Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[UnbornTao]

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And the Lord said, 'Let there be Parmesano,' and there was Parmesano. 

And He saw that it was grated, and it was good.

(Genesis 1:3)

 

Edited January 14 by UnbornTao

[Thought Art]

 

Edited January 13 by Thought Art

[Yimpa]

https://www.actualized.org/insights/the-making-of-the-abyss

Lesson: Genuine hard workers don’t expect anything erect in their honor—they’re busy immersed in building something that stands the test of time, driven by passionate hands-on effort and flow. Their work touches you so deeply that you’re left with no choice but to also take pride in the work that you’re meant to pursue.

[Yimpa]

 

[LambdaDelta]

"The Bibi Files" was awesome. Besides Trump, I can hardly recall seeing such self-biased people in my life. Everything clicks into place now.

What a power couple, huh. Plus the chronically online son whose mind has been terminally infected with ideology, it's like observing the process of turning a human into a robot.

In one of the recordings someone complained about the media not being "fair and balanced", a callback to "what the Devil calls 'fair and balanced' is precisely not fair and balanced". God's being lazy and reusing parts of the script.

 

[Leo Gura]

47 minutes ago, LambdaDelta said:

Plus the chronically online son whose mind has been terminally infected with ideology

Yeah, that was just sad.

Netanyahu's son is a brainwashed Zionist troll.

Shows you the real cost of this whole Israel project.

Netanyahu's son makes Netanyahu look like a reasonable moderate.

Edited January 15 by Leo Gura

[The Blind Sage]

@Leo Gura
The slideshow you posted is incredibly useful.
There's plenty of topics you've previously covered that will take decades to deepen my understanding of...I used to go back and skim through the content to review. It didn't work very well because the lectures are so long, you either end up skipping important parts or speeding up the video so much you don't process it very well. I ended up making my own notes

Having the notes you make your talks off of for all episodes would be amazing

 

 

[The Renaissance Man]

@Leo Gura Love the slideshow, also because I'm interested in making long-form videos as well. I'd love to know your process behind videos (mainly researching & scripting, talking & recording), I'm sure many other people would be interested too, a blog post would be super cool!

[Recursoinominado]

4 hours ago, The Renaissance Man said:

@Leo Gura Love the slideshow, also because I'm interested in making long-form videos as well. I'd love to know your process behind videos (mainly researching & scripting, talking & recording), I'm sure many other people would be interested too, a blog post would be super cool!

me too! 10 bucks for your deepest secrets on content creation

[Husseinisdoingfine]

Dearest @Leo Gura,

The 250 Traps Of Life video is not available on the iTunes Apple Podcasts app.

Please correct this so that I may listen to that episode on my morning walks.

Sincerely,

Hussein

 

[Daniel Balan]

I would love if we'd get a slide show for every important video you posted in the last 6 years and from now on. Id like to get a slide show for the 250 traps video especially!

[Thought Art]

Thanks for sharing the list of points you made in the recent video. I actually was going to ask for this list.

[Clarence]

Thanks a lot for sharing your slideshow!

That gives us a glimpse of the work you are going through to make a video. This is very interesting (and I've always loved behind-the-scenes).

Maybe you could ask us once to try making the list before you make the video. That way, our motivation to sit, brainstorm, and write down our ideas would be stronger. We could also read others' answers and see if we can get somewhere.

Making those videos must be an important factor for you to stay focused and diligent to do this type of work so exhaustively. Would you still do it if you didn't have an audience, were not making videos, or were not writing a book—so if you had no one to share any of your work with?

Maybe you would, but for me, it is hard—I have an undefined cloud of answers inside of me which I can't articulate when you announce a new topic, but I also struggle to try harder to articulate it, especially when all the answers are just one click away.

I am two hours into the video. Once again, it is great work. Even as I read through the slideshow, I can’t believe there are so many points that could be articulated.

[mmKay]

 

The same applies for bullying .

If you're the smart kid in school and you don't hide it, less smart people will activelly try to put you down to rationalize (to themselves and others) the idea that being "smart" is actually stupid, so that they can feel good about themselves without having to change. 

There is so much more to this mechanic right here. Contemplate what are the survival benefits of bullying. It's so twisted but only makes sense.

Edited January 16 by mmKay

[Something Funny]

@Leo Gura I have a question about the notes you've attached for your latest video. Is this how you usually take notes, with just short bullet points vs lengthy paragraphs?

I have trouble finding a note taking system that works for me so I am curious.

Also, are you still using one note as a commonplace book for everything?

 

Edited January 16 by Something Funny

[Rigel]

19 hours ago, Husseinisdoingfine said:

Dearest @Leo Gura,

The 250 Traps Of Life video is not available on the iTunes Apple Podcasts app.

Please correct this so that I may listen to that episode on my morning walks.

Sincerely,

Hussein

 

+1 There are still lowly rats like us who use & love apple products😅

[Leo Gura]

39 minutes ago, Something Funny said:

@Leo Gura I have a question about the notes you've attached for your latest video. Is this how you usually take notes, with just short bullet points vs lengthy paragraphs?

Those aren't notes, that is an outline for a talk.

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I have trouble finding a note taking system that works for me so I am curious.

I rarely make notes at all these days. I only write down my own insights. And those look similar to what I post in black on the blog.

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Also, are you still using one note as a commonplace book for everything?

I have it but I rarely use it anymore because I just work intuitively in my mind most of the time, unless it's some special situation like making a course or writing a book.

My whole approach becomes more and more intuitive and loose rather than formal and technical.

Edited January 16 by Leo Gura

[Something Funny]

@Leo Gura i see, thank you for sharing.

[Staples]

https://actualized.org/insights/corruption-of-elite-education

Love how honest Daniel is recognising his own privilege here.

Corruption and wealth inequality seems to scale exponentially with population growth. The more people there are, the more people one can exploit. 

We are stuck with political and social systems designed for thousands, not billions of people.

Like my Civilisation 6 games - the people are culturally retarded and technologically brilliant. Like having giant death robots in the mediaeval age.

We have serious cultural and epistemological work to do. Put your computers down, nerds.

[Jannes]

I like the way the blog has developed in the last months, more text packed with understanding and insight and less distracting videos. But thats my bias.