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@Lyubov So he shouldn't wash his dirty plate after dinner if he is the only provider financially?

Yeah I wish my parents instilled more healthy habits in me, I had to do that on my own later in life after 20 years old. But many guys don't and they get a wife, and all the things that mothers did for them (cook, clean, laundry, etc), now expect from a wife. That's pathetic.

I think having children is a deeply personal choise that depends on so many things. If you are struggling in life, having kids will make it even worse I think. If you have abundance in resources, it's easier choise to make, Elon Musk has like 14 children or something. But I'm leaning more towards agreeing with @Eskilon I like solitude, I don't like children much, I love my alone time and the possibilities that it creates. I think adding a family / child would disrupt that. Of course you might argue that adding a huge responsibility can put more pressure on you to develop yourself. That's right, it can. But you might want to spend days in solitude contemplating, figuring stuff out, etc, that you might not be able to do with a child, or at least do in a limited way. You could also take responsibility in some other ways. Of course child will give you meaning, but there are other ways to derive meaning out of life, isn't it? As for spirituality, I think you guys are talking from the point after you have some realizations, then rasing a child becomes an expression of something you've realized (love, god, etc). But what if you're confused as hell, you're struggling to keep up with the practices because you don't see much progress, you're dabbling with psychedelics to figure out stuff, you don't have much realizations to understand what's all these really about, in other words, you are a spiritual noob but want to progress on the path and grok the nature of yourself, and boom --- you have a child. Do you think that child will help with the spiritual aspirations? I have 2-3 friends around with new born babies (0-12 month olds) and their life is filled with job + raising a child, nothing else, they have no time / energy to engage in other things.

Sounds like a slavery with extra steps 😂

Does he have children?

I've done it many times and I haven't experience much discomfort even when I do it for 1-2 hours straight. You can maybe look into some Kundalini symptoms, maybe it's related to that, an energetic thing. But it also can be a physiological. Can't you increase very slowly? +30 seconds or +1 minute per sesson, maybe you've to just get used to the feeling?

Such a good boy

Here's my puppy, sad and tired after a surgery 🐶🦴

@Leo Gura Got it, thanks.

Do you think that's realistic goal without psychedelics for someone who's not genetically gifted spirituality-wise? Do you believe that yoga and meditation can get you there realistically? Or it just depends the way you do those, and intention. I imagine one can waste years in practices but don't go anywhere. But as I think about it, this can be taken as practice by itself. But without direct experience of the nature of consciousness, it can turn into bullshiting onself and self-deception, can't it? So, first getting clear about consciousness and the follows all that contemplation.

@SimpleGuy Are you familiar with tech industry? There are many possible roles that you can train for and then try to apply for jobs. Currently programming jobs are scarce, but there are other roles like devops engineer, in IT infrastructure, QA engineer, roles in project management, etc. Just look for roles that might not be as overcrowded such as software developers or designers.

What are your criteria for a world-class man?

This dude had a beautiful wife and kid. Just sayin. If you want something out of life, hatch out a plan, and go execute, until you fail so much that in the process you figure out solutions and get what you want. @Never_give_up Read your usename again

@SimpleGuy I'm not an expert at yoga, but I think gym (lifting / cardio) is better. I mean, why are you even considering switching from gym to kriya for health benefits? I don't think kriya is designed to improve body health in ways that working out does.

How can you expect to get "enlightened" from listening to videos? You really don't see the value in these teachings?

@ZeldaStar Me too, I'm going through all the episodes. They are very lengthy though, but very thoroughly researched. Good stuff.

@Natasha Tori Maru Nice, that's some creative way of using AI for sure, kudos Oh really? That sucks. I assume your job involves lots and lots of communicating, and that comes with the burden of dealing with egos for sure. I think people in general don't like to be questioned, but especially in corporate environments, where their salary is at stake, it's more of a threat survival-wise. But any leadership / managerial role will require WHY questions to get shit done. Yeah, in other words soft skills, which many people suck at, because "soft skills" basically get developed when you introspect, self-reflect and all the good stuff we love here 😆 It doesn't come naturally, and that's why it's hard to relate to coworkers sometimes, at least for me. Yeah, I think people are sensitive to punctuation as well, never mind words.

Hey, I'm working as a software developer (mostly web) for 8-9 years now, and for the last couple years, the industry is being reshaped in front of my eyes due to AI. At the moment, it's like, if you don't use some sort of AI agent in your workflow, you're getting behind, and you feel that each month. Managers push us to use AI more and more, and expect productivity gains due to it, and for the last 2-3 months, AI agents have improved to such a degree that me and most developers around me don't actually type code manually, the process has morphed into talking with an agent, or multiple agents at once, and basically orchestrating them, reviewing code, making sure they do the job correctly, and if an agent isn't able to do something, then we switch back to an old school way and do things manually. These agents affected the industry so much that many of us have anxiety over losing our jobs in the long term. That's why now I'm switching more and more into roles and projects that require more architectural and big-picture thinking skills. If not at the current job, I try to advance those skills with my own toy projects in my free time. So, I was wondering if any of you guys experience similar changes due to AI in your induestries. Would be interesting to hear your thoughts.

@YIDIRYIDIR Sure, I use it mostly for coding and correct prompt and context is crucial for it to do what I want. Yes it's not that AI is a problem per se. It's peoples whole approach towards life. But it shows up strakly when you query an LLM and just take whatever it tells you at face value.

@Ramasta9 My condolences brother, stay strong for your family and yourself. I've lost father 1.5 years ago unexpectadly and as terrible of an experience it was, it made me stronger in ways that I was not expecting. And made me realize that I won't be here forever either.

Did you have a history with gambling in the past or was this a new thing for you? My friend has a gambling addiction and he lost so many things over it. I've also dealth with some addictions and it's tough man, when you just sabotage yourself even though you know it's not healthy for you. Anyways, I'm sure you'll make it all back, good luck 💪

Washing clothes by hand isn't as important as straining your mind to understand the issue without outside assistence and ready-made answers. Washing machine doesn't affect critical thinking abilities but mindlessly querying and believing LLMs might affect it negatively, but only if you use it that way. The whole point of those threads was that people won't carefully consider how to use LLMs responsibly. It's the same pattern as: "Well, king says so it must be true" "Well, I read it in a newspaper so it must be true" "Well, I saw it on TV so it must be true" "Well, I saw it on Facebook so it must be true" "Well, Claude told me so it must be true" You get the point. And this got more complex over time. Now it's literally telling you with a tone of authority and certainty, something that can be flat out wrong, and if you correct it, it will just appoligize and continue as if nothing. In other words, it's hallusinating. That's being improved though. Todays models do less of that, but still, I face with that issue daily. All that being said, it's been a very useful tool for me. But I'm willing to invest some time into figuring out how it really works, what are traps into using it and in what ways can it rotten my mind and consider that really carefully. Most people won't do that.

@VioletFlame The medal has two sides, right? Yes, I also think that people will get even lazier in their thinking if all they do is query LLM's for answers. But also, consider how easier it is to do the research into some field with LLM. For example, if you want to learn gardening, or coding, cooking, anything, you have a personal assistant that can guide you. I think you're a bit too focused on the negative and overlooking the positive. Again, TV's and smartphones can be used in positive and negative ways. You could use a smartphone to learn all kinds of things about the world, watch documentaries to expand your worldview, connect interneting people worldwide and have interesting discussions (like we do now ), etc. Or you could scroll TikTok the whole day, order Wendys burgers and cheetos and binge watch some TV show on it. You get the point. Having tools like AI burdens you with more epistemic responsibility to take. If you take it or not, it's all on you. What I fear is that most people won't. Even I'm in the process of learning how to use AI wisely, haven't fully figured out yet. Also, I think you greatly overestimate current LLM capabilities. It isn't replacing anyone for a long time, if ever. The whole point of this discussion is to get clear about what this technology really is, correct our expectation, and learn to use it in responsible ways because it isn't going anywhere. It's not a technology like Blockchain or NFT's that where hyped up for a year and nobody talks about them since then. Look into Cal Newport's work (on YouTube), he has a pretty realistic discussions around this topic.

@BlessedLion Thanks again 🙏🏻 I'll look into it.