Kid A

I just went through all your threads. So since mid-October, you’ve gone from studying information technology, to considering physical education, to aiming to become a psychotherapist, to considering a philosophy PhD, to rejecting academia altogether, to trying to make a living from rap, to developing a vision of multilingual and multicultural rap (Jan 3rd), and now you’re saying: «Fuck this, Leo’s work doesn’t work for me.» Dude 🤣

Leo has given so many warnings about psychedelics that I was pretty terrified of trying it for the first time. I remember wanting to read at least five books about it before trying, but then my anxious brother came along and said that I should be much more chill about it. I agree with @Hojo here.

I never got the impression from The Life Purpose Course that you’re supposed to blindly follow your passion and go all in on it. That would obviously be asking for trouble. To me, it was always pretty clear that your life purpose should just be a hobby as long as it isn’t realistic to make money from it. Over time, as your skills improve, you can take it more seriously, and maybe one day in the future you might be able to make a living from it. There’s a book that Leo talks about in the course that makes it very clear that blindly following your passion is a bad idea. Not sure if I can mention the title here...

And this is as long as we're talking white voters. If you look at the minority voters, who constitute 40-45% of the Democratic voters, you'll find a lot of Stage Blue and Red as well. One party is supposed to bring everyone who isn't a white, straight, Christian and rich guy together. Madness.

1. Sex. I’m in my 30s now, and dating feels way too serious at this age. Having lots of sex is a young man’s game, relatively speaking, and that’s karma I haven’t nearly burned through yet. 2. Reading and writing (my life purpose) way more.

Bingo. The exact type of behaviour you can expect from someone who’s at Stage Red level of development.

I’ve shared this once before too, long ago. Definitely worth a repost.

It seems like humanity, even in the West, simply isn't ready for this idea yet. Many non-religious people will seemingly agree with you if you say that good and evil don't exist or are completely relative, but deep down they haven't actually accepted this truth. Several seemengly rational and scientifically minded people outright deny it as well. Sam Harris is a good example, isn't he? It's apparently too frightening and chaotic a thought. This is how I discovered you, btw. I suddenly realized eight years ago that good and evil don't actually exist, searched "good and evil don't exist" on YouTube, and this was the first that came up:

And no women hate men either?

Very interesting discussion. If @Elliott could just stop being an ass… Just like yesterday with the discussion about whether TV is realistic or not.

Well, the reality is that they usually aren’t very very attracted to you if you’re going on a first date with them through cold approach or online dating for example. I’m really experienced when it comes to losing dates and I can tell you that no method is more effective than setting a day and not a time!

Women seem to think it is, and I can confirm through a double-digit number of cases that they lose interest every single time it happens. You’re of course free to hate it and think it’s unfair as much as you want. Dating is unfair as hell, since we are generally much more attracted to women than they are to us. But really, what’s the excuse for not setting a time when you’re setting a day? At some point you’ll need to set a time anyway, and do you really need to wait until that day to decide whether the date is happening in the morning or in the evening?

I actually remember asking my ex about this phenomenon. She said that if you suggest a day but not a time, it comes across as very indecisive, wishy-washy, and simply unmanly. I bet that’s the main explanation and it’s actually kind of hard to argue.

«Do you wanna go to (place) at (time) on (day)?» It’s not that hard.

Yeah, that’s a good point. My taste is probably pretty much just a result of what I grew up with and am used to.