Basman

There are plenty of ethnic Japanese across the world to draw from, like in Brazil. Though I suspect that Japanese culture is so homogeneous that even they would be seen as foreign to a certain degree.

They should start doing this in Japan anywhere else with a population decline. Encourage young people to fuck I mean.

Geography is a major factor too. All of the most successful regions, Western-Europe and the US have superb geography, rich in resources, witch access to the ocean whereas the most backwards and war-torn countries are arid deserts where the quantity of land is the only measure of quality, thus territory conflict.

Make it members only or something like that.

The simplest and most effective way is to replace your smart phone with a dumb phone and use a blocker program like Cold Turkey to set hard limits for when and how much you can visit select sites, or at all. Social media is designed to be distracting and addicting. Will power alone is not sufficient in my opinion if you are serious about cutting down on it. I had a period with no internet recently and its not that bad. You'll be more bored more often though. Having internet again after that period made me realize how drama filled and negative social media often is. And not in a fluffy way but I could tell that I more often feel angry, wrathful and plain negative when consuming digital content. And its by design because social media is made to be emotionally engaging which naturally emphasizes negativity since negativity is "sticky" in the mind. Like you'll be watching a video about the "downfall of (insert scumbag streamer here)" and of course being exposed to a variety of scumbaggery is upsetting but maybe you just don't notice as much without the contrast of not being exposed to that kind of stuff for a while due to lack of internet. Having that break made me consume less, especially drama type content. Also a lot less Reddit because it is so condescending and self-biased. Engaging with that community is the definition of throwing pearls to swine. Also dopamine addiction isn't real. Just listen to music if you want to. Its simply a matter of how distracting something is and how much time your wasting on it. You are not getting the time back you are spending right now.

The data is pretty conclusive about it. Its linked with testosterone.

Men have on average a higher sex drive.

Do you have any resources on inner child dialoging?

Don't pop a vessel now.

Yeah, and its always really liberal middle-aged women with a bunch of failed relationships that have a lot to say about it. No resentment there I'm sure. Kind of a straw-man buts its funny.

What is the truth then? I honestly don't think its that deep.

If men have an understanding of women that works in real life than that understanding must be true, otherwise it wouldn't work. Like if your understanding of carpentry does not result in a house than you don't understand carpentry. Its senseless to argue with a carpenter on a fundamental level about houses when he has built hundreds of houses already. I suspect that there is degree where attraction feels different to women than to men but feelings don't necessarily equate to reality. Something can feel one way but in reality be a completely different way. A man can feel "just right" to a woman but that doesn't mean that there isn't cold survival incentives driving their feelings. Its not a coincidence either that women that feel attractive to men are usually fertile and young. I don't think men need to understand the entirety of womanhood anyway, like no red blooded male needs to understand how women menstruate. Most women don't really care what it is like to be man either and that is fair. What about these kind of discussions makes you so mad anyway? I always see you writing walls of text whenever there is talk about how women work. Do you think your above being an animal?

Treat everything less like a grind and more like a hobby. What excites you? What do you value intrinsically? What will give you peace? There is no law in the universe that states that you have to treat your body like a temple.

You can't be tricked into being attracted to someone though. If you are made to be attracted to a man due to his deliberate attempt at seducing you then that attraction must be genuine. I think what he is insinuating is that there is an asymmetry between men and women when it comes to dating and that successful men apply their knowledge and experience deliberately.

He's quit successful with women though with a pedigree for making truthful and holistic statements. Why would he talk out of his ass considering?

Your dissemination is clearly unpopular with the girls here. Why is it painful for women to learn this stuff exactly? Is it because your undermining romance as a concept?

SD Stage Blue is such a self-biased stage while being completely oblivious how self-biased they are. Like, how convenient that god bestowed you all this land that happens to run along all of this profitable coast line.

The natural state of a child is complete confidence, therefor we can assume that insecurity is the result of certain experiences with the world. In my personal experience, insecurity tends to lead to one shutting of from for example socializing, limiting your exposure (and maintaining your insecurity). Therefor we need more experience with our problem area to overcome our insecurities. People who are highly experienced in something tend to be confident, therefor we can assume that experience is key to solving insecurity. The general strategy that works for me: Learn to understand your insecurities. Why are you insecure? What are you afraid of exactly? etc. Journaling, therapy and reading up on your kind of neurosis are all good methods for doing this kind of personal archeology. Learn the principles that equip you to better handle your problem area. Read self-help, watch videos on the topic, etc. When you have an understanding of how for example socialization works theoretically then you will feel more at peace and less to the devices of your inexperienced mind when you are out there. Expose yourself to more experience. This is the most important step and the most emotionally taxing. Go out, socialize, volunteer, whatever excites you. There will be a pain period in the start where it is really challenging and you will feel really bad but you just need to continue exposing yourself. You'll be surprised how fast you'll get over your insecurities. You'll reach a point where the excitement of progress overrules any fear. Its worth pushing through the pain period because progress will make you happy and fulfilled, unlike how comfort can. It will give a zest for life, like you can do anything.

Yeah yeah, back to work.

But it is a mental matter.

Well, what if it is psychological?

The human mind and generative AI are not the same. That much is obvious. Generative AI is limited when it comes to creating new ideas for instance nor does it know or understand anything. Now you can discuss to what degree humans are truly creative VS just iterating on past input but I'd argue most people aren't being as uniquely creative as they could be due to a lack of drive rather than ability. Also, I think you and people here in general should stop with "projection" thing. Its just annoying and passive-aggressive and 9 times out of 10 its you who is projecting a projection unto others, putting words in peoples mouths and making assumptions. I don't think humans are superior to AI because I don't see AI as a person so there is no comparison to be made.

This sounds like stoner techno infused bro-science. "The human brain is just ChatGPT, man" is just the updated version of "we must be be living in the matrix, dude".

As in telling them how their parenting turned you out, the issues you got from them, etc? Personally, I think its a bad idea most of the time. It is just going to come of as judgemental and be emotionally distressing to the parents unless they are completely ambivalent to you (in which case you probably don't even have a relationship with them). Like, is it not enough for you to know for yourself how your environment shaped you? I'm asking because recently someone I know who is a parent had their daughter visit (who has a diagnosis) and they basically laid into them with criticisms and blame. Obviously, quiet an extreme example but even if you are more cordial and less emotionally charged it doesn't seem wise in the majority of cases. Like its too close to home, don't you think?

I can't be the only one who dreams of the day that AI has truly destroyed the job market such that UBI or whatever becomes a necessity (assuming we go down that path). Imagine having the freedom to just exist and focus on your values and passions. Its going to sound spoiled but I think that future societies will look back on our current times and view our relative lack of subsistence rights as barbaric, like how we view colonization as barbaric.