David Perrott

Learning in public.

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This will be the open internet’s final year.

Cause of death: AI slop.

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New Essay on Substack:
Is it true?

https://t.co/zcfvmT5szr

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Ego is a verb appearing as a noun.

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I have a new essay to share—largely inspired by the shifts in our view of the ‘world’, that tends to arise as our meditation deepens.

https://t.co/v1q1fFaRdW

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@nickcammarata There’s a vedic term - sahaja samadhi that maybe relevant to this piece.

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@nickcammarata Haven’t heard this said before, but syncs with my intuition.

At the very least the correlation appears stable.

This whole thread is wonderful btw. Love the way you’re formulating your experience.

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@aniketvartak @naval How do you define physical reality in this context?

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@nickcammarata Have you explored Dzogchen at all?

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@nickcammarata Lovely insight. Thanks for sharing this.

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@Plinz What evidence is there that consciousness is independent of its substrate? That’s quite the claim.

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@vividvoid What character traits are you the most confident are high signals of becoming a good parent in the future?

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@Plinz Yes!

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Integration is largely about having the courage to reorganise one’s external environment to align with their freshly revealed internal beliefs and preferences.

[Richard D. Bartlett @RichDecibels]

according to me: you will fail to integrate so long as you look inwards

integration requires you to change your context, renegotiate your existing relationships, remove some, and bring in new ones (eg you may need to move to a different job)

[Naval @naval]

Beyond the basics, money doesn’t make you happier because, beyond the basics, nothing makes you happier.

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Every society is built upon competition and cooperation.

A good society maximizes positive-sum competition and voluntary cooperation.

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Most self-improvement is born out of well disguised self-hatred.

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@naval Meditation?

[Nick @nickcammarata]

not needing something allows you to enjoy it more fully. If you need something to be okay you’ll likely be contracted and in your head even as you get it, and hoping to keep it. If you’re totally okay without it you’ll be present as all its flavors arise and develop

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@naval What is a first principle that isn't a proxy?

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@elonmusk @elonmusk create a similar video which also includes the same tools being used on other vehicles - so that the viewer has an immediate reference point to contrast against.