Ulax

I guess good thing to do is to question the science that underlies Spiral dynamics.

Well, did not realise fires could do that

Jesus

hahahaha

Agreeed

I heard book: Staring At The Sun: Being at peace with your own mortality: Overcoming the Dread of Death by Irvin Yalom is helpful.

I'd argue though that a key thing is self-belief. If you believe that you will be successful then the hard work has a very different flavour to it. Often that belief stems from having earlier corrective experiences. For example, seeing progress from a gym program. Hard work for a depressed person who has struggled to meet their previous goals, and hard work for someone with many accomplishments behind them, is rather different I'd argue. So, if you are someone who has struggled to meet goals, then you'll need to get some corrective experiences and then your relationship to hard work will change. At least that is my theory.

chrome

Congrats !

Love the post bro! This year I finally escaped out of a place of my life having fallen apart. I am very grateful to no longer be non-functional, and finally able to pursue my goals more confidently. Emotional issues still there seriously, but I have positive momentum. Currently coming to the end of an 'Intro to political philosophy' Yale lecture series I've taken fall notes on. And I'm currently in my third part of an 8 part cybersecurity course. Which is a career path i'm committing to for awhile.

I like the skunk analogy

I disagree that it is magnetic. I think sometimes it is and sometimes it is not. In many dysfunctional families, being authentic will get you punished, and can bring upon abuse. For example, expressing anger towards a tyrannical father, or being open about being gay in high school. But in more mature communities, authenticity is more welcomed and doesn't get punished so much. For example, AA meeting.

I see most of the issue here as you and I having different conceptions of what is meant by intellectual. I see it more as someone who is a humanities academic or self-publishes humanities academic work. Seems you see an intellectual as someone who is a philosopher.

grrrr okay

How is that a strawman when the first line of the post is: "Any intellectual who doesn't meditate or do meditative yoga isn't serious"

I get you mate. But the quoted claim leo made is: "Any intellectual who doesn't meditate or do meditative yoga isn't serious" That is a distinct claim from "there are levels to being an intellect"

Nah i disagree with the meditation blog post. If that were true then that would mean if Timothy Snyder doesn't meditate then you shouldn't take him seriously on politics.

Goodbye bro. All best!

Wingman is v helpful to stop you tilting, and to help you not give up. Also, can make it more fun and a sense of joint adventure.

Hahahaha agreed!

I think similarly to you re the selfless reasons

Happy holidays folks!

I'd argue increasingly popularity of far right politics is a key cause of current negative attitude towards muslims. Far right politics generally engages in criticism/ scapegoating of minorities to satisfy population resentments. So its rise makes muslim communities more likely targets of negative attitudes. The rise of the far right, i'd argue, is coming from at least two factors: 1) Online drift, and 2) Long-term employment insecurity. 1) Online drift. The theory that social media platforms are operated to increase viewer retention, they create algorithms with this purpose. Showing viewers ever extreme content drives viewer engagement and hence retention. Therefore, for example, the would be conservative drifts further and further right. 2) Long-term employment insecurity. Globalisation has meant that working class jobs have been outsourced to developing nations a lot, leaving an increasingly resentful and insecure working class in developed countries. This leads to more isolationist attitudes from working class, as well as a set of resentments that are more easily manipulated by far right politicians. I'm not arguing these are exhaustive reasons for rise of negative attitudes towards muslims. Of course, mass murderers shouting an islamic slogan mid-murdering naturally increases distrust and enemising of islam too. There is no sensible conversation without admitting that.

Well if you don't tolerate, then developed countries will sentence you to prison But maybe you mean tolerate differently than i am thinking

😂