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Organic being reflecting on organic beings

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@Le_Frontiersman @ThinkingUSD Because you're poor

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@xydotdot Also couldn't quite understand and make sense of bearish sentiment on the timeline, but thats why I follow you.
Insightful as ever.

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@smileycapital If it makes you feel superior.

What I take from it is that you were unable to help them and gave up on them. If that is what you call friends...
To me it paints their failures as your failure

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@xydotdot Amen

[🕊️ @lichthauch]

The screens will outnumber the stars and still men will wonder why they cannot find light

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@0xbags Whoever wrote this either has no idea what they're talking about or doing it for clicks (most probable).

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@tradermatt One of my favorite formulas on the TI 82. On older technology we had classic formulas such as the 80085 and the 7175

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The only meaningful purpose I've found for life is the constant fight against the natural state of decay of the universe.

Some also call this state transformation or chaos, but it is our god given conscious power to trascend the very laws that gave birth to us.

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@TheCryptoNexus I also feel this impulse right now, as am overexposed to HYPE. But what else do you swap it for? It seems there is no better asset these next months.. maybe PUMP... but even there, any benefit is marginal

[BOSS @thebeautyofsaas]

The trick to becoming happy is realizing you are the creator of your value system

When you detach yourself from the pressure of society and the endless pursuit of material stuff

You start forming your own ideas of success and wealth

[XY @xydotdot]

Your World Is Where Change Actually Happens

The fastest way to sabotage yourself is to measure your impact against the entire world.

Nothing you do can compete with the spectacle, so you stop. That’s how good people talk themselves out of doing good.

The flaw sits in the frame.

You keep judging your impact against a planet you do not inhabit. You do not live in the world in capital letters, you live in your world. Your world is the routine ninety percent, the streets you walk, the faces you see each week, the co-workers and neighbors and cashiers who make up the fabric you actually touch. It is small only to the observer who never steps inside it. To the person who owns it, it is an arena with unfair leverage.

Social media turned a human attention system designed for tribes into a live feed for the globe. Your nervous system was never built to carry every crisis at once.

The result is predictable.....compassion fatigue followed by paralysis. You are flooded with problems you cannot move, so you stop moving the ones you can. Call it the grandiosity trap, serving an image of impact so large that you forfeit the impact within reach.

If the standard becomes, make your world meaningfully better this week, the path clears.

The work is specific and embarrassingly doable.

Learn the names of the people you see every few days, ask the cashier how their day is going and remember the answer, step in when a colleague is absorbing blame for a shared mistake, greet the same walker on your morning route until you are no longer strangers. None of this trends, all of this moves reality.

People say change is slow. Inside your world it is often immediate.

A single habit of reliability alters how five people plan their day. A single act of protection rewrites what a team believes is tolerated. A single hour of patient listening reroutes a decision someone would have regretted for years.

These are local mechanics with global mathematics, they cascade one adjacency at a time.

The planet is a sum of local worlds.

Treat yours like it matters, because it does.

Stop auditioning for history, start being responsible for your radius.

You cannot carry the whole map, and you were never asked to.

Carry your block. Carry your team. Carry your home.

If you do that, the story you tell yourself when you look at the news will change, not because the headlines softened, but because you finally chose the arena where your effort actually counts.

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@xydotdot There are many smart people on CT but very few wise ones. You're both very smart and very wise, this post proves the latter. Very happy to have found your account. Wishing you the needed mental fortitufe for your ultra and always looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

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@teortaxesTex Why does seeing such horrid takes said so confidently cause me so much angst. Fuck... I wonder if most these people are just bait experts

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@Flying_Crouton @colin_fraser @solidoxx Your podcast presents a good question. But I wont need to listen to it to know the answer, reading your comments is enough.

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@goodalexander Well put, I think this is another reason why mindfulness is the most important skill you can practice.
It's easy to criticize the herd, but most people in this day and age are just not aware of their own thoughts, let alone their consequences.

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@marcvanderchijs Yeah, I've been thinking that lawyers will be the most affected in the initial phase, at least entry level ones.
Their work is literally one of the best applications for current gen AI.
And the law market is quite free, so the most cost efficient solutions should surface quicker.

[Unemployed Capital Allocator @atelicinvest]

Fuckin banger - screenshotting it so it shows in full

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How can you say with such arrogance and a sense of superiority something so outlandish?

I'm totally in line with the philosophy behind it. Question everything and be the scientist of your own reality.

But that does not mean you get to have so much authority and reign over truth. What gives you so much confidence to think in this way?

This is the problem with social media. The fact people "follow" you should not make you feel entitled to this reign of truth, to feel like your judgement is always right and that you know everything, but I can understand its pull. Just here in this thread everyone is validating you, lol. Or maybe you block those that disagree and that's why it feels this way, but then you are not being a scientist and seeker of truth but someone who seeks only validation.

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Thanks @Grok for the restructuring here is my original writtings for transparency:

There is an ironic, almost paradoxical nature to true selflessness.

Only when we value our judgement (or god's) more than others are we fully free to help them.

As humans we need validation, it is how we form our mental approximation of truth of the world, we need our thoughts to be validated, so we can judge the outcome of our actions, to self correct them.

But when we put others completely above us, when we value even their judgement and approval before our own, we spend more effort seeking their validation than their well-being.

Because we need them to tell us that what we did was good, they are our source of truth.

This in turn makes us self doubting, afraid of stepping out of line, of being rejected and condemned, so our actions become less and less in line with what they need, but instead with what we think they will reward us for. Which in turn makes us appear selfish.

It also limits our ability to help them, because they might not approve or understand what they truly need.

So, in essence, it's only when we put our judgement before the rest of the world that we unlock total freedom to be helpful.

I believe this is because deep down there is no true selflessness, we are all selfish, but we are conditioned to derive our fullfillment from driving others forward.

So when we try to lie to ourselves that we are selfless, that we put others completely before us, the world does not reward it, because it is not authentic, it is not in line with the truth.

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There is an ironic, almost paradoxical nature to true selflessness: only when we prioritize our own judgment (or God’s) above others’ are we truly free to help them.

As humans, we seek validation to shape our understanding of the world. We need our thoughts and actions affirmed to assess their outcomes and refine our approach. However, when we place others’ judgment and approval above our own, we become consumed with seeking their validation rather than their well-being. Our actions shift from serving their needs to chasing their praise, as their approval becomes our source of truth.

This dynamic breeds self-doubt and fear of rejection. We hesitate to act boldly, worried about stepping out of line or being condemned. Consequently, our efforts align less with what others truly need and more with what we believe will earn their reward. Ironically, this makes us appear selfish, as our focus turns inward to secure validation.

Moreover, prioritizing others’ approval limits our ability to help effectively. They may not recognize or endorse what they truly need, leaving us paralyzed by their expectations. True freedom to serve others emerges only when we trust our own judgment above the world’s, enabling us to act with clarity and conviction.

At its core, this paradox reveals a deeper truth: there is no pure selflessness. We are all inherently selfish, driven by a need for fulfillment. Yet, we are conditioned to find that fulfillment in advancing others’ well-being. When we pretend to be entirely selfless, denying our own needs, our actions lack authenticity. The world does not reward inauthenticity, as it strays from truth.

By embracing our judgment—guided by reason or faith—we unlock the freedom to act with genuine care, aligning our inherent drive with the needs of others. True selflessness, then, is not the absence of self but the courage to trust our own discernment in service of others.