LoneWonderer

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Just saw this post, thank you

China is becoming a global superpower and the hype is real in terms of their advanced growth. I believe their biggest limit moving into the future would be the CCP and their centralized authority model. Up to now the CCP has had final say in what gets funded, where resources are allocated and distributed. Anyone opposing the CCP or perceived a threat has been systematically opressed or eliminated (the uyghurs, tibet, freedom of speech etc). There could be a case made that this has worked really well for China for achieving it's "5 year plans" with a single minded focus up to now. It is also not clear to me if moving towards democracy is a good idea for the country but I also wouldn't know what an evolution of the current CCP system would look like either. Making China a democracy would result in similar issues currently plaguing the west (AI algorithm addiction, drug addiction, homelesness, purposeless, laziness and lack of innovative spirit from a state of abundance, extremist movements etc). China may well end up westernized as the population of China emerges from poverty and a majority strong middle class emerges and who won't stand any longer for their lack of freedom of expression (will this happen in next 10,20 years? Quite possibly a lot longer 50+ years I believe) but modernizing in the same way the West has may also bring China all of the same social issues plagued currently in countries in Europe and US. If in the future the CCP isn't removed it will become the bottleneck that will stop China from advancing to a new level of development. What form the new post CCP China will take? that is the million dollar question.

@Ponder Look mate, something about you just feels really off and you feel very disingenuous to me. Like if you and I were in class together we might not be best buddies. Either you are what you claim and in that case really wish you all the best, F**k if I know what stage Coral feels like, or you've got some serious delusions which is what you come across to me as. A small hurt human hiding behind a huge spiritual ego. If such is the case I just ask you question this. I may be wrong ao I'll keep tabs on this thread, might learn something from you.

The NY times, The guardian and BBC news are my go to. However I skim through articles to just keep up with workd events. News truly are 95%+ shock factor random calamities happening on the other side of the world. You'd do well and keeping an emotional distance when reading the news. It's like an emotional vampire on steroids.

Alaska. Clean air, wild nature, high salaries, great natural expanses. I'm assuming beautiful cold snowy winters and friendly people. Great place for introverts I imagine not so sure about extroverts who need the city life and more people.

@Ramasta9 It's South Korean my man but yeah, it's great, they make good shit.

I'm going out to play with some friends ma! -Oh with that lovely neighborhood girl? Ok, but behave and be home by sundown yes ma!

@Natasha Tori Maru Good question. Right back at ya. What proof would you like to see? You've had experiences. Seen some stuff so as to say...Gone there, done that and got the postcard...would you say what you have experienced serve as definitive proof for you?

Hahaha I'm stealing this

@Breathe Thank you for sharing your story

Ok seriously though. Most of us will not become the top 5% in our field to be able to secure a job when AI really takes over. So what happens? Wars? Massive conflict? UBI? The end of humans? I can't see a clear path foward on this one. I keep hearing become a massive value provider, but honestly I don't know if that'll ever be me, I'm just an average dude. I have a good job but eventually AI robots will come for it too. Most of us are in this camp. What will happen to us? Is there any chance all this free time will push humans towards an evolution (people finally have free time to think, contemplate, meditate, do psychedelics etc) or is it Mad max and most of us are fucked. Knowing what I now know about corruption it feels like most definetly it'll be the latter. A few very talented, self motivated, ambitious and visionary people will win and most will be left behind. Because we seem to live in a winner takes all society inequality will become MUCH worse than it currently is. I see people who run businesses today and have that personality profile getting ahead aswell because it is advantageous in such a world to be self reliant and having a "can do, I create my own future" mentality, but I'm not that personality type. I work so that I can focus my free time on my goals. My work is not my life purpose. I don't know which direction to take, and can feel scary at times. It's like there's this storm in the distance and you know it's coming but you're not preparing properly for it. I keep up to date with all AI advancements but that's not really being ready for when shit hits the fan. Keeping up to date with AI progress is like the finger pointing at the moon. I have listened to David Shapiro's full post-labour Economics series but not sure how viable this really is. Also that is just the US. What about the other western countries? What about people in emerging economies? My life is great now, but it doesn't feel stable because of this looming automation future. I'm afraid of losing the life I've worked so hard to get because I wasn't prepared, I didn't take massive action in the right moment, because I wasn't mature enough to do what I had to do in order to win big in this AI era. I have massive respect for many users on this forum, some are running teams, working in think-tanks, running and setting up businesses etc. You guys are awesome and I see many of you thriving in these coming uncertain times.

One thing this episode has helped me realize that fundamentally even every thought that I have is not entirely based in truth, only partial truth that assists in my functioning as an ego in an "external world". I shall dedicate time to function in a not knowing state.

Maybe aliens visiting Brazil because of nice beaches, friendly people and pretty women 😛 (JK of course!)

I'll have to contemplate this. Thank you.

Not afraid, unwilling. I'm unwilling to talk to people about mundane bs stuff but that ends up meaning I don't get to know a person deeply as I don't dedicate the time to develop deep emotional bonds. Also I have a bit of a superiority complex where I think my time isn't worth talking to most people if they don't see the world as I do. This ties into a lack of empathy to some degree as you need empathy to listen to others and making space for others that is not you or what you believe in. Anyways, back to the topic at hand.

Yeah I ought to do this AI or no AI. It's almost like I'm allergic to human interaction in real life tho, it's an area I need to seriously work on.

Had to go back several times to try to understand this episode properly. I will stay for part 3 😂. Thank you for your work.

The hype is real! 😃

Age of Disclosure director on Joe Rogan just dropped. Haven't seen yet.

@cistanche_enjoyer It's on Amazon Prime. Otherwise try to pirate it, it's probably out by now.

The documentary " The Age of Disclosure" is out guys I am about half way through. Would love to hear your thoughts. I'm astounded by the credentials of the people that it features. Best UFO documentary I've seen, above even the James Fox documentary on Varginia Brazil. Nothing new really revealed but the people that they managed to get to speak out is astounding. One thing I don't really like is the very strong threat narrative but honestly all these people know a lot more than we do about this stuff so i'll let the whole threat thing slide. 10/10 documentary in my books. *Edit: As I continue watching the documentary some new things I previously didn't know about who the key players of the Legacy Program are is revealed. *Edit 2: The second half of the doc has lots of new tid bits I've never heard of. Final Thoughts: Wow, that was absolutely great!

@Howtolive true

@Ramasta9 👍

@Ramasta9 Matter cannot be created or destroyed. Conciouness is infinite. I hope I experience this before I die. 👍