Ben

Enrolled in the Earth School

[conduct|r @conductr_]

Carl Jung once said that one of the most destructive forces a person can carry is unused creative energy. if you have something in you that wants to be made and you keep refusing to make it, that energy does not just go away. it turns inward and starts working against you.

[Naval @naval]

We’re searching for permanent satisfaction with an impermanent mind in an impermanent world.

[Ben @bensaff]

@neonpajamas visualizing them all in a row, straining to hold open the jaws of a giant shark, neck veins swollen, slowly collapsing

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

a wooden bench
a cup of tea
and no plans

[shadcn @shadcn]

Unpopular opinion: I don’t care if most web apps look the same. All I care about is whether it does what it says and does it fast.

Make it fast. Make the UX obvious. Put the right things in the right place and little to no animations.

[Ben @bensaff]

@theralkia This a good one; the guy in the shadows is the husband, the guy in the field of flowers is the lover.

[Ben @bensaff]

@neonpajamas Haha, loved yours too 🙏

[Ben @bensaff]

@bartlebytaco At first I wondered if Jerry turned back to watch with a feeling of compassion, but he watched for a few minutes without intervening...He's just one small Jerry in a society of absurd conformity and violence, and a society well-versed in emoticons </3

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Yuor prntaer sholud be the one prseon who mkeas yuor weirdest obsesoins feel like sared msoisn.

[Ben @bensaff]

@Rocket_Science4 @Reuters I agree with you; we should be skeptical of capitalisms way of commoditizing literally everything! And yet, there's a need for community events, too.

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

This was the most profound experience of my life. I am stunned beyond comprehension. This molecule is without peer.

The 27mg dose opened up what felt like pure consciousness and intelligence. A majestic reveal of existence itself. In all its incomprehensible glory and majesty. It is impossible to explain with words. Whatever you imagine, multiply it by 1,000 and then add infinite width and depth and dimensions.

But entrance was not granted without prerequisite. Existence demanded that I submit. That I say yes; without attachment and without condition. Yes to existence; yes to the dissolution of self; yes to release control; yes, to all.

My ego registered the ask and panicked. It wanted control. It was desperate for control. It pleaded to escape from the torrent of light and essence that threatened to rip my sanity into chards. The urge to eject was overwhelming. Terror thundered throughout my mind and body.

It took everything within me to release. I overcame and was treated with bliss that defies imagination. A euphoria colored with perfect harmony of all things. An orchestra of essence washed over me and swept me up in dance. It was home. The highest aspiration of intelligent life. For some reason, stored and tucked away as the ultimate prize.

A single concept emerged in omnipresence: we cannot grok the preciousness of our existence. Yet it is everything we’ve ever wanted and more. The state we long for without knowing it exists. This caused me great pain and heartache.

A swell of loyalty and devotion emerged inside me, pledging allegiance to existence. To become a warrior and caretaker of life on earth. To protect at any cost the candle of consciousness that has miraculously emerged in this part of the galaxy.

What awaits will wipe all your tears, soothe all your sorrows, and infinitely exceed your wants.

[Jeff Park @dgt10011]

https://t.co/2aS67tgO0o

[Ben @bensaff]

@bryan_johnson I love that your vocabulary / expression has expanded since shrooms 🤙

[Ben @bensaff]

@dgt10011 This policy could easily expand to crypto. If it's secretly a move to help crypto, great. But if it's based on a genuine belief that this is good policy, not great.

[Ben @bensaff]

@bryan_johnson This is brilliant especially the bit about an ai agent sending you a self-designed digest. I would have it monitor big moments in friends lives, and also provide news, but stripped of sensationalism like you said. The thing is folks won't design this themselves.

[Ben @bensaff]

@heygurisingh Chances are this will become software driftwood within a year.

[Noctara @rumilyrics]

You literally just have to get really good at continuing.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

“Dark City (1998) by Alex Proyas is a great visionary achievement, a film so original and exciting, it stirred my imagination like Metropolis (1927) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)" - Roger Ebert

[Ben @bensaff]

@goodreads The Rainbow by DH Lawrence 🌈