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Another one I love:

Seems to be happening almost everywhere, not just the US, this visible corruption. But basically this: Devils destroy themselves, eventually. Sadly this goes with a lot of suffering and most people will not mature or learn a thing but thank God there are people willing to do the non-flashy, often ungrateful and unseen work to keep building towards a better future for everyone. And I think for most of us here it's important to remember that even though there is now chaos and hell to come in the outside world, we keep doing the work of creating peace and beauty in ourselves, our hearts and our own lives.

I personally listen to the mixes of Blume a lot. I often enjoy it when doing work or when being creative.

@Greatnestwithin I just saw one of the timeline stamps, titled: "Trump is highly conscientious and compassionate."

I started this topic because I wanted to share some book recommendations relating to systems thinking and complex systems science. Share your own books or resources if you want. 1. RESILIENCE thinking by Brian Walker and David Salt (https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/Brian-Walker/dp/1597260932) I highly recommend this book to learn about resilience thinking. You can read this page on the seven principles of resilience thinking: https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2015-02-19-applying-resilience-thinking.html 2. Complexity: A Guided Tour by Melanie Mitchell (https://www.amazon.com/Complexity-Guided-Tour-Melanie-Mitchell/dp/0199798109) This is a nice and broad introductory book on the science of complex systems.

I stole the title of this topic from this video: I think it should be obvious why (online) gambling is a problem but I have recently learned more about how big this problem is in our society (worldwide). One of the big problems today is influencers on streaming platforms profiting off the losses of their audience who sign up through them. This goes together with a lack of regulation and increased normalization and gamification of gambling. If you're interested in some statistics showing how much money goes around in this industry you can take a look here: https://www.statista.com/outlook/amo/online-gambling/worldwide and find that "Revenue in the Online Gambling market is projected to reach US$97.15bn in 2024." and that the industry is projected to keep growing. And then I haven't even talked about the massive amount of money laundering taking place in this industry, especially in these crypto casino's. From a personal development point of view I see (online) gambling as the ultimate get rich quick trap. Most alluring to those who feel powerless in relation to money.

I was watching a video about how Google is training its AI on YouTube videos: And then I got curious about what YouTube channels they have been training on. And well, to be exact, Google's AI used 5 of Leo's videos to train itself. For now. Source: https://www.proofnews.org/youtube-ai-search/

@NoSelfSelf I am decent. Best advise is to find a part-time job as a bartender or volunteer as one. Helps if you have a friend who is a bartender to help you.

Plenty. One useful piece of advise if you intellectualize about personal development too much: Thinking is no substitute for experience. 2 years of going out to bars every week and bartending myself has helped me develop socially and sexually more than any book ever could help me with.

Geert Wilder's his far-right party PVV has won the Dutch national elections by far: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/nov/22/netherlands-dutch-general-election-vote-result-exit-poll-prime-minister-government-live-latest-result I had not expected this to happen here. In my entire life living in the Netherlands far-right has never won this big.

Long-term decisions like that are made in the long-term. Not in any one state...

Is even awakening an illusion then? Is it not just a different state or dream of consciousness? Albeit one where there is greater understanding and awareness.

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Try other psychedelics. I know someone who had similar experiences to you and tripped balls on just a little bit of weed.