Posture is the future? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imperative? What is your personal imperatives in life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So some big thoughts I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been having lately; about imperatives, ethical and moral imperatives, thinking about what to do in life, what not to do in life, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unemployed is something that stirs you from within, something which you are not forced to do by anybody, but rather, it is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153autotelic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d; it feels like it is your own moral self impelled reason to do something, for the city of it, not for the sake of virtue or whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the things that I Deas about modern day education, is too much of a has to deal with morals and ethics. Yes yes yes, traditional K-12 education we have to learn basic things like how to write read basic rules of grammar etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, simple math, science, physics, fundamentals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet beyond this — what is all this nonsense we are taught in schools? I think too much time is wasted in school teaching students how to shut up, be quiet, listen and obey to the teacher, and to kowtow to authority figures. In fact, if you critically assess the whole K through 12 industrial educational complex, it has to deal with suppression, authoritarianism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nI am the teacher, you are the student, I am superior and more dominant than you, do not challenge me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
What is the point of K-12 education anyways? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
First, free babysitting, or a free place to put your kids while you have to work your job, to pay the bills and rent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second, not all parents, but some\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think a lot of parents would actually prefer to be with their kids 24\/7. I find this insanely bizarre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Certainly everyone has the right to live their lives however they want, but I suppose this is just a class thing: \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nLet the basic parents be basic, our goal is to be supreme. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why be basic?<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
This is where things become fun; everyone seeks some sort of individuality, moral or ethical supremacy, yet, people tend to trend towards being basic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, the average person\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc drinks Coca-Cola or sweetened beverages, whether 0 cal or real sugar or agave sugar or whatever, the average American is over fat, the average American man watches pornography in private, \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc the average person eats McDonald\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, eats three square meals a day, finances their car and has a monthly car payment,\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc has a mortgage, walks less than 1000 steps a day, spends an hour commuting to work, or five hours a day on zoom, uses Google Chrome, read the news, is on Facebook Instagram or Google news, watches YouTube, allows their kids to watch YouTube or YouTube YouTube kids etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once again\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Do you want to drive the Toyota Corolla, or the matte Black cyber truck?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m the number one idea supplier!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I think for myself, my number one passion skill, and talent is ideas. I never run out of them! In fact, as time goes on, my penchant for ideas is intensifying. I quit this to the fact that this is the most I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever walked in my life, every morning I wake up, pound my espressos, toss on my 60 pound weight vest, and I go on my daily morning walk, in which I walk with my iPad Pro, voice dictate my thoughts, and come up with lots of ideas. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ideation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\nThe ideas are in your legs!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
There is talk about \u00e2\u20ac\u0153creative ideation\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 in Silicon Valley, the basic idea is this–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nHow do you come up with creative ideas?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
My major critique is too many of these artists are too effeminate, weak, overly sensitive, black access to sunlight and the great outdoors, super pale in the skin and lacks a tan, never goes out, never leaves their home apartment studio or cafe, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lift weights, or exercise, eats mostly \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a plant-based diet\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (trust no thinker who is mostly plant-based\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc), and seeks their moral supremacy in their artwork through how obscure, strange, or anti-they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
True art is not anti<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The reason why a lot of thinkers and artists are very superficial is that they seek their uniqueness simply through being anti-.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is extremely easy to be anti-. Easy to be anti-mainstream, anti-capitalist, anti-government whatever. In fact, I believe that it takes more more courage to be pro government, pro capitalism, pro consumerism etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And also, when it comes down to it, we are actually all far more similar than dissimilar. We all have to use the toilet, we all have friends family members and loved ones, we all have good memories and bad, we all similar ends, and have similar goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The major problem here is that we tend to vilify one another, and over-exaggerate our differences, rather than trying to intensify our similarities<\/em>. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How are they similar?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For example, when it comes to material or consumerism, we try to intensify how these things are different rather than similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the wiser path be to consider, how these things are more similar than dissimilar? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, we all speak the English language, anybody who speaks English or understands English is 80% more similar to you than dissimilar to you. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We all care for money, whether we like to admit it or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We meant, we all care for beautiful women, we all have certain sexual preferences etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And also, everybody likes to be happy! Even good old Aristotle said how happiness might be one of the only human good in which we seek it for the sick of it; I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know anybody who doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see happiness or who doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like to be happy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why divide?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Here, the bad guys are not politicians, or even nation states, I really think that the bad guys here is the media, the news etc. Why do they care so much to differentiate us all, and to divide us all? The simple idea is that it is more profitable. The more division, the more you insight, the more advertising clicks and revenue you get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hate is profitable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The simplest way to become happier is via negativa:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nQuit the news!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bcWhat is the news? Anger porn, hate porn!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc for example, the more you insight hate, violence, moral justice, moral virtuosity whatever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 You stoke more advertising revenue!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is where Google knows that it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a bad position; there are desperate to indefinitely increase their revenue, advertising revenue, and how do they do this? They do this by inserting ads, sneakily into every part of your existence. The ad advertising in your Google Chrome newsfeed, the ad advertising Inside your Google maps, I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be surprised if one day the ad advertisements within your Gmail in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, Facebook, Instagram, the meta-corporation: once again, any business or company or corporation, tech company that earns revenue through advertising is unethical; the only way they could earn money is through stoking fear, uncertainty, doubt, racism, classism, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let us consider, what is going to get more advertising clicks, Donald Trump saying something racist or sexist, or a story of a friendly boy helping a grandma across the street?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nMusic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Also critique on music, modern day music etc.; the very very simple thought is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc> Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t trust any music which is dependent by any publishing label.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Very very simple here guys, any musician, who is assigned to any label\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 They are like puppets, the publishing label is like a ventriloquist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153She going to take it up the ass like a ventriloquist!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Ye, Carnival\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
For example, when you see all these rappers, talking about money clothes hoes, Lamborghinis chains etc., how do you know that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not just a Muppet? With a hand up their ass, forcing them to just say whatever?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Music to trust?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Certain songs, albums which I find fascinating is in which an artist or musician is already independently wealthy, like Kanye when he still had his Adidas deal with his sneaker YEEZY brand,,, the albums he put out I think, are probably much more honest because he was already a billionaire, through his sneakers, and the music that he put out, he just really wanted to put it out because of the sake of it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or, another masterpiece; \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a Written testimony\u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc by Jay Electronica, and Jay Z. Here, Jay Z is already rich, he don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to make music to make money. And this is where Jay Z actually throws down his cotton, and takes out all the big arms, and says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Time for me to actually rap well\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
And this is where I find the whole Jay Z the real Jay Z; the master vocalist, the master rapper, the sweetest flower. And also Jay Electronica, Jay Z almost becomes a patron saint for Jay electronica, allowing Jay electronica to also shine, because when you already have monetary backing from an independently wealthy person, the artwork creates doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to monetize itself. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, this is the Sistine chapel; imagine how subpar the Sistine chapel would be if Michelangelo needed to somehow monetize it? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, all the great artwork by Leonardo da Vinci, innovations etc.; because Leonardo da Vinci had the backing from the Medici, he was able to just focus on his random thoughts and personal interest\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Which allowed him to make great innovations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cool hair?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How to become more handsome, more beautiful, sexier? Very simple: via negativa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use a loser baseball cap! I personally hate wearing a baseball cap, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve only been having to put it on because the sun is so strong, and giving me sunburn on my forehead and my nose, even putting on SPF 60 sunblock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I still think that the best haircut to have is the Brad Pitt fury haircut; \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc just get a wireless Wahl hair cutter clipper on Amazon, and just shave the sides to a zero, and let the top grow out and bang!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then just get some \u00e2\u20ac\u0153eco\u00e2\u20ac\u009d olive oil hair gel on Amazon, and slick it back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nBetter to have a Lamborghini haircut than to drive the loser Lamborghini \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
That is consider, the second that you dropped $250,000 on a Lamborghini, that is money which is instantly evaporated from your bank account! And the problem is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 You feel cool in your car when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re driving it, and people are checking out, but the second that you Park it, and you walk around in public\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Nobody has any idea that you drive a Lamborghini, unless you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re insecure individual who has to wear a Lamborghini hat, to try to signal to people that you drive a Lamborghini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the thing is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 The second step into the gym, walk around in a public place, go to the local coffee shop, go to the local bookstore, ride the subway, go to a public event, go hiking, go to the mall etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Nobody has any idea what you drive!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So the funny thoughts; could you spend that $250,000, and purchase something that you could permanently bolt onto your body? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is where I think bitcoin is so wise; the second you spent $250,000 on a Lamborghini, the value of your Lamborghini will slowly depreciate overtime, you will slowly bleed yourself to death, and also, to pay for insurance, maintenance will bleed dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exact opposite; the bitcoin could always be with you, in your iPhone or in the cloud, and overtime, it does the exact opposite; it appreciates. There is no insurance, maintenance fees, laws of physics holding it back. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bcIt will just keep accumulating value, overtime, forever. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lose fat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If we consider fat like a biological battery, the genius is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nif you have any margin of adipose tissue AK fat on your body\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 That is your metaphorical biological battery, your body is not like a gasoline powered car; you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to put gas into it in order to drive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Maybe it is better that, to think about your body like a Tesla, or an electric car, and the biological fat you have on your body is like the battery pack!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So for example, let us say that you are 6 foot tall, and you weigh 200 pounds, and you definitely have body fat on you. Or let us say you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a six pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I could estimate, perhaps 160 pounds of muscle, and 40 pounds of it might be body fat, adipose tissue. And how long can 40 pounds of adipose tissue last you? Probably at least 100,000 miles!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is where metabolic disease, or metabolic dysfunction have been; you already have all this body fat on you, yet you still think you have to keep eating, in order to sustain your life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No! Just start fasting! Fasting if you are over fat, fat, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153overweight\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or whatever — has zero consequences, zero side effects, and doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t cost you anything. The suggestion for people to start fasting is genius because it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t require any equipment, any subscription, or any amount of money, and also technically\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Fasting or too fast doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t require you to do<\/em> anything \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc– to cook, pork food, and eat it, or even ordering takeout from your phone, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re ordering food is a positive action, simply choosing not<\/em> to eat \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcdoesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t require you to do anything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And technically, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re super super lazy, the genius of fasting is that it is the ultimate intelligent lazy person thing to do! Stop cooking, stop buying food, stop ordering food on your phone\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 You could just do nothing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nPosture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Something that I realize for myself, is that the whole time, I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had extremely poor posture. Always kind of hunched over, you see this happened to a lot of tech workers. My result is from too much time on the laptop, too much time standing or sitting, etc. Even if you have a standing desk or treadmill desk, for your posture. Why? The axis and the plane is only single directional — we tend to hunch forward, or if you think about a treadmill desk, you only walk forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ideal, which I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been experimenting and doing myself, is simple: \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc
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- Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use an iPhone, all iPhones are bad<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Use an iPad Pro, the 11 inch, without a loser keyboard case or pencil<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- For jotting down thoughts, walking around, in the direct sun, using the voice dictation built into the iOS, the little microphone button in the bottom left corner <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Just walking around town<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Why this could be so revolutionary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Trust no thought that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t come to you while you are walking outside in the great outdoors!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Nietzsche \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc I think one of my new modern day adaptations which is good is that whenever I sit, even for five minutes, my back and my lower back immediately starts to feel pain. As a consequence, I must stand up, walk around, be mobile. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of these fools, what they try to do instead is to just figure out a better table or desk or chair setup; in order to cause them to not have any sort of back pain. But the real \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcidea should be<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Get rid of the table, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use any tables, no desk, no sitting desk, no standing desk, no treadmill desks<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Get rid of the chairs, no chairs. Chairs are for slaves<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Anti chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What is the most unnatural position for a human being to be in? To sit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Technically, a human being should be standing, or walking around, or, if a human being is tired, a human being should be lying on their back, sleeping or taking a nap. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nEither stand and walk around, or lie down on your back.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
And this is where I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m starting to think\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 All chairs are bad. Being a pilot of a fighter jet, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still sitting on your butt on a chair. Or if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in the Lamborghini or McLaren\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just in a chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wheel – chair?\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The greatest tragedy, for a man, is to be beholden to a wheelchair, simply to navigate. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, I think the reason why people want you to sit down, take a seat, is typically, when you have other sit down, you are putting people in a more submissive person than you. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, even when you go to church or mass\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 And there is part of mass or church in which everyone has to sit down, the priest stands up and then give their speech. You never see a priest giving a homily while sitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chairs?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Even a simple thing, when I am eating food, I prefer to stand! In fact, one of my ongoing theories is if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a competitive eater or whatever, or if you want to digest better, it is better to eat while standing, rather than sitting. Why? When you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re standing, I think technically your intestines or your digestion is in better physiological form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jobs which allow you to be outside, walk around, stand all day?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Apparently, meeting some guys at the local Toyota dealership, very impressive, one of the guys showed me their step counter on their phone, and showed me that on average, he walked about 20,000 steps a day! Very impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, my old friend Jimmy the mailman, USPS worker, told me that on average he walked at least 40,000 steps a day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, apparently a job that I never considered was being a park ranger, in which technically you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re almost like a police officer, you have a gun, but your job is to create some sort of security at the national parks?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was thinking about it, even a military duty\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I feel bad for all the Navy officers and this men who had to just be stuck in aircraft carrier, or in these cramped indoor domiciles all day? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or even astronauts, I think the number one issue that most astronauts face is not having the freedom to move around, being stuck in the same old place?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is aware visions of future astronaut is interesting when it has to deal with gravity, water, swimming in a pool etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you were an astronaut, or stuck in a spaceship, assuming you could produce some sort of artificial gravity, being able to lift weights, swim in the water seems like a good idea! And also, artificial sunlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Innovate for the sake of what?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Michael Saylor has a good idea; that is simple life goal or a path is to upgrade the human race. I like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because sooner or later\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 After years of studying philosophy, going off the grid, etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I think her philosopher innovator simply wants to serve human kind, benefit humankind, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I think this is the nice thing about humanity, the false commentary we get is that humans are naturally selfish, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think so. I think naturally humans are actually very selfless, we think about the collective, the clan, and I think there is natural altruism within ourselves!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc why? A single human being by himself is useless. There is no human being that could collectively hunt cook procure resources, and do everything by himself, or herself. We all need each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even for myself, I am so grateful for society, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m glad that I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to grow my own cattle, produce my own firewood, Produce my own petroleum for my car, we have to figure out advanced technologies to create my own Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best way to scale yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It seems that a simple strategy is to embrace websites, blogs, the web, digital, cyberspace, maybe having a podcast, a video podcast, a YouTube channel, a self hosted email newsletter, your own self hosted blog etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why? Because in theory, let us say that you publish a free PDF e-book on something\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 A single individual could downloaded 1000 times, send it to 1000 of their friends, and 1000 of their friends could send it to another thousand of their friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or, in theory, a single blog post could be read 1 billion times,, shared saved and downloaded etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plain text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been having this annoying issue where I can no longer upload videos to my video press.com, wordpress.org blog. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not 100% sure what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the issue, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to put forth the effort to fix it. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fuck it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d– no more videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think also the biggest issue with videos is that it is not easily transportable, the file sizes are far too large, even assuming that you have a gigabit fiber Internet connection. And unfortunately 99.99% of the planet is running on some sort of super rudimentary, super slow, super low and bandwidth Internet. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And as a consequence, the reason why I really like text, markdown, simple blog post with text is that it is the ultimate portable thing. You could just copy and paste the whole thing into ChatGPT, or to Google translate, whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even now, whenever I send out an email newsletter, I always make it a point to export all the text as a simple text based PDF, and I attach it, because if anyone wants to download it and read it later, share it with friends or family or whatever, it is so easy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And in fact, the reason why I really like the idea of a PDF is that it is a digital book<\/strong>. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcTechnically, a book only needs to have at least two pages, for it to be book. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t put any faith in all these oversensitive emo book nerds, who gave fellatio to the hardcover, printed book. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nThe future of books?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The truth is 99.99% of books could just be really long blog posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc But, why do they overinflate these boring ass books? Simple: make money! Difficult to monetize a single blog post, easy to take a 300 page book, hardcover it, and sell it for 40 bucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the truth is, 99.99% of modern day books published within the last 10 years are not worth reading. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only modern day books that have read, which has had any consequence on me the last 10 years published was books by NASSIM TALEB, \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bcSteve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, zero to one by Peter Thiel. That is pretty much it. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a consequence, this is where using the Internet archive, project Gutenberg for books is so wise; typically if a book is out of copyright, at least it has the test of time which might mean that it has a higher likelihood of being good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example economies, to study ancient books and economies, rather than any modern day ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, economics by Aristotle, or on money by Fernandinho Galliani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nAncient media?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Maybe only watch movies which are at least 10 years old, or 20 years old, or 30 years old? Or even older than that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And also the wisdom of reading ancient literature, anything by homer, the Iliad the Odyssey \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc– even Virgil is no good. Virgil is too modern, the Aeneid was really boring. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Think Greek<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Even in ancient Greek times, the commentary was that the Greeks were already in a position of decline. For example, even homer in the Iliad talks about how the modern day Greeks of his time were already degenerate. Or weak and effeminate. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reason why I like reading ancient literature is that it is so simple, so blunt, so great, yet so poetic and elegant. For example when you read the Eliott, thinking about \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the dark beaked ships\u00e2\u20ac\u009d does 1 billion times more for your creative imagination than any modern day boring book, and also do not trust the French writers, like Balzac they were all a bunch of degenerates addicted to drugs, smoking, narcotics etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only trust sober artists<\/strong>.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even Nietzsche was very anti alcohol, meth, and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153uppers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d– opiates of his time, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nThe Spartan Street photographer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
My new idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nThe Multi modal approach?\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A simple approach is when you create things and ideas, do a multimodal approach; audio, visual, text\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Do it all! \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Creative ways to lower expenses? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
My new pursuit is via negativia– my Spartan economic approach.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t waste money at a car wash, which can get pretty expensive\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Just hose it down and wash it yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second, unsubscribe from everything which has a recurring expense. This means all streaming services, all music platforms, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get rid of Disney+, Netflix, Spotify, HBO Max etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re clever enough, cancel or get rid of your gym membership<\/strong>. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcOn killing multiple birds with one stone: \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- No more reoccurring expenses, which in theory, last indefinitely <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Opportunity cost, time saved not having to commute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Also, time saved in regards to not having to find parking, waiting for the squat rack etc. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- I also have an ongoing period that exercising in the great outdoors is far beneficial for your health, outside, even when it is very cold\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Is better for your physiology than doing it indoors, which is just a breeding ground for Covid!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Anti COVID lifestyle?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How quickly we forget about Covid\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Even now, there is currently a spike in Covid, which has me very nervous and anxious; I cannot afford to get sick, or catch Covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been taking Seneca to these great free events\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 But even playing with some of these kids, camp, brick building etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 All these activities are indoors! With no windows open or no ventilation on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to recenter myself, \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcand avoid all indoor places like the plague, as much as humanly possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even another pragmatic reason to stop going to the gym or cancel your gym membership, even a one percent chance of getting sick, or catching Covid from some sort of anti-VAXxer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nYour kid?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Maybe I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll start my own Montessori?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- If, your kid is forced to be inside a classroom all day\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 With all these other sick coughing kids, maybe none of it is worth it?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Also, these modern day kids, with all these weird media preferences, are a bad influence? <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Certainly you cannot shield your kids forever, but if I think about it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Only good thing I got out of school K-12 is socialization skills, my friends etc. But still\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Now is a 36-year-old adult, I only truly care for two of my childhood friends, Grace and Justin, and also my college roommate Kevin. Besides this, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really consider anyone else my friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nWhen somebody calls you \u00e2\u20ac\u0153my friend \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nOnly invest in the best<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The best or nothing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Imma let you finish\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Role models\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
All role models are flawed. Besides you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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