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If anything, I would take Nietzsche as a proxy for stage CORAL: post-metaphysical spirituality, return to the body, new POWERGODS (TIER 2 is supposed to mimic TIER 1, so YELLOW = BEIGE, TURQUOISE = PURPLE, CORAL = RED). This (like TURQOISE) is such a vague concept that you can project virtually anything into it.

Are you OK with never experiencing life as a winner?

I recently bought this Armani „micro-perforated lambskin nappa leather“ jacket and I LOVE it. I started wearing the same outfit to work everyday à la Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, etc.: Black Margiela Sneakers, black Dolce & Gabbana suit pants, black Sunspell t-shirt (the one James Bond wore in Casino Royale) and said jacket. I look and feel like a spy (a massively hot one)

Oof, I was wearing the exact same stuff back when I was living in the Alps. Patagonia Fleece, Levi’s Jeans, New Balance Runners.

Tate did it, Jay-Z did it, Goggins did it. Listen to them.

I have never been in any social milieu where there wasn't at least 1 person interested in deep existential conversation - whether it be school, university, work. Just be authentically you and you will find these people. Also, learn to develop and appreciate other modes of interaction. An obvious one is interacting with the opposite sex. There will never be a shortage of attractive girls/guys, you can shoot your shot with and have engaging and meaningful interactions with. As far as academic responsibilities go, interacting with others and working towards a common goal is another skillset you have to learn and master. I don't have much advice, besides just opening yourself up to these experiences and learning to be social, extroverted and rewarding to be around. If other people enjoy your company, you will inevitably enjoy theirs as well.

God can imagine being immortal for some time and then simply forget/imagine something else.

Nuts.

Rob Swire is such a great vocalist, unfortunately I can't warm up to Pendulums aesthetic. He has some amazing performances on Deadmau5's production though.

Do you think there is some synergistic satisfier that would allow you to integrate this mode of being, or are they polymorphic and mutually exclusive?

As far as some people being way more developed than others - that much should be obvious. When I look at myself, it’s not environmental pressures that allow me to develop faster and further than is usual, but my capacity for abstraction and imagination. It‘s almost as with AI, in that the development exponentiates itself, the further it goes. So what these „meta-models“ are meassuring is basically the capacity to develop/evolve? - the more developed you are, the easier it is to develop in all other areas and to develop further evolvability? And the ultimate development is purely formless consciousness that can take any form whatsoever?

They probably do. So these models somehow meassure a „meta-complexity,“ within which the development of different „lines“ can vary greatly. If that‘s true, it basically means that an „intellectual“ is necessarily more developed than a hunter or a dancer or a salesman - because the intellectual engages in „higher“ faculties (dialectic, multiple paradigms, etc.). I guess that‘s fair, but it‘s probably what Nora Bateson was criticizing.

I'm sharing this, because I see virtually no one acknowledging the deeply philosophical nature of nutrition. This blindspot allowed unconsciously held values of scientists and institutions to bias their research, leading to a deeply skewed definition of "health". Everything that empowers you is bad: animal products, sugar, etc. Everything that makes you content and satisfied is good: starches, legumes, etc. All the mainstream health and nutrition advice, even the most cutting edge research, is designed in such a way as to make you an obedient little sheep. For more on the idea of unconsciously held values biasing research and development, check out this brilliant article: https://consilienceproject.org/technology-is-not-values-neutral-ending-the-reign-of-nihilistic-design-2/ What I'm presenting here is an alternative system of nutrition and lifestyle, which of course is just as biased - but towards different values. This routine is for you, if you value worldly success, excellence and personal greatness. Follow this and you will become an absolute specimen. You will have topmodels fighting over your attention, men crowning you their king. Run away from it all you want, money and power will come your way. THIS IS JUST A DRAFT SO DONT HESITATE TO EXPERIMENT AND SWITCH THINGS UP DISCLAIMER: IM NOT AN EXPERT ON NUTRITION AND THIS IS NO MEDICAL ADVICE Diet 500g of grass fed ground beef (cooked in grass fed butter, or raw, if you want) + a big spoon of honey 1l of organic orange juice (I recommend greek orange juice, for the best taste) 6 organic free-range eggs (cooked in grass fed butter, or raw, if you want) + shell (balances the acidity of the large amounts of red meat) + Filmjölk/Kefir (+ potatoes, if you want to bulk up) Testosterone Stack KSM-66 Ashwagandha Root Extract (300-600mg) Tongkat Ali (400-800mg) Fadogia Agrestis (600-1200mg) Boron (3-6mg) Vitamin D3 (5000iu) L-Carnitine, L-Tartrate (2000mg) Magnesium Bisglycinate (1000-1200mg) Zinc Picolinate (25-100mg) Vitamin E - mixed Tocopherols & Tocotrienols (400-800iu) Selenium (200-800mcg) Taurine (3000-5000mg) Testosterone Replacement Therapy, if you need it (I'm 23, so I don't need it and can't speak from experience). Cognitive Performance Stack Qualia Mind Nicotine (via Philip Morris's IQOS Ilumina device), for transient peak; NAC (1000mg) to detox carcinogens Coffee!!! Creatine (5g) Additional Supplementation Athletic Greens AG1 (1 serving) LMNT electrolytes (1 serving) Qualia Synbiotic (for gut-brain support) Habits 9h of high quality sleep - this is a whole can of worms in itself Cold shower early in the morning Sunlight early in the morning HIT weightlifting (1-2 times a week) - check out Mike Mentzer's HIT schedule At least 16h of fasting every day

But what about a hunter-gatherer or an artist? They can be Masters of their domain and still score low in cognitive tests (and vice versa, just operating at a high level of complexity doesnt make you a great painter or salesman).

Why do some people develop way beyond what is „demanded“ from their environment?

So you basically develop according to the challenges and opportunities you face in life? I‘m still intrigued in what is universal among all human development… Do you think development in say dialectical reasoning, playing the piano, spiritual attunement and hunting animals is comparable in any meaningful way and can be explicated (in stages of whatever else)? Also, do you see any convincing evidence for a teleology to human development? As much as I dislike teleological systems, looking at any developmental process, it is quite obvious that things get more „complex“ over time. I guess my question is, can we meassure complexity (universally) ?

That new Travis Scott though... ?

Right, I dimly remember this from my developmental psychology classes. So much the better. So what can be said about human development that holds across all cultures?

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To me it's an aesthetic choice. What kind of life do you want to live? If you are optimizing for peak performance for example, you want that huge spike, even if it only lasts a few hours per day. I have a coworker who literally works 1 day a month, high as a kite on phenibut and caffeine, calls up some billionaire CEO and closes him on a few 100k -- every single time. I'm not shitting you. If I was a scholar like you (if you allow), I would do the same thing - but in a hypercompetitive environment, this kind of sobriety is deadly. Any time the vikings went into battle, they underwent an elaborate ritual of chanting, dancing, channeling animal spirits and getting high on alcohol and hallucinogenics -- and they absolutely smashed their competition. Also, with things like caffeine, sugar, nicotine, etc. you can just keep redosing. I never built up any major tolerance to these stimulants. If you want to be extra carerful, just cycle them.

We basically have to become to the left what Jordan Peterson is to the right.