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I genuinely just cringe every time I watch the video. His reputation is permanently ruined at this point. I also feel so sorry for all the people at his companies. Lots of hardworking awesome people leading the teams at Tesla, SpaceX and Neurolink. I see a lot of Tesla vehicles and stores being vandalised recently. It's an insult to those who work at his companies and just care about making great products. The Musk I knew 10 years ago is long gone.

No one is claiming that Musk's products were entirely his ideas. But he was the director, visionary and manager of the teams that produced the ideas. Years ago, well before anyone knew who Musk was, I remember telling my friends that people would eventually completely forget or disregard Musk's efforts in accelerating and massively advancing the transition to electric cars. And here we are. You do not understand the monumental effort it took to create Tesla as we see it today. It is unfathomable. Truly impossible. Think about what it takes to create a company like that. Musk didn't design the Tesla battery pack, or the double cast Model 3 frame, nor the industrial grade air filtration system, but you can be damn sure the car wouldn't exist without him. Electric cars would still be a pipe dream for society if Musk hadn't directed the technological advancements we see today. Steve Jobs didn't design the Apple products. Jonny Ive did, along with hundreds of other designers and engineers. Yet we still credit Jobs as a genuis. Not for his ideas, but his capacity to bring people together, manage, direct and force his vision into existence. Saying all this, Musk is still a majorly flawed and often toxic individual.

And I bet no one buys them.

They care about getting views, because otherwise why post on Youtube? I shouldn't have used other word 'viral', but then again, why not? Would it be a bad thing for Ralston's teachings to reach a million people a month instead of 1000? I'm sure Ralston wouldn't mind the ad revenue and the book sales. The reality is that Ralston's Youtube growth will remain stagnant indefinitely unless he changes the content. It's a topic that interests me a lot, hence why I'm waffling about it. A more polished, longer-form podcast might be the right move.

He recently posted a long video, maybe 20 minutes or so, and it got an enormous amount of praise and positive comments. From myself included. Maybe that was part of the inspiration for this. Everyone is just a bit tired of 3-minute clips he's been posting for years on end. I can't tell you how many times i commented to start making longer form videos that allow Ralston to riff a bit more and go into more depth. Like why cut Ralston's thoughts into 3 minute videos?!? It's genuinely tragic that so much wisdom was being condensed into such short videos that 300 people watched. Imagine if Ralston started getting 30,40,50k views on his videos. Doesn't help that Brendan, or whoever is managing the YT channel, doesn't have a clue about Youtube thumbnails and titles. Do they think they'll just one day go viral doing the same thing again and again?? Again, just tragic that so much wisdom is being lost. The best we have is Leo's interviews from years ago.

I always get a big hit of nostalgia every time I hear that intro tune

@Davino No it doesn't become harder to learn new skills. If anything its easier because I have a much deeper understanding of 'how' to learn, which has only come through years of life experience. Learning a new skill is also about your environment and life setup as much as it is about brain plasticity. As I've gotten older, my life setup is much more conducive towards long periods of focus and solitude - both of which are helpful if not essential when learning new skills. The motivational aspect of learning a new skill is also important. If I'm learning a new skill its because I really want to, so I'm very motivated to endure the long periods of pain and discomfort that inevitably come with it. When I was younger, you tend to just start new things fairly randomly without much risk, but the downside is you quit when it gets tough. You don't find yourself in those situations when you're older.

The problem with this is that half of this list was said once by some random person and then picked up by every news site, retold 100 times and now everyone thinks it's a fact. What is the source for #3, #4? No one knows, its just been parroted by a bunch of news sites. #5 is explained by the hundreds of daily commercial aircraft coming into land and following similar flight patterns. They look like they're coming out of the ocean because of long-distance perspective. #9 is just another idea floating around with no substance or evidence. The mothership idea was speculated by a misinformed member of US government in an interview. Turned out to be complete nonsense. The problem is that all the hysteria has caused people to think any moving thing in the sky is a UAP. Literally 90% of the video footage used on news segments are very obviously commercial planes! I've yet to see a compelling clip of a genuine UAP. I've seen a few multi-coloured glowing orb type UAPs. But they could literally be anything. I want these to be aliens just as much as anyone. But there is simply no evidence to suggest this.

Why would the Chinese fly a bunch of drones with bright lights on them? There's two options imo: 1) Large scale military exercise for testing defences. 2) Genuine non-human intelligence craft. It's fun to hope for the NHI explanation, but more likely just military stuff combined with a lack of cross-department communication.

Firstly, there is a difference between synthetic and bufo. But plenty of people have taken bufo with very positive reviews. I personally wouldn't recommend bufo because it seems like the experiential quality is different. I've never felt the need to roll around or scream whilst taking synthetic 5-MeO. But I've seen plenty of people do that with bufo. Secondly, your negative energies and weird experiences will fade gradually over time. I used to have Infinity flashbacks and weird tingling energy feelings in my body after using 5-MeO. But they've mostly if not entirely gone now. They weren't quite as extreme as what you've described, so yours might last a bit longer. I'm very certain Leo has specifically mentioned taking synthetic 5-MeO at least once in his videos. He may not have specifically recommended to take synthetic to others, but he has definitely stated that he personally used synthetic.

So I can sleep on my side without them sticking out. And they also don't fall out as easily.

Just a quick word on sound proofing. Unfortunately there isn't much you can do without significant building work. To stop sound waves you need thickness and density. A concrete wall is the best option but I'm gonna guess thats not possible for you haha. Rockwool is a good sound insulator. If you can get that installed in your walls that would help a lot. Sound proofing 'foam' or blankets will do nothing. They're actually acoustic treatment, and help to defract sound reflections rather than prevent it coming through. I have noisey neighbours and I wear Bose noise cancelling headphones basically all day, and then soft ear plugs at night (cut in half) - both of these work very well for me. But ideally I want to move somewhere where I don't have to wear either.

I certainly do. Been reading the blog ever since you started it. Great to see what kind of stuff you're watching, studying, thinking about. I always really enjoyed the vlog-style videos you posted on the blog - just as much as the main channel content. They kinda felt more real and personal, whereas the main channel videos are more polished and less about you.

Yea I had the same experience, but after two breakthrough's on 5-MeO. Weed became something totally new after that. Some of my deepest insights were with cannabis. Haven't done it in ages though, I'm tempted to try again. Cool profile pic too

Not that you need practise, but have you tried doing dialogues with the new ChatGPT 4o voice? I'd be curious if you, or anyone here for that matter, could ask it to converse with a hyper-skeptical perspective, or a heavy scientific materialist bias. In fact I know you definitely could. I wonder if it would be good conversation practise. I'm tempted to try it myself.

I must say this is precisely what I've been telling people for years. I've watched pretty much 90% of all videos of Musk online. I'm not exaggerating. I've been following his efforts since around 2015 before anyone even knew his name. Most people who critique Musk today have not even watched a single interview. Let alone all of them. At best a few clips, a few headlines, a few comments from friends and family. I appreciate you putting in the effort to understand his worldview. I've said many times he is flawed and has said and done stupid things. But he is also very down to earth, kind and deeply cares about bettering the world.

Don't disagree with that. I guess I'd make a distinction between 'scientism' and 'scientific materialism'. And yes, regarding his denial of solipsism, that's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. There's a few other insights he's kind of brushed under the rug because it doesn't fit into his current worldview. It's not simply because it's a scary realisation. I'm not criticising Destiny but there's definitely a sense he's holding onto his materialist worldview and doesn't really want to let it go. It's a hard one to let go of in all fairness.

He is, but there is definitely a side to him that is very sceptical. I don't think I've ever seen someone successfully penetrate that scepticism. He's hard-stuck in scientific atheism. I've seen him discuss this many many times. It's interesting to watch because I think his psychedelic experiences have gone against his scientific materialism but he can't let it go. But you're definitely right in that he's yearning for some more intelligent, deeper conversations. I'd love to see someone help him unpack his psychedelic experiences more deeply. A decent response from Destiny, for sure!

I feel like you're just justifying your addiction to ejaculating. I'm not anti-porn in any way, it's great. It's regular ejaculation which ruins you as a man. The benefits of no-fap are life-changing. This is not an understatement. I feel like a fucking shark. I'm more focused than ever. It's like a mild version of modafinil but permanent. All of the con's you've described are pros to me. Although I don't feel tense or nervous. The complete opposite. The sexual tension you refer to makes me appreciate women even more. Before, 10% of women were hot, now 70% are like fine wine. I'm more attracted to women than ever before. Are there downsides of no-fap? Absolutely. But the cons of fapping regularly are far worse - chronic laziness, unambitious, shy.

Well of course we'd watch it. Would be pretty good for your business that's for sure. Hopefully his team catches the email and considers you. 🤞

Thats fair. I'm not aware of the fake FSD demo. I must also admit they also did some deceptive trickery with a recent acceleration speed test. Telsa showed a video of a Tesla vehicle accelerating faster and beating another very high-end sports car to the finish line. Turns out the finish line was only 60% of the standard drag race length, and actually the high end sports car beat the Tesla in the full-length race. I can't remember the correct terms or details. Videos online talking about it though. The deep problem of marketing, eh?

This is definitely a bait but i'll bite. To say he's a con man is just simply and objectively untrue. I've heard this so many times, it's yet again another leftist talking point that gets parroted over and over again. Explain to me specifically what con he has engaged in. He's well known for making overly optimistic predictions about his businesses and products. Everyone knows this. But there's no 'con'. A 'con' is an intentional lie or deception. Elon's misjudgements are just optimistic inaccuracies and over-excitement at times. The Roadster V2 is the only product that had a massive launch and hype around it but has yet to be built. Every single other Tesla product is being mass produced. I can't actually think of any other product Elon has said will be built but hasn't. Do I need to write a list of every thing his companies have achieved? All of the impossible engineering, American space flight, reusable rockets, the best electric vehicles on the market that forced the entire auto market to transition into making electric cars. You think the legacy auto makers would be making electric cars if Tesla hadn't fucked up the market and proved it possible? Self-driving has certainly taken them much longer than Elon's initial intentions. But again, this was just a genuine misjudgement on behalf of Elon. How can you blame them for not being able to build the first ever autonomously driving vehicle on time? Just utterly absurd. You're blinded by bias. You can't see that what Elon has achieved is impossible. Do you understand what he has built?! He's the ultimate visionary. It just so happens that his visions have now become a little clouded and a bit twisted. His vision to 'eradicate the woke mind virus' is just another mind virus!!. The whole point of building X was because his son became a girl! He spent $44billion because he can't accept his son being a daughter. And Musk is deeply self-serving. But he has to be. Do you understand? Tesla, Space X, all of the other businesses, they simply cannot exist with deep selfish behaviour. He had to force his vision into existence no matter what. His personal life is a shamble. 4, 5 baby mothers? Most of them hate him. Even Grimes filing a lawsuit a believe. This is what people don't understand. They don't understand that Musk has to be the way he is. And he isn't going to let all that selfishness just go to waste. Hence why he supports Trump.

Good that we can agree on something then! I don't think your perspective on Musk's vision are accurate or true. Although it seems you've argued your point enough already so I shall leave it at that.

Musk isn't perfect, but as Leo said, you are blinded by bias. Tesla was basically nothing when Musk bought the company. I believe they had a couple of patents and that was about it. Barely a drivable car and a couple of employees. The success of the first Roadster was created under Musk's management and direction. That simply would not have existed without Musk. The Roadster was the catalyst for everything we see today. The foundation was already set for him? What foundation lmao? Whatsapp and Instagram were well established companies with hundreds of employees and fully working products when Facebook purchased them. You know its a stupid comparison. Musk can also be a very toxic, self-centred leader with somewhat dangerous conservative policies. This is also true. 'Consider multiple perspectives' doesn't mean agreeing with you or allowing you to spew bias without push back. We've considered it. And we've considered it deeply biased and a misguided interpretation of the events.

I had to switch off his recent Free Tour videos after like 10 minutes. He was just ranting about how rich he is and demonising broke people. Reminded me of Scott Galloway - just awful. People aren't going to change from being demonised and belittled. I'm just always waiting for Owen to give some good practical advice, rather than it always being "do an audit on your life - and click the link!!"