LordFall

@Schizophonia I think you're right that a lot of it is moral posturing but a lot of it is genuinely figuring out the proper way to live vs what is damaging. Analyzing the past is one of the main tools for us doing that. Moral relativism is also an interesting idea to deconstruct but on this earth is mostly false as things are only relative to an extent.

Well of course it was evil but what to do about it is a good question. Humans are an apex predator and we're still fighting to the death for control over the planet so of course our history is gonna be mostly a giant struggle with violence and evil acts as part of every kingdom, empire and country. Reparations are an important topic and civil rights are a beautiful concept that we figured out.

Oh I didn't realize it was that bad yes that does sound like abuse and gaslighting. Being free from that environment will probably help your wellbeing quite a bit. Did you like posting content and could you see yourself doing it more in the future?

How is it insignificant? It's so deep learning to get laid will teach you about every other facet of life. Macro economics, networking, marketing, fitness, fashion, psychology, sociology, emotional management, communication skills, spirituality, love ,etc. Does it? Ejaculation can reduce cortisol and reduce stress so in some ways it makes you more productive. It can vary I'm still running experiments on it but when I do nofap for extended periods of time I don't really become more productive I tend to go out more and be angsty even when trying to work.

Yeah I agree content creation is annoying, it is powerful though. Everything in life has tradeoffs. I like more the agency idea where you build faceless channels or work with people that do want to become influencers but don't have the resources for it.

Psychosis is very scary and especially when you tie it into non-duality and enlightenment then the scope of complexity is way beyond what we understand here on earth at this moment. Hope he's doing good wherever he is, I enjoyed his exploration of tantric sex that he posted. Also anyone that believes in non-duality doesn't really believe in death so it's hard to have a discussion on these topics.

Have you tried posting content? You don't need to be a grandmaster to build an audience around it. It'll also expose you to auxiliary skills like video editing, audience building, marketing and monetization which will help you figure out a path deeper into chess or away from it. Talk to @integral about it he is also a chess guy. You can post a chess video in the next few days and have one stone built in your personal brand already even if you decide to not go all in on the path. It's a bit discouraging at first to get like 4 views but at least it's progress and tangible data and output. You're also blessed with the short form content algorithm which is a lot more rewarding than long form so if you make an engaging reel you could get 1000-50k views on your first one. I would also warn against just going to school for the sake of it, you're gonna put yourself in debt and waste a lot of useful time and energy. What happens when you have a master, $50K+ in debt and still no idea what you wanna do? If your main skillset in life is studying and mastering systems why not master business? It's the one core skills that unlocks everything financial. If you don't you will remain broke anyway even with a masters in sociology and have little impact so might as well put the cart before the horse. Once you understand the math of business life becomes more simple you can look at it in terms of time/energy that you put in and the money/life that you get out of it. To me what jumps out from your post is you're underestimating the energy and stress that your family saves you by housing you for free, they do stress you out by criticizing you but unless they're abusive that should still be positive sum. Then TO ME investing years in school without a rock solid plan of what you want out of it is a bad investment. It has the advantage of having a structure and perhaps teaching you some discipline but the ROI on it is so bad especially now with the AI revolution.

Business, marketing, content creation, audience/community building Those are the core skills to create a big scale life I think

Woman approaching their dream guy and putting a lot of effort making the first move = a quick 1 second glance lol

I like this mindset. It hurts to see yourself as unskilled and not good enough but if you have a victim mindset and blame the world for your shortcomings then it's even harder to fix. Personally I'm not that great at content creation and work ethic, I need to level up on both to accomplish my dreams.

I would say go for quantity over quality, AI content is a great start. Your own standard is always biased but what the market values is predictable so as long as you post regularly and iterate you'll eventually hit it. Video editing for hours even weekly let alone daily is a recipe for burnout if you're not passionate about it, it's such an unfun activity.

Good stuff bro. If I were you I'd focus on monetization verticals it's the most important concept to understand in business. You can have many interests that you want to both scale and also share with the world but your bottleneck is always gonna be is it monetizable? Alex Hormozi is quite good at breaking things down. There aren't that many different ways to make money, only basically 4 ways split into 2 categories business and investing. You start with nothing(boot strapping) or if you have a great idea and professional credibility you can raise capital. Once you have money you turn into an investor or you start a fund and invest money for other people. If you're broke without connections you're pretty much stuck bootstrapping which is fine then you have to look at it in terms of how do you use your time effectively to make a product or service that other people would pay for. Usually freelancing and doing a service for people is the simplest way. So Leo put his love of knowledge in the form of a life purpose course because it's practical people are looking for money and purpose in life. You can try doing the same thing around a field of life you like and that people need. Selling your time or even giving it for free at first until you find product market fit is a good way to get a start in the industry.

You do, it's called a content strategy! If you start posting reels and shorts a few days a week you'll get to 100K+ monthly views pretty quick. I'm in a slump right now but I get around 10k monthly views on my IG. It's exhausting to stay consistent though. We should start a content creator accountability trend on the forum, it's one of the lowest friction ways to take an idea to market and refine your marketing skills.

Why do you consider the Aghori to be particularly advanced people? They are like homeless monks. It's great to meditate and ponder the mysteries of the universe and bliss out on it and then you come back and you're still living your life. The dudes spent their whole life meditating I would hope they have had mystical experiences and are not super shocked by 5 meo. It's people that are able to take their high consciousness and help transform the world that really impress me personally, like Bryan Johnson. He loved 5 meo dmt so much he got it tattooed and is living his life daily to further humanity and our whole medical apparatus not just sit around in a tent doing nothing.

You see yourself spending the rest of your life with 1/5 of 1/4 women you meet? That doesn't sound right and if it is why are you single? For me I like to be picky because then you don't have to settle on characteristics like for example I would never date a smart woman that I connect with intellectually if she's not too affectionate or not that sexual of a person. There are too many women in the world to settle. My true number is way less than 5%, that's still 1/20. I remember I had 3 FWBs when I was in Toronto and if I was more in scarcity I could've dated any of them but I wasn't really compatible with any of them. Most men are really low effort and don't put much thought into their lives so if you really tryhard for a few years like I have and build a fun, free and abundant lifestyle then only really massive outliers can compete with you and THEN it really becomes about personality and preference. You have to know which game you wanna play and which game you can play at though. I just turned 31 last week and I don't really plan on having kids before like 37-42 years old. Probably gonna freeze my sperm so I can take my time and really fulfill all the sexual experiences I want until I look to settle down. They're making breakthroughs in biotech so in 10 years age when having kids won't matter as much anyway so that whole timeline is pretty arbitrary.