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I think it's overrated in that people think that being honest and transparent is gonna be a huge step in the right direction for them. It sort of is but the reason that society teaches us to bottle up our feelings is that life is hard and complaining about that is not gonna change it. I think offering value is they key to most of the dating problems in society and value comes from solving hard problems so it can't really be easy. Thus offering value is an honest sign of high competence and being an asset to someone's life. If you aren't an asset to other people's lives why is being honest and authentic gonna change that fact? On the other hand being able to accept our limitations and not be delusional or falsely represent ourselves to others is also important.

Right but the whole economy is based on business so it seems like a pretty pivotal thing to get right. It's actually the precise reason a lot of corporate people are gonna lost their jobs in the next 5 years, because they are so far removed from the feedback loop of the real economy. So many people in middle management appear like they are doing stuff but are actually either useless or harmful to the businesses that employ them. This thread in the off topic section is a great example for the gaming industry but this corporate gloating effect is present in all industries. I see universities taking on a new form like 20 years from now they'll probably be free and be more like a community and research hub rather than a mandatory step in most people's lives. Whenever I talk to college student and they tell me about how busy they are with assignments or like midterms I feel like a voluntary slave is complaining to me about their life. If they worked that hard on their own business they would be financially independent by the time they graduated! Business has way less hand holding and is more stressful, it's not for everyone but I think every university student should try starting one in their gap year before they pay a lot of money to take classes.

@Joshe Thanks bro I appreciate it! For me the next thing I'm working on is doubling down on systems of leverage. I found a happy medium of mostly being an introvert that works and researches his own concepts for most of the day and now have a way to collaborate with people on them. If I could scale it to the point where it's a functioning business that takes advantage of AI to help local creatives build their careers through my agency, that would be sweet. That's an interesting concept, what do you mean by it? I think I get it but I'm not sure. I've bonded quite deeply with my fellow human beings in the past few years but there is a limit to that bond with my current ability since if we can't solve our problems what are we doing bonding? What good is gonna come out of it? I did Phenibut a few times years ago, I don't remember much from it but I had a buddy who loved taking it for socializing.

University has very long feedback loops compared to the marketplace and content creation though. I guess your professor grading your assignments every couple weeks is one way but it's also conformist due to being at the mercy of their bias and not being the real marketplace. If you run an ad and you see how much $ it takes for customers to message you, that's a real feedback look that can be ran daily with Meta ads for example.

Yeah depends on what your goals are. People like to meetup in person so hosting events is a great way to offer value and build your relevance and brand. With that page I host creative events like photoshoots and open mics. Here is a content creation type of event I hosted in May. I have a business and investment page and I hosted an investment meetup at that same venue a few months earlier. That went well but I'm not as qualified in that niche so I have to work with other people richer than me to give me credibility but it's the same principle of leverage.

What aspect of development do you think university gatekeeps precisely? I think the critical thinking that comes from writing a thesis is cool but that's hardly reserved for post-secondary. Plenty of independent journalists are higher quality writers with a bigger audience than most academics will ever have.

The Riot MMO is currently stuck in that same development hell. It's probably the most hyped game in the world after GTA 6. Probably never gonna come out or gonna be mid af when it does.

I run a few creatives pages/group chats in different cities in Canada. Considering starting a full on talent agency next year as my techstack and marketing ability should be able to start getting good results for others and not just my own brands. This is my biggest community so far in Calgary, Alberta https://www.instagram.com/calgary_creatives Being an introvert doesn't stop you from participating socially, you have to find high leverage ways though so you can work on it on your own time and then get together with people monthly and biweekly to host events or meetings.

I never went. I'm going of going back Q1-2027 because I have a fund that will pay me to go. Otherwise I wouldn't bother, anything that can be learned in a class can be learned outside of it. Campus life can be fun though, universities are often the social core of the towns and cities they're in.

I think sex trafficking is a very important issue to fix but I don't think this model fixes it. I actually don't understand why brothels are not legal, that seems like the most ethical version of sex work from all parties perspective. Sex at a Nevada brothels costs like $500-1000, I think if women want to sell sex and their time for that much they should be entitled to and if a buyer wants to spend that much to get laid he should be able to. We are getting there though and even onlyfans is a preview of what happens in a free market of dating. Monogamy is an artificial construct that has worked for a while but is ridden with holes that need to be artificially plugged for it to hold up.

I think applying pressure to Trump during his midterms make sense. Carney doesn't seem one to levy insults for no reason, unlike Doug Ford, which would only serve to worsen the trade relations. Decoupling from the US is a nice ideal but it's not something based in reality anytime soon. Supply chains on that level take a decade of massive capital investment to reroute, not just a few nice phone calls with European and south american leaders and 2 years later we don't need the US anymore. I hope that the Carney administration will reestablish a bridge to Washington and will pick a time where Trump's narcissism is triggered by another source and he needs a quick win to secure a great deal between the US and Canada. The asymmetry of exports make it quite hard for Canada to negotiate with a lot of bargaining power with 75% of ours going to the US and only like 18% of the US going to Canada.

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I think If the person you're pairing up with is serious, it works great. Me and Deepak had a call last week and we're having another one tonight, whoever wants to join lmk! You have a good point Yeti, I already track my habits daily so having someone to talk to weekly about my progress just makes the process of self-accountability less lonely for me.

Everything in life is hard, it's just about having the right goals so your suffering is worth it and also strategies to lower your feedback loop so you get your wins often and ideally weekly and daily instead of having to wait months and years for them. It's why I'm a fan of posting content daily, you get to have an idea, edit it and post it within an hour or 2 and you get to push it to the market for feedback that same day. I've started a challenge where I post daily for Legend of the Abyss, I'm gonna film the content for day 9 a bit later today. Me and this guy here have been doing accountability calls, you're welcome to join. I'll hold you accountable!

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