being culturally suppressed. We can all agree trafficking of individuals is wrong, as is slavery, murder, rape, etc... but from the laws of natural selection, these things are just par for the course. In most animal species these things are a regular occurrence. Do we force the Lion to stop killing the Gazelle and make it vegan? So what is morality? A human construct? Regardless, free your mind from what you think... question everything. Don't let yourself be put into a box, defined by society. The whole point of spiritual enlightenment is to see the silliness in the entire game, taking it all so seriously. Should we try to make the game more fair, compassionate, moral? I suppose we should. Just be careful with "righteous causes" and developing too big a "spiritual ego" in your pursuits of what you think is "right" and how you think society "should" be. That said, if you want behavior changes, you need to provide negative stimuli to what you perceive to be "bad behavior" to discourage future incidents which in the case of child traffickers, would be execution, in my opinion. Sound cruel? Those are the laws of nature. You want real change? Tough love.

The problem is not wheat, it's hot pockets, french fries, fried chicken, pizza, potato chips, crackers, donuts, twinkies, soda, ice cream, and other calorie dense, dopamine stimulating foods. Basically processed foods. They are calorie dense and cause people to pack on pounds when they go out drinking which is another source of calories. We have more pizza places in my town than any other business. Second place for some reason is always auto parts stores, followed by subways. Average foot long sub has 1200 calories. I can make 3 eggs on 4 pieces of bread with low carb jelly and it's around 450 calories for that meal. Calories in, calories out, day after day. 3500 calories equals one pound of fat.

Trap bar deadlifts, dumbbell bench presses, and pull ups (weighted) ... same form, same number of sets, very controlled lifting. Eventually I may integrate more stuff but I do all this at home and want to keep it simple or I will quit. What matters more is progressive overload (more reps or weights over time) logging what you do, and making it repeatable so you can track your progress. That, and focusing on basic compound movements rather than isolation exercises, and then of course your diet. Modest calorie surplus, ample protein intake, and anti-aging compounds to counteract the protein, namely glycine or collagen... 10 grams of glycine per day, or half a bag of aldi brand pork rinds. Time between sets does not matter by the way. You should rest as long as needed to allow nervous system recovery. Given I do this at home and meditate or stretch between sets, the most important thing is getting the required number of sets done. Best advice to young lifters... use proper form, don't push for glory and destroy your joints because you want to show off to gym bros. Your only competition is yourself. The essentric part of the rep is important. Jason is right. You don't need "muscle confusion" ... that just complicates things because now it's harder to log your progress to see if you are achieving progressive overload.

There's nothing really wrong with gluten unless you have actual celiac disease. In fact, whole wheat is an important source of Betaine, which is a component similar to Choline, which is found in egg yolks. If you were to be a gluten free vegan who didn't eat eggs or wheat (and also no quinoa which is a rich source) that's not really the best for the body, and could result in the buildup of visceral fat inside the body. Excessive carbohydrates tend to be unhealthy especially when combined with fats in the diet. Fats and carbs should be separated into their own meals to a degree, for no other reason than the combination is so addictive and makes people overeat. I wouldn't live off bananas or watermelons though. Too much fructose is bad for the liver. Similar to alcohol, only the liver can process fructose. It's all about moderation and common sense. I find the NOVOSLAB diet to be closest to optimal... just don't buy his supplements. Buy a big bag of glycine and some taurine and NAC off amazon for cheaper and use that for anti-aging. https://novoslabs.com/what-is-the-best-diet-for-longevity/ I still eat Aldi brand wheat bran flakes, for the Betaine. Mixed with Orgain protein powder, costco frozen blueberries, glycine, creatine, taurine, ceylon cinnamon, and liquid sucralose. Also Aldi brand 45 calorie high fiber bread (basically the sara lee 45 calorie equivalent for less than half the price) Also keep potassium salt on hand along with 50/50 salt to avoid excess sodium intake. Dr Greger pushes more plant based entirely, which is fine I guess, if that works for you. I like this clip in his recent video on coffee particularly his snarky rip on starbucks that all coffee snobs would tend to agree with.

Listening to any "thought stories" or "narratives" about how reality is and should be, for that matter, including the stuff I peddle. Thinking in general makes a person neurotic, as opposed to being. Getting distracted by all this "stuff" in society is part of the game, but must be done in moderation. Take everyone's perspective with a grain of salt. Find your own truth.

My condolences to Jordan Peterson. Cancer is simply genetic defects that crop up as a result of imperfections in DNA that come along with the evolutionary process. All animal species today are a result of genetic changes over hundreds of millions to billions of years. Preying to "God" is done because humans are wired to want to submit to an "alpha male" type figure that is benevolent and yet all powerful. Few humans are like that, so religion was created as a tool to attempt to control our nature and give someone a mystical figure and a set of commandments to live by to help us feel better and help civilization move forward... to tame the animal within us. I've heard it said that Christianity was the "woke movement" of the Roman era. Even "love" and "affection" are evolutionary adaptations that benefited the species who have them. Every single evolutionary adaptation including Autistic tendencies came about for a reason, because it benefited our species in some way. Nature is incredibly diverse, and that diversity creates a strong balance. As far as what this reality is? I don't believe this universe was created through random chance. All the scientific laws that govern everything are just too perfect. I believe this entire universe was an intelligent construction of some sort. Beyond that, I'm limited by my culture, environment, and perspective of my current situation. There's no possible way to know what this ultimate reality actually is, and there's a good chance the people who do know keep that information compartmentalized and need to know as a tool of control. If we are souls incarnating over and over like Michael Newton would suggest, the point seems to be because oneness is boring, and this reality is more akin to a video game, with just enough hardship and demanding rules to keep us engaged and playing the game. It would make sense that the entire universe is consciousness, split off into basically infinite pieces. Is our observable universe even the edge of it? It would make more sense if the universe was basically infinite. Even then, did it ever have a beginning? Why would it even exist? Who created energy, atoms, subatomic particles, and how did all these laws come about? When did awareness first become self aware? 174 trillion years ago? All fun questions to ponder.

I'll be honest I didn't know what criminal conversion was until just now. I find psychopaths fascinating especially in contrast to super emotional people or people who have a bunch of "should statements" they apply to life, like the left/right cult tend to have. There are no rules to this game. There are consequences to actions, but strict rules? Don't drink gasoline. Don't jump from a plane without a parachute. Don't murder someone and get caught. Rules governed by the laws that run this simulation and ethics humans try to impose on our DNA driven behavior. Beyond that, it's all just mindset, stories, fantasy. Even "science" is a narrative, but one backed up by experiments that can be repeated to produce a conclusion. That's about as close to "objective reality" as you will get inside this simulation/matrix/reality/universe.

Meanwhile, Hamas is hiding a lot of their weapons in civilian facilities such as schools. Textbook military strategy (or the strategy of terrorists) ... they did this back in 2014 also. https://www.vox.com/2014/7/17/5912189/yes-gaza-militants-hide-rockets-in-schools-but-israel-doesnt-have-to Again, I'm neutral on this conflict. I see war as human nature... DNA playing itself out on the global stage as the sheeple take their "sides" and defend their "positions" for some "cause" their mind invents or swallows from state sanctioned or cultural propaganda while none of it really matters in the grand scheme of things outside of raising the global spiral dynamics level. Getting the two sides to come to a peace agreement rather than saying that some group has some ancient claim to a piece of land would be the best solution here. Do you sit by while the other side keeps bombing you? Who actually started the conflict? Who is going to finish it? There's no simple answer here when the desire for "revenge" is wired into our genetic makeup. Leftists often romanticize nature saying it's peaceful and innocent and we humans are the savages. Bullshit. All of nature is survival of the fittest. We are no different than any other animal species... perhaps more compassionate. We are at the top of the food chain so of course we have more influence over our environment. This idea that "we should know better" than to act this way, is also philosophical and idealistic bullshit. Our animalistic drives and insticts run our behavior when we are under stress. The level of "free will" gets greatly diminished. We become creatures of programmed responses to stimuli, which is basically what we are. Who is "right" and who is "wrong" in this conflict does it really matter? Take your sides.