Natasha Tori Maru

This is a big tell, I agree. Knowing how to read body language and facial expression can mean your hit rate is much higher because you act on positive signals. Lots of dudes do just spam approach hoping, but never actually end up learning and assessing a women's signals. You can get flat rejections and some hostility even, if you fail in a reading of woman. Then you fall into the trap of thinking women flat hate being approached. Or that women hate men. Hate sexuality. Hate forwardness. Traps everywhere. @Never_give_up Sometimes you will also notice a women may be partially turned toward you - their body may be facing you with eye contact or their face turned to you. Frequent small glances can also be a positive indicator. Sometimes women will look in an admiring way - but this does not always mean they are dtf or want to be approached. We aren't candid. I wish it were easier for dudes.

Most women I know want kids, but cannot ensure their own income and safety while doing so. As soon as you have children, your income takes a hit. You become more vulnerable to financial abuse due to a lack of material funds for survival. If you face divorce with children as a stay at home mum, this introduces a huge issue. Most women would ideally drop to part time and raise children - but again the disparity in wages becomes a power dynamic in the relationship. If there is a breakup, you carry risk not having sovereign means. There are tons of good men who take equal responsibility raising children. But the work normally falls on the woman. So it can be the total other way. These issues cannot be reduced down to one explanation. And I will correct you - people - are selfish. People are egoic.

@JTL Happiness increase, or pleasure increase?

@Ramasta9 This is positioning yourself as elevated. Idealism morphing into an identity. Where simple ideas can irrevocably cement themselves into our perception of self - and lead to a dislodging of reason. I feel beneath many of your statements you reveal this belief: "People who disagree are biologically compromised… therefore they can’t perceive reality correctly.” I really feel this is a closed type belief system that is unfalsifiable. Anyone who disagrees is 'toxified' and if they agree they are 'awake'. This is actually what leads to cult dynamics, ideological extremism and conspiratorial thinking. I am not disagreeing with the truth that diet, sleep, environment affect cognition. Chronic stress and poor nutrition do affect clarity, mood and perception.

Yeah, it's a fucken pandora's box of potential turds underneath it all. As well as some diamonds in technological development. For me I want healthspan. I want broadening of the sensory experience. Part of my interest around AI/technology and transhumanism is that traditionally technology has acted to support and assist humans. The role of technology is changing, as well as capability. This changes everything because for the first time technology has the potential to replace humans (or part of the human experience), rather than just assist. Anyway, you have been on of the few here with the testicle to acknowledge some of the legit concerns and wider implications

It is important to realise the distinction between pleasure and happiness. Most people conflate the two.

Never fear earnest expression, with all our own personal unique character and flavour No need for pedantic correctness. There are no true mistakes. Especially in writing. There are some rules, sure. But I think we would all prefer the unfiltered words.

AI

@bazera I agree. Watching outtakes, director commentary and trivia about top shows/movies I love is a bit of a relaxing leisure thing for me. It really adds to the depth of the shows/movies. I hold them in much higher acclaim when I see the logistics and thought behind the process.

Better Call Saul is on par with Breaking Bad. Both have fantastic story, character archs. Acting is steller. Editing, cinematography and production are movie quality. I think both of these series did a lot to put TV on the radar for quality. Helped attract some great talent. I've watched both series 3 times over. I identify and understand the characters in new ways each time. Half the greatness of the show is it's treatment and development of side characters as well as central cast 👌

Haha - the spiritual twist to the joke slaps

I colour my hair BLACK LIKE MY SOUL

Have you guys seen Gattaca? I recommend it - relates to this topic. Interested to hear more about the ethics and not smoke and wishful thinking. A lot of this stuff seems like people are lost in la-de-da dreamland idea/potential addiction. The ethical concerns regarding elitism, eugenics etc are big. Discussions on this forum are always surface level. Inequality (access to enhancements, brain implants, genetic edits) Loss of what makes us human. Is more capability better? It might be worth investigating this assumption. What roles do struggle, natural adaptability, meaning all play? Emotions deleted? The role of grief, limitation and vulnerability in the human experience. Identity instability - are you still you after major cognitive edits? What anchors identity (personality, preferences, perception alterations) Philosophy of personal continuity and how this melds with no-self etc. Power concentration - who controls what? Can access be revoked? Is cognition to be monitored or influenced? Safety and unintended consequences. Humans are shit at predicting complex system outcomes. CRISPR Consent/coercion Meaning crisis Existential risk - humans losing control I think a big question at the heart of it is: Is the goal to improve human life - or replace some/part/all of the human condition? I find these surface level hype-fest discussions zzzz. Lets look at the above to start

I believe this has been updated to 'the halo effect' lol Everything is a remixed, rebranded, repackaged version of a previous trend to spin and sell all over again >.<

Thank you Adrian, I really enjoy the quality and nuance in your posts. You bring some great earnest, honest and candid truth to your experience. It appears also, you very much avoid restricting yourself to any sort of label or sweeping distinction. I think this has contributed to inoculating you against rigid ideology and unconscious indoctrination. Based. Appreciated