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JL with some good commentary on this: I first found this guy because he was doing funny Trump impressions. But then I saw that he actually had some very intelligent political takes, which surprised me. Turns out, he actually graduated from law school and worked as an assistant district attorney before turning to comedy full time. Interesting guy.

Department of Green Elimination

Trump outright ignoring SCOTUS: This one is hitting me harder than anything else that has happened so far. More than all the shameless grifting, DOGE BS, tariff madness, criminal pardons, deportation theatre, attacks on DEI, attacks on free press and whatever else. This is the one. They could bring this guy back in a heartbeat. A guy with a family who committed no crime. And they’re just not going to do it. More than that, I have every expectation that they will go after anyone who tries to bring him back. This, like everything in Trump world, is now a loyalty test. That’s authoritarianism.

Potential insider trading: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/11/congress/tariffs-insider-trading-allegations-democrats-00286880 Don't forget Trump and his wife both have already done a memecoin pump and dump.

How could we forget this guy? An entire career based on criticizing SD Green from below:

@kavaris we’ve already discussed him, you can search for older threads about it. My perspective is that he is doing BS. I looked at his “proof” just for the sake of being open minded and it was a complete joke. He does not even seem to understand basic algebra, let alone advanced mathematics / physics.

This kid:

High: Post-modern critique of history, globalism, egalitarianism, consciousness of American devilry

@Emerald no Jung?

Gotcha. Yes that's a good point. They may be more inclined to see higher stages of development as about results, versus an academic psychology professor who is focused on cognitive function. To be fair, I think Yellow as defined by the model is likely to be taking a lot of action to change the world. Yellow is still going to have a lot of that SJW programming from Green. But once you start getting to Turquoise or even beyond, it gets very unclear to me what you can expect from that level of development. We're in getting into uncharted territory at that point. In general, the main thing I want to emphasize is beware of your expectations of these higher stages. You probably have a lot of ambition if you're into personal development, and ALL the personal development teachers you have been consuming are pumping you with expectations of your development. Expectations of money, success, fame, health, relationships, spiritual powers etc. All the stuff you want. Some of that is fine, but be careful. Because your development may not always line up with those expectations. And you will not understand why and keep resisting it.

Ain't no body that good.

@Jordan You might do well getting into bodywork and complementary healing modalities. Things like acupuncture, massage, Qi-gong, dietician, etc. If you're really dedicated, you could even do chiropractic.

Fair enough. I don't so much mind bringing in interpretation though. My hunch is they are overestimating the amount of people at Tier 2. 1% at Yellow seems way too high for the global population in particular. But it would be great if we could get more data.

I didn't understand what point you were trying to make here. Explain it again?

I'm saying beware of your expectations. The devil is in what you expect.

That doesn't track at all. You can have happiness without truth. And why would love be closer to truth than truth?

Zen koan: If an oligarch bribes a public official in the forest, but no one is conscious enough to recognize it as corruption, is it still corruption?

If this guy hasn't been posted yet, he needs to be:

Can't help but tell on himself:

@OBEler just tell them what you want. If they don't listen, find a new therapist.

@Magnanimous It depends on how easy it is for you to cut loose. If it's really easy for you, then you probably don't need any practice. If you struggle with it, then it's going to take some effort. It's hard to approximate the number of hours, just work at it until you notice a difference. Try not to turn it into too much of a grind and suck the joy out of it. It's supposed to be fun.

You recognize yourself as truth but don't value it? This is totally backwards. You value truth precisely because you are it. Valuing truth can also be about more relative, normal life situations. It doesn't always have to be the deepest existential truth.

That's a fair point I didn't consider. It may be the case that on a percentage basis people of a higher development hold disproportionate amount of power. That would be interesting to research. How accurate do you think their numbers are?

Not true You can actually value truth.

That article I think points to what I was saying. If you look at the percentage of societal power held by each stage, an obvious bell curve emerges, with Blue-Orange at the peak. Purple and Red have little power since a lot of society has evolved past that point. And the higher stages (Green+) have almost no power at all, especially Tier 2. I think the reality of Tier 2 stages is that they are just too ahead of the developmental curve. Any attempt to bring Tier 2 into systems with Blue-Orange center of gravity will likely result in either the corruption or rejection of Tier 2. Maybe if you were a serious spiral wizard you could make some gains and improve things, but I'd say the system mostly dominates you. Your Tier 2 turns into Tier 1. Okay, but I'd say that's hardly enough on its own to qualify as Tier 2. Tier 1 stages can be strategic and get tangible results. The lower stages are all about tangible, survival results because that's all they know. Look at the rollout of Project 2025. Highly strategic, real world tangible results impacting major systems. Tier 2? I don't think so. Yellow is mostly reacting to the over-optimism / utopian thinking that Green can fall into. Which is valid, but getting results is not unique to Yellow.