Dioxide2533

agreed that's for sure

I wanted to make a short review because this book seems not well known and I thought it had insight I hadn't seen anywhere else. It's important insight because it deepens understanding on self-deception. The book is The Evolution of Life Worth Living by C. A. Soper main points: (my summary) - humans have been slightly detached from reality to survive since they got smart enough to kill themselves - humans have a bias for positivity, slightly above neutral. Animals don't, because they don't need protection from possibly killing themselves since they don't have the capability. - mental disorders like depression or psychosis, are a protective switch to remove capabilities from you so that you have a harder time trying to kill yourself to bypass pain, which would a be smart and rational solution, but bad for your genes replication. - humans devote a lot of time to "useless" activities because they need to keep themselves happy to not kill themselves and pass on the genes. - most mental disorders have such high comorbidity because they are kinda the same base issue: maiming your ability to kill yourself when you don't like life - the labels for different mental illnesses are not so relevant because treatment is similar. Different therapies have basically the same success ratio. And the thing in common is mainly placebo from authority figure and caring and love from that person. So psychology is very pseudo-sciency. Hope it's interesting for someone here

Grok says the same thing: https://x.com/i/grok/share/7tByvnaiTpLnMFlCWmB4rk3dc I'm pasting its answer to the same question here:

Durov got kidnapped by the French government so they can pressure him into turning telegram into another propaganda machine for Ukraine and Israel. Telegram does take down many group chats that are reported for illegal things. I have seen this in multiple piracy group chats. These apps should not be forced to be "moderated", which is just Newspeak for censorship. (even for public group chats) They are doing the same Putin did to him with VK. I hope they can't get to Elon next.

there are many ways to have it for free. Easy to find on Reddit

It's an open source project. The code is exposed publicly on GitHub, and since it's popular, it's likely that there are always developers looking over the code.

Thoughts on this? Personally I feel disgusted by how he cares less about the truth and more about feeding people the story that is more beneficial, even if that is for the general good. (Although at least he is openly stating that's how he thinks so it could be worse.) Also it makes me come to this advice: "Don't tell people that you don't believe in Free Will because they will trust you less."

Maybe keep doing the same but with more benign versions. For example for alcohol, you can reduce the hangovers by having only specific drinks that produce less of it, like vodka, tequila or gin. And take them with plenty of water and a NAC supplement. (I heard this from John Anthony, tried myself and it works). Also have a bit less drinks. For stimulants, maybe stick to just caffeine with the drinks.

Some of their core ideas are good, like being more conscious of your emotions, accepting them which helps with relaxing and improving your mood. But it's surrounded with so much invented mental models and snake oil. I wish a more striped down version of it came to mind to recommend. Probably some of the videos with exercises by Leo

Who cares. Forget about idealised visions of how your love life should develop because reality rarely fits that. The only problem with escorts is that they are prohibitely expensive for most of us if we want some frequency.

Like Pav said many things can be done to improve looks, even if potential is limited by genetics. Low body fat, more muscle, contacts instead of glasses, good haircut and style, preserve your hair with finasteride if possible, use suncreen to slow skin aging, moisturizer for better skin when going out, elevator shoes or boots... And its not just about looks, social skills matter equally if you are over some looks threshold. And the numbers game. Still, I am not gonna do forced positivity. Getting laid is often way too much effort if you don't have it easy from the start, from natural good looks and social skills. So sticking to masturbation and acceptance is a good option too for less headaches.

I agree with OP Also, in poorer countries there are less opportunities to study and think. It's more about just survival. Where there is more time to think, people can get to the conclusion that being born there is not a gift, and that having children is often a burden.

You people are so sure. Time will tell.

Why I think this video is real? Check these interviews: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIHgFr6DTvs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3_8RZ-B_rk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWLcLmJ9N4o Bonus: this guy I think is also showing real pictures of an Alien here: https://youtu.be/nd_ZXgObNNg?t=789

Jesus