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Ya honestly, you are probably right BUT remember she did get almost half the votes last time. America isn't as racist and sexist as some cynical people might want you to believe.

What got you to this conclusion?

Great question and I have the same problem. Take notes while listening. Audible let's you save clips and organize and label them. There a huge case made for slow reading/listening as it makes you absorb the info better. The advantage of going through a book quickly though is that if it's bad you don't waste alot of time on it. The best format is the one that works best for you. Sounds like audiobooks are the way to go since you can get through them at a faster speed.

Same. Who do you think would do well? I think Newsom and John Ossoff are both great. John Ossoff being my first choice as he seems smarter to me.

Well they win about half the elections and still get about half the votes when they lose BUT you are right too. They play it too safe and that is their downfall in a way. Bernie Sanders is a generational talent and the Dems didn't embrace him. It's easy to make fun of the fact that conservatives are stuck in their ways but Dems aren't much better.

Isn't it interesting to think about all the fads and styles that have come and gone? Women would pluck their eyebrows very thin a few decades ago. Men would wear ruffs around their necks in the 1500s. Some African tribes stretch their ears and mouths with disks. Some people color their skin with ink. What's up with all that?

Very insightful thanks! Exactly. And removing the reproduction part from sex (with contraceptives, and abortion) is like removing nutrients and calories from food. It completely misses the mark and becomes meaningless. It's a controversial opinion and I could be wrong but I think that the reason sex has become so perverse and such a frustrating topic for people is because the risk of pregnancy has been effectively eliminated from the equation. Big corporations are using our drive for sex to make money too.

Ever notice how being too horny or obsessed with sex is a huge turn off for both men and women? It seems the perfect balance has to be found between wanting and trying to get sex and it's opposite. Think about it, those that aren't interested in sex never get it and those who are constantly looking for it will turn many people off and even gross them out in the process. This is true for both men and women.

She won almost half the vote so it wasn't racism or sexism. I think the biggest reason she lost is because she had such little time to connect with voters and also she isn't that good at connecting with voters over all; the whole time she was VP we didn't get to know her at all. I felt that was very strange. Further more on her short campaign she only went on softball interviews like "call her daddy" and tried to ignore the whole demographic and ideas that made Trump popular. Also she laughs way too much, and she isn't that strong of a speaker (like Newsom or Nikki Haley for example). That being said she has awesome values, and what she pulled off is incredible. I voted for her and I think she is an amazing and impressive person who would have done an excellent job as president.

Dude she won almost half the vote. Pretty sure she is liked by some people.

Could be the ultimate "I told you so campaign". However I don't think she only lost because she had very little time to run. She has great values and I'd vote for her if she became the candidate but she isn't a great speaker and she is only comfortable in settings like "call her daddy" podcast and softball interviews like that. She doesnt connect with many different types of people as well as Gavin Newsom does and isn't as good a a speaker as Nikki Haley or John Ossoff is.

I'm convinced we all died during covid and this is some type of hell

This post made me think. I'm not even sure I agree with it. Generally I think fighting fire with fire is ineffective. On the other hand poetry is also ineffective when fighting fire or swordsmen.

True! Glad to hear you are a fan. I can't wait to read is new one about death and spirituality.

Lol love this idea

Kind of agree. But there are many levels to life and I think Greene helps with some of those levels.

Dude touch grass, why spend your time making comments like this?

What is the best identity to have? In this interview Dr Alexander Douglas shares his answer citing wisdom from ancient Taoists, Spinoza, Kierkegaard and more. A truly fascinating interview that is guaranteed to make your day more interesting.

in this interview Ezra Klein demonstrates how intelligent, well though out, and nuanced of a thinker he is. I dont want to list his points as they are to nuanced to do justice here but check out his work of you are interested in someone who is a master of articulatinng a highly intelligent worldview.

This is the best argument against Bryan Johnson and one I agree with. Overall though I think Bryan Johnson is great. His main goal and the main outcome of his work is people strive to be the healthiest version of themselves. He achieves this by being extreme and performative about it but if he was more moderate perhaps he wouldn't reach as big of an audience. He is like David Goggins, who does far more good than harm for society even though his lifestyle is actually pretty deranged, obsessive, perhpas misguided, and would be very harmful for most people of they actually followed it exactly.

Not only were most great things accomplished by groups of people, Walter Isaacson, a prolific biographer and author, argues that the towering people praised in history books (Jefferson , Steve Jobs) were so effective at shaping history not because they were so empathetic and good but rather because they lacked empathy and were willing to do things that most of us common people are simply too moral to do. There is a trade off between being effective and being moral. This concept might be familiar to many people but Isaacson builds a strong case for it in this interview and in his books.

Not sure if you are interested in Leo's perspective or you just want to argue yours. (If it's the latter why are you on the forum?) But basically Leo changed the definition of solipsism slightly and that's why it works. .He does the same thing with love, and God. It's not something you have to agree with but not sure why you would waste your time on this forum if you don't.

Projecting a golden halo on someone can be as deceptive as projecting a shadow on someone.

And vice versa. What you like about others is what you like in your self?

Great video on why we should relax and let history unfold itself like it has done throughout time immemorial. It's easy to get caught up in world events and think they are unprecedented but actually each renaissance and enlightenment throughout history has not resulted despite hard times but because of it. Leo has talked about it before too: death and destruction is the mode in which new things arrive.