LoneWonderer

In regards to the post on what is a Christian part 2 I can see the appeal. For someone who has no purpose in life and who has little awareness of epistemology this mind virus sounds very appealing. The talk between these two people is moving and you see how profound this christianity mind virus is. When it gets to you on an emotional level that s**ts dangerous. They keep talking about how they found meaning in scripture and I just remind myself that it's comfirmation bias. They talk about going deep on bible scripture but they fail to see that the bible is just one book out of many. They paradigm lock themselves and don't even realize it. I do wonder sometimes, all these people stuck in one paradigm Christians, Bhiddists etc deep in their hearts do they know that this stuff is wrong and that they're wasting their time? For me this journey has always been about a hunch that the stories I was told could not possibly be the full picture, science, religion, new age. Any time there was a worldview I intuitively felt it's limits. I've always felt a deep unease whenever I was told "that's just how the world is" which forced me to keep pushing for answers. I am still searching for answers today I am not any closer 😂

black friday and lines in front of apple store on new iphone release day

To anyone looking to upgrade their Android phone the Oppo X9 pro is currently the best android device released in a long time. It's basically a Oneplus 15 but with larger battery (A massive 7500mha cell) and better cameras. It rocks a dimensity 9500 which given, is slower than the latest 8 elite gen 5 but still on par maybe slightly better performance than the elite gen 4. The Oppo X9 pro is what the s25 ultra should've been this year but Samsung has become lazy and complacent. Also don't expect much from the S26 lineup next year apparently it's another spec bump only. I personally am waiting for Q1 of 2026 and the release of the Oppo X9 Ultra which should outdo even the X9 pro. Currently rocking the galaxy s24 and am in no need of any upgrades 😅 For the absolute best cameras this year in the android world the vivo x300 pro is the choice but smaller battery cell at around 5400mha. For iphone users just get the same slab apple releases every year and you'll be sweet (what generation of iphone are they on now?)

I don't know much about it but I remember watching some tech video which explained how some crazy good pc's in the late 90's cost thousands of dollars, then in the very early 2000s computer architecture evolved and changed drastically and all those who spent 1000's of $ in the 90's suddenly had unusable machines in terms of OS and performance almost overnight. Now that my friend is a real F**k around jajaja.

to be part of Putin's inner circle is already admitting you're out of your mind

Yeah this is what has changed. A little more mobile friendly before, now loads as if you're using desktop mode in your browser settings.

If I had infinite moneys my choice in the windows department would be this: *Note I am not a gamer but am a content creator. Some years back my windows choice would've been the Dell XPS lineup but they've killed it the project. 😥 I would also consider a maxed out macbook pro because of battery life. I like long battery life. Not a Mac guy but these machines have got so good there's very little in Windows ecosystems that competes without compromises in some department.

Hey here's a thought experiment: You can't control a genuine smile. Sometimes In a moment of extreme depression I watch or hear something that suddenly makes me smile. Doesn't mean I'm not suffering, just means my state of consciousness has changed in this moment and now I am happy. Look at people in Africa, they are living in hell on earth yet they are some of the most cheerful people on earth. States of consciousness all of it. *These are all very crude simple examples but I could go on and on. I don't follow anything about this Mangione trial but here's a thought experiment. If he believes he is innocent and did the right thing he doesn't have to regret shit and laugh and smile like a bubbling idiot all day long.

I liked this episode but from about the half way mark something began to feel odd. He kept agreeing with anything the host of area52 suggested and it may be he was just tired of being interviewed but something felt off. "It's the vibes man!" As they say. Again very entertaining story of his and I enjoyed it especially the first half.

Jesse Michael's Latest drop. This Ex world Leader was abducted while he was still serving in office back in 1997. He seems like a pretty balanced dude and didn't give me any strange con man vibes. Apparently he's good friends with the Dali Lama, has been part of Putin's close inner circle and met with many world leaders throughout his career.

Do you live in or near a city in AU? I'm just wondering if AU is anything like NZ because here even if you live in Auckland, public transport is bad at best and very basic public transport rest of country, makes it hard to move around. Back in Europe I would NEVER own a car but here in NZ it's quite difficult if not impossible.

listening to the Carl Newport on AI podcast puts things into perspective. "They are glorified autofill promters". I hadn't thought of it that way. It was cool to listen to his take on the recent happening in which Claude allegedly blackmailed an employee to stop itself from being shut down. His take on how Claude's programming problably just wanted to bring a resolution to a narrative it had been fed, based on similar narratives it had learned from all of it's web data scraping helped me see that particular blackmail event from a totally different lense. It's not that its sentient, it's that it's an algorythm doing what it's designed to do...that is to complete a narrative/query it's been fed.

Me wee mum back in Spain 😭. I have sent her the video *Note I don't know what the regulation of this stuff is in the EU may be more controlled there

Now back to the topic of corruption you corrupt devils: And the funny thing is we allow them to F**k us in the ass with this stuff because "Oh man it's so convinient to get my groceries delivered!"

I have the exact same thing on google chrome. Feels like it has changed maybe 3-4months ago?

That was dark

Has been on my radar for many years this one. Will give watch today based on your recommendation.

Where is the sign up list for the guilty? I'm vacationing to Sri Lanka in a few months with family will spend 3 weeks doing conformist activities.

@Leo Gura I completed the video. I understood it. I believe the issues came about my mind kept disconnecting from the content more than usual. Also I feel in this video your speaking to the target audience "The box standard rationalist". I may have had difficulty "getting" this episode because most of the points you have raised I was already questioning rationality 10 years ago just in a different (yet fundamentally same as explained in this episode) flavour. The difficulty I believe came in making sense of things I've already been working through but in my own way which you have shown light on in part 2. The episode has given clarity and definition to the mental process I've been doing intuitively (that of questioning the limits of my worldview). Sorry if this doesn't make much sense. Now back to watching escaping the meaning crisis series.

@RisingLane I'm looking foward to watching this too.

The ending of episode 7 is Gold! I like this show

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I agree with you here. I have both Kobo ereader or I load documents and websites into ElevenLabs for Audiobooks. Leo is also right that I'm being lazy about it. But yeah if someone knows a way please share with us, for now I shall continue loading webpage after webpage.

Regarding the two books on meaningness.com and metarationality.com does anyone know a way to compile the entire book into a single document? It's quite a pain and completly breaks my flow having to read one short excerpt at a time and having to reload a new webpage after each short read. Thank you in advanced.

I will get back to you on this. It's not an easy thing to pinpoint atm. I'm about half way through the episode. Understanding of what is being said is there, but having issues with forming connections in my mind with the content.