Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights
Miscellaneous bits of wisdom and resources on personal development, life purpose, philosophy, epistemology, nonduality, psychedelics, etc. Published randomly throughout the week.
- penetrating mental vision or discernment.
- the sudden act of grasping the inner nature or truth of a situation.
- a deep understanding of a person or thing.
Insights here are meant to be quick and half-baked. Consider these food for thought.
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I watched two seasons of this show, Succession. Loosely based on the Rupert Murdoch family. It's a portrayal of the unconscious pervertry of rich and powerful business tycoons. It's a tribute to corporate and elitist corruption. It's this kind of mindset that is destroying democracy, destroying America, destroying politics. It's a cartoon caricature of toxic Stage Orange unconscious behavior, Trump's version of America. This is what people without a single spiritual bone in their body behave like. It's both sickening and intriguing. It's sickening to know that this is how the largest corporations are run. Pure corruption. The corporate world is basically one giant disease and they themselves do not know it. There cannot be a healthy society when minds this sick are in charge.
But the show is very well made, well written, well acted.
When I talk about how luxury is corruption, this show is what I mean.
Most people don't realize the extraordinary amount of corruption required to maintain luxury and power. These things are not a natural condition, they require constant struggle. You must constantly fight, lie, and manipulate to maintain an unequal advantage over others, to keep them as your servants and minions.
Bullshit is a philosophical concept distinct from lying. It's a great concept for this internet 2.0/3.0 era we're in.
A liar knows what's true. A bullshitter doesn't know what's true and doesn't care what's true. A bullshitter lives life like truth doesn't exist and anything goes. To a bullshitter truth is just whatever is most convenient to say in the moment. This is the kind of human I despise the most. I loathe a bullshitter more than a murderer. Because in a certain sense bullshitters do more damage than murderers — the damage is more insidious and corrosive. They infect and degrade culture, values, ethics, intelligence. These are parasites on intelligence.
Read more: Wikipedia - On Bullshit
A great question to answer yourself when dealing with or listening to anyone is: Is this person a bullshitter? And if they are, stop listening to them. Do not respond seriously to bullshitters. Treat bullshitters as unserious people unworthy of your attention. Do not debate or debunk a bullshitter. Merely point out their immaturity, pervertry, and unseriousness. Learn to identify bullshitters quickly.
Prime examples of bullshitters:
- Donald Trump
- Alex Jones
This is a good discussion by a researcher of political psychology. This is the kind of meta-politics I love.
This channel has a lot of other great interviews of academic quality.
I watched this fascinating documentary about a billion dollar MLM pyramid scheme called LuLaRoe. Founded by Mormons.
It's only available on Amazon Prime Video. If you have an Amazon Prime membership you can watch it for free.
There are 4 episodes.
