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Dude you lost the plot. You sond like a drama queen. The Neocon guys who wanted to start WW3 lost. Be happy. If you are so humanist cry about the dead people in Somalia, Gaza and the women under Taliban. I guess you don't care. In 4 years he will be gone anyway. If he becomes a dictator then you can fight. In 4 years we will have people going to mars and robots will do the work.

Malcolm is no joke. The guy is maybe the most interesting guy to listen to concerning AI and everything else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcgN_rL9fY4

@QandC Do you think reminding yourself at that time about some self improvement elements could have prevented you falling into these problems? Something like concentrating on the fundamentals and blindspots?

Discipline is about choosing better things over good things, regardless of how we label them. You're right that this concept doesn't quite align with free will, which is why I believe we operate under an illusion. When we talk about discipline, we often don’t recognize that our choices are influenced by our programming. When faced with coercion, I may engage in undesirable actions, but I do so because, in that moment, it's the most rewarding option available to me. It provides the highest dopamine effect, driving my motivation. I also find myself not doing what I think I should be doing. This suggests that, practically, I may simply be less motivated to pursue those tasks because they don't offer the same immediate dopamine reward.

If somebody has the paid version of AI they might get a better result. This ist what gpt 01 gave: Commit to "Pre-Crastination" Counterintuitive Insight: Do something unrelated but productive before diving into your actual project. Why It Works: This concept flips procrastination on its head. Doing a small, easy task beforehand (like organizing your workspace or a different small project) creates a sense of achievement and flow, making the bigger task easier to start. You build energy through momentum. System: Pair each major task with a "pre-task" (like clearing emails, organizing, or reviewing a small side project). Give yourself 10–15 minutes on the pre-task, and use that momentum to start the bigger project. 3. Use "Micro-Avoidance" to Trigger Guilt Counterintuitive Insight: Avoiding work for short intervals can actually boost your productivity later, but only if you feel a bit guilty about it. Why It Works: Intentionally procrastinating for a few minutes (while keeping the project in the back of your mind) creates mild discomfort and an urge to resolve the cognitive dissonance. This makes you eager to return to the project and get it done, because the guilt builds pressure. System: Set a timer for 5–10 minutes and deliberately engage in a time-wasting activity (scroll social media, watch videos) before starting the project. The guilt acts as a motivator to dive in afterward. 4. "Inverted Deadlines" Counterintuitive Insight: Set deadlines for tasks you are not supposed to complete yet. Why It Works: When a task feels far away, you're more likely to procrastinate. By setting premature deadlines for the future (tasks for next week or month), you shift attention away from immediate deadlines. This creates a false sense of urgency for future work and can trick your brain into working ahead of schedule. System: Create “false” deadlines for projects you’ll deal with later, and set your actual deadlines further out. For example, if you have a project due next week, schedule prep work as if the deadline is tomorrow. 5. Limit Your Freedom with "Intentional Constraints" Counterintuitive Insight: Limiting your options boosts creativity and speed. Why It Works: The paradox of choice and freedom can slow you down. By intentionally restricting time, resources, or methods (e.g., limiting yourself to using only specific tools), you trigger your brain to find innovative solutions and finish faster. Constraints drive focus. System: Pick one constraint per project (time, resources, or methods). For example, tell yourself you only have 2 hours to complete a report or limit yourself to using only a few specific tools. 6. "Negative Visualization" (Pre-Mortem Technique) Counterintuitive Insight: Imagine failing at your project and the negative consequences. Why It Works: This technique, inspired by Stoicism, motivates you to take action by making the fear of failure tangible. Instead of visualizing success (which can be abstract), visualize what happens if you don't complete the project—the stress, embarrassment, and negative consequences. The discomfort will drive you to take action. System: Before starting, spend 5 minutes imagining the worst-case scenario if the project fails (lost job, embarrassment, missed opportunity). Write down the consequences in vivid detail to build a strong sense of urgency. These advanced techniques go beyond traditional motivation strategies and tap into deeper psychological mechanisms, leveraging both the discomfort of avoidance and the momentum of progress to get projects done.

This isn't true. The thing you do is always the thing you most want to do. Training, for example, makes you feel like a hero—you envision the payoff, which gives you a dopamine rush. You might avoid "fun" activities because, in your mind, they come with a cost. The imagined consequences outweigh the immediate pleasure, and that fear of pain holds you back. If eating bugs gave you a bigger dopamine rush than anything else, you'd do it. We're essentially just primitive robots, driven by these chemical rewards.

Tyson would likely be dead without the influence of his mentor. He once said that he fought so hard because he wanted to make his mentor proud, as he deeply loved him. The debate between motivation and discipline has been around for a long time. About a decade ago, Leo Babauta and Tim Ferriss had this conversation. Motivation, in a literal sense, is the driving force behind any action. Discipline, on the other hand, can be seen as a form of motivation—it's when a habit is formed, making tasks feel 'easier' to complete. However, given the lack of free will, you were never really choosing in the first place. Some people use strategies like committing to give money away if they fail to complete a task. Tricks like these can work for a while, but at some point, constantly relying on these methods might feel overwhelming. To some extent, even though we lack true free will, we still maintain the illusion of being agents capable of doing things we don't necessarily want to do. This reminds me of a conversation I had with someone who questioned why I would force myself to do things I didn’t enjoy. He asked why I was denying myself the good things in life. I replied that it didn’t feel like denial because I still gained something valuable from it. It also reminds me of a discussion I had with my brother many years ago. I believed our actions were driven by the dopamine rewards we get. He, however, preferred the idea of free will and acting morally.

Some say she is kind of a fraud but whatever. I saw a documentary where young people who came from NK to SK actually wanted to go back because SK was too competitive. They could not integrate.

You said you are good with geometry. It seems like trig and functions are part of geomety. Maybe math is a sign of intelligence. In the old greece there was at the academy that said. You are not allowed to come in if you can't do geometry. That is why flat earthers can't understand evidence for the globe. You young guys have it so much easier in many regards. You can let yourself explain it with chatgpt. There are so many online courses which explain stuff but it is definately not for everybody.

You seem to have a fluid personality. lol. Actually in theory sociology is the best thing. It is basically gossip on an academic level. What could be much better. It is a very human thing to do but the problem is at one point it becomes to dangerous for society. Most societies are very fragile and people with ideas are a thread. So they have to castrate sociology so it becomes toothless. For example I don't think you can study nazi ideology in sociology in most countries but you can do it when you study history.

I think this opinion is garbage. I think ex muslims are one of the few groups who earned to be allowed to be extreme. It is like being extreme against fascists. People who defend islam do not know much about islam or they like to virtue signal.

They should stay with islam if they want to stay in the community and be part of the tribe. Some people are good with pretending. Life is already often a pretend game. Lying is part of life also in the West. I am an ex muslim. I was always a bit science minded. So I could not handle their lies. I became quite allergic against Islam but after experiencing the woke left they don't seem to be alone with their crazy. I have to say I got some stuff from the religion which is good like that alcohol is forbidden. There are other stuff as well like being able to be more humble and less greedy.

I think they got you. You are hard to understand like the sociology types. I posted the AI text connected to my Ex Prof. He said if you want to learn something here then you are wrong. So at least he was kind of honest.