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oh okay, there's orders of magnitude difference between 3.5 and 4. 3.5 is wrong often, doesn't use the internet, no other external tools, much lower in intelligence, lacks depth of insight. 4 is phenomenal. Def will check out claude 3 opus

@Leo Gura you mention this in your blog post: "I have now incorporated AI into how I do philosophy. In fact, I don’t see how good philosophy could be done any other way. From now on all my work, all my videos, will be created in collaboration with AI in order to provide the most factual, nuanced, well-researched, and robust perspectives. I ask the AI to poke holes in my theories and supply me with examples and counter-examples." In terms of a workflow for arriving at great philosophy, would you say the approach of going deep with these AI models can surpass reading books for insights and contemplation, or even doing solo philosophy with the aid of nothing? (just curious in terms of just sheer quantity of quality insights, not internalization of insights necessarily)

That's a good point to be honest. I'm sure they both have their pros and cons. Maybe having multiple tools would be great over time. I definitely am curious about Claude 3 opus. I never even heard of it till today.

@Leo Gura Can you tell me how Claude 3 compares to ChatGPT4? I've been using ChatGPT4 ever since, and I absolutely love it. I spend hours a day just going deep with it, in some of the same ways you do with philosophy, and it's miraculous what it's capable of. Would you know some general comparisons in your philosophical investigation between the 2? Also you might want to check this out, the guy that Jordan Peterson interviews revers to these LLMs as "continents" of unexplored knowledge, wisdom, and insights, and you can go really deep with it to sort of unearth and bring back insights to share with the world. I found his insights pretty fascinating.

@Leo Gura I suffer from tinnitus. I'm not sure exactly what caused it. On average, it's like a 4.5 out of 10. I tried digging for solutions but wherever I read online, it said "no known cure", that you can just treat it, but not cure it. In terms of suffering, 70% of the days I don't notice it, like most people. When I notice it, it's a non-issue or I might be slightly bothered, or wish it were gone. Usually I shift my mind off it pretty quickly. 25% of days, it's persistently loud (because my mind puts more attention on it.) But it's still manageable. 5% of days, it's scary. I remember one of the days you commented on this forum about "the dreaded tinnitus" .. and that freaked me out lol .. I started getting OCD about it, the sounds became almost 4x louder, unbearable, I had to get out of my room all day and stay outside to have the noise go away and blend in with nature, car sounds, etc. And of course there are many other days this happened. Usually the mind, that is fear, plays a big role, but it makes the sound so loud I can't do anything else and it gets pretty scary to. Overall, it's left a sense of "life would be so much more peaceful without this", and I start to wonder how great it would be if I can go back to normal. If you've found a cure, and you're going to share in a few weeks, I'm definitely inclined to follow all the action steps to solve it. I went to an ear doctor in the past and they just straight up said its not solveable. But if you found it, I'm willing to solve it with your solution. On a side note, on a meta level, it's remarkable that you're able to reject norms and think for yourself, and use requisite variety to find a solution to something everyone thinks is incurable. That requires enormous leadership, independent thinking, and requisite variety. I'm thinking like if you're able to find a solution like this, it gives me hope to not be a victim and find solutions to my unique problems that I end up being a victim too.

@actuallyenlightened that's the spirit man, its really not so bad when we take the right precautions and stuff

@actuallyenlightened Just be strategic man, use condoms properly, store them properly, dont have sex drunk, that's 98% effective, which should mean you never really have a problem Now in the 2% chance the condom breaks or leaks or whatever, you use plan B within 24 hours .. I've had to give girls plan B over like 8 times, mainly because I had a bit of paranoia. You're now at 99.5% effectiveness. Now say after all that, the girl still gets pregnant. Then most likely she will want an abortion. I think you're fear is a bit irrational. She would most likely want an abortion, considering that you're a stranger, its unwanted to begin with, unplanned, no support and resistance from you, etc. Now you're at 99.99% effectiveness. Congrats, you're good for life. And honestly don't let this stop you from living. Of course don't be a madman going after every girl, but what's life without some fearless adventure?

Thanks, needed to hear that .. I could probably learn to enjoy working much more

I won't say anything on how to store it, but just that storing it properly is super critical, i once took a tab after 2 years of storing, and it got 6x stronger than a normal small dose, which threw me off, was tripping balls like a mf in a public environment, the authorities got involved, various kinds, was a mess .. yeah i just wanted to highlight importance of this, i would say also if possible don't store these things too long

I mean honestly I could see truth in some of these things like sleep quota, and maybe he has some kind of healing abilities, but those are pretty small things in the very big picture of health for one's life right? Like I think he reduces health down to some very basic components, and clearly health seems to be a lot more nuanced and complex

Yeah its possible that he just meant he's in full recovery, though I do think he's slightly biased towards promoting incomplete versions of health in favor of traditional indian paths, which do have great wisdom of course

There are actual comments on instagram saying how his body is divine and cant be touched ... this whole worship thing is to a pretty high degree Yeah but a few moments later he says there's no damage? I'm also connecting to some of his past videos where he makes it sound like yoga and ayurveda leads to 95% to 100% health, which I now think is completely false, as health encompasses so much more if you really want to take a holistic approach

I dont get why the doctors are saying they found swelling, and bleeding and sadhguru himself is saying they opened him up and found nothing? lol ... its one thing to have followers worship a non-injuring body, but he himself is selling a false notion of spirituality? Though the doctors did also say he's recovering surprisingly well, so I guess he does have some kind of extraordinary healing ability of some sort

It's actually funny today I saw this trending news about Mr. Beast how he signed this deal with amazon. I never really watched his videos, but I always thought it so cool how he does these real life competition things. And today when he signed this deal I was like damn this one man show guy is a beast. I started comparing myself to him and I was like "ahh why cant my life be that cool" .. then Leo makes this post and I had no idea he was so miserable. I actually fell into this trap for ages. One get rich quick scheme after get rich quick scheme from ages 18 to 27. I don't know how I even got into this trap. Just chasing views, likes, success, and "producing tons of content" as Gary V so obsessively promotes. But all that left me so drained. I finally am now pursuing novel writing, and making my own long-form courses in an online university, and although I'm not successful, I feel so much more happier. I'm getting back in touch with art, especially with my novel writing. I think the focus should be this: Art over success, World-Class products over mediocre products, Long-form content over short-form content (priority-wise), passions over money. Its hard to say yes to the wiser pursuits, but Ive spent 8 years wasting and failing my time in bullshit. This ties into Leo's video: Valuable things require development over time, which I swear I've watched atleast 40 times now to reground me in the right, long-term patient path to success which gives you the space to pursue higher ideals like world-class products, art, truth, beauty, depth, etc.

@Leo Gura Do you think its possible your opinions are biased by living in las vegas where girls are more materialistic?

Check it out if you haven't already: Ideas for discussion: What's possible in how we use these videos? New business ideas? New opportunities that'll open up? Potential dangers? What kinds of things would you create with it? How will this change society? I personally love film, and have always wanted to do something in film, but felt the barrier to entry was high, competition was fierce. Now I feel like with honing my imagination, strengths in story-telling, my thinking, philosophy, all these perspectives I've gained over the years from listening to Leo and the directions those took me in, combining all that I could present all kinds of fascinating perspectives about reality, maybe make cinematic films like that. If anyone remembers the pale blue dot video from Carl Sagan: It was his voice, stock footage, philosophical entertainment .. I think it'd be amazing to take videos like these to the next level with these new AI-generated vids you can now do with Sora.

then how does a guy with such high integrity like snowden survive in russia? is it that he just stays out of people's business there - the russian govt, and just sticks to his online talks?

I dunno man, I think that could be a limiting belief .. Ive seen some crazy transformation stories online, everyone is capable of drastically changing their looks if they actually make it a pursuit over a few years

@Leo Gura about the looks thing, why dont you do things like get ripped and stuff if thatll 10x according to you? I noticed you always talk about looks being a limiting factor like you cant change it. Isnt there a lot of things you can do to like 5x looks? also are you sure looks matter that much? Im a guy, and I wouldnt date an unattractive girl like who is overweight and stuff, but there have been tons of times where Im attracted to pretty girls but who may be a lot less prettier than other girls, whom im not attracted to .. and if im a guy who feels that i doubt looks matter so much to girls

Hey guys, I have been reading this book called "The Kill Chain" .. and this really was a wake up call like no other book I've read. I highly encourage reading it. It's currently the #1 best seller book in "military public policy" on amazon. It was written by the former staff director of the senate armed forces committee and the senior policy advisor to senator john mccain. The book talks of how the biggest threat and priority of the us military should be (but is not at all) the rapidly transforming military of china since 1993. He showcases how china's military is already way ahead of us' in terms of technological advancement, but also it's rapid data-decision-action networks. It got me thinking of a lot of things .. Creating serious change in the US military through a) building a brand raising awareness, bringing new innovative solutions to US military, etc. for both the citizens of america and the us military itself. The US military, according to this book, prioritizes platform over network, just investing in better versions of older technology rather than a) new types of technology altogether (that threaten the existing ways of doing things), and b) new ways of thinking, doing things, re-imagining the US military. I don't think its stressed enough in the media how great of a concern this is over the coming decades. What do you think about turning this into part of a life purpose? Do you think it's safe to discuss these matters? I would plan to remain conscious, non-attacking, just raising awareness, caring about humanity at large, and mostly preventing disaster through strengthening US military. Also, WHY is this not talked about enough in US society? How great of a concern do you think this is? There's one incident he talks about, "little green men" in 2014 in Ukraine, where (I think Russian) forces demonstrated technological superiority to Ukraine, but that scared US because of how advanced it was compared to our technology in the military. And China, according to this book, has astronomically more advanced technology, ALREADY. I have been reading similar things, such as China's silicon valley, and it's sort of all coming together how a) China's military advancement is growing at an astronomical rate and b) how AI, biotech, and other rapidly growing technologies can really move so fast compared to our gov't's willingness to adapt to this rapid pace of innovation and technological advancement. This is concerning. What are your thoughts? @Leo Gura What are your thoughts too? There's one AI researcher who said the 3 biggest problems facing humanity is 1) AI, 2) nuclear war, and 3) global warming .. I think one thing that unifies all this is the theme of the rapid pace of technological innovation that is so rapid that its getting out of hand, out of our hands, out of our inability to move fast enough and control things. Do we even have hope as the decades go by? How do we wake up US military, society, govt?

@Raze You do have a point about China not doing any serious invasion, but at the same time a) that 9/11 presented them with a strategic opportunity against US, and b) they are in a competitive arms race with US, and c) just because they havent done anything in the past doesnt mean they cant do something in the future. But idk tbh, Im still trying to figure this out. I definitely think its possible that something is here worth looking into, but I guess I'll have to keep digging into this. Of course, as you mention nuclear war is of a great concern and thats undeniable. That's definitely worth raising awareness about, and generating important solutions for.

@Leo Gura Yeah I think it was mainly julien's behavior, but also I think society has gotten more sensitive, as you can see with the cancel culture movement .. owen is also at fault too, and there's many things I dont like about owen, but as a whole, I think he put out some really high quality content in game, that was relatively conscious ... in fact it kind of reminds me of osho, osho put out conscious content, but his leadership of this organization was bad, just like owen where his content was relatively high conscious, but his business tactics, leadership, etc. has a lot of toxic elements

@Leo Gura do you have any examples of what he said that was unethical, mysogynistic, and abusive? I mostly remember him saying to just go out, get field experience, ways to improve your personality, etc.

Happy holidays everyone, Im doing a yearly reflection now. Wish you all a good upcoming year of success, growth, love and happiness.

Actually thats pretty clear, do that which you fear the most, and Id have to say that aside from game, life can be pretty comfortable as even intellectual business work is not as scary in many ways