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[dhrizza @dhrizza]

@xdotli the only emails that are obviously ai are the bad ones. you don't have a problem with ai written emails, you have a problem with badly written emails. I'd be willing to bet there's ai written emails that have fooled you into thinking they were human written

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

traditional relgions have been replaced by various meaning making subcultures. music festivals might be one of the clearest examples of this. music makes it easier to feel connected to something larger than yourself

[tautologer @tautologer]

music festivals feel very pagan

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

an idiot in motion has much more fun than a genius at rest

and isn't the entire point of life to enjoy the journey

[Boring_Business @BoringBiz_]

A quote I think about often

“an idiot in motion goes much further than a genius at rest”

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

another way to think of this is to do things with a sense of play or unseriousness. you'll never really need to take a step back because you always held it loosely

[Rota 🚪🧎‍♂️ @pli_cachete]

Note to self: Aggressively measure if something is working. If it’s not working, the solution is very rarely “try harder”. You are missing something. Take a step back.

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

the hero's journey was one of the greatest finds of my life. the shared pattern across mythologies where the hero encounters trials and tribulations, is helped by a mentor and finally brings back treasure and shares it with the tribe is a universal pattern and a great thing to model one's life after

[julie @helencftroy]

you cannot study literature without also studying history, myths and legends, religions, sometimes art and music and many more topics and this is why i love it so much i think

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

@__drewface louis ck's is funny despite the problematic things he's done. bo burnham's is super unique

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

@__drewface I think I sort of understand what you're saying but not really. could you give an example of a narrative vs meta-narrative artist? this is quite an interesting thing to think about

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

agreed on most of this but the bottleneck isn't the plan

seasons require you to be comfortable with being completely broken down and rebuilt. most people have optimized themselves into something too fragile. the perfect daily routine they need to stay productive, the relationships they rely on to regulate themsevles etc.

[Aporia @aporia9n]

I think ambitious people should treat life in “seasons” rather than trying to balance everything every day.

A few years massively overallocated to work. A period getting seriously fit. A year or two nomading. Then family takes priority for a while. Then maybe at 35 you go completely insane again and spend four years building a new company, and so on.

The mistake is thinking every metric needs to stay green all the time. Most great outcomes (building a company, writing sth serious, training for an event) need uninterrupted runs, not daily moderation. Sometimes work should suffer cause you’re travelling, sometimes your social life should suffer cause you’re building, sometimes career progression should slow cause family matters more. That’s fine.

And tbh it probably makes life more fun too. You get actual chapters and completely different versions of yourself instead of spending 40 years maintaining the same perfectly optimised routine. A few intense years in one city, a weird nomad phase, an obsession that takes over your life, then something completely different. Probably much more memorable than one very long well-optimised Tuesday.

It's why I encourage everyone to think of balance in years, not days. A good life can look horribly unbalanced on some random Tuesday and still be very balanced over 10 years.

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

@cultured_chud @saradu the people who will resonate with this advice already do this and the ones who need to hear it will tune it out

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

@aporia9n adventure travel (not vacation) is the best way to experience this and get comfortable with this. you get broken down into your lowest form, no rituals, no systems, none of the things that make you comfortable.

hitchhike the sahara desert or climb a mountain

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

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[dhrizza @dhrizza]

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[dhrizza @dhrizza]

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[dhrizza @dhrizza]

if you're a filmmaker/ podcaster/content creator I have the
opportunity to document a cult from the inside. if you or anyone you know is interested in collaborating on this, please dm me or send this to them

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

@Aella_Girl I have the opportunity to go here and document a cult from the inside. if anyone reading this would like to collaborate on that project lmk

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

I have the opportunity to go here and document a cult from the inside. if anyone reading this would like to collaborate on that project lmk

[Aella @Aella_Girl]

New post about MAPLE is out, written by someone who left. It's kind of insane.

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

best example of do a simple thing well and get rewarded for it

[Documenting Saylor @saylordocs]

Bro is set for life and doesn’t even need to try anymore 😭

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

I love it when the stuff locals usually eat is healthy-ish and filling (ecuador)

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

@hawaalidrammeh I’m just visiting. It’s my first country in south america. it’s pretty awesome I’d recommend it but avoid the coast multiple locals have warned me against it

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

they’re playing ai slop music videos in a random grocery store in Ecuador. not sure we’re still so early

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

speak for the benefit of the people listening not for your own

when you speak in complex ways that most don’t understand, you speak for your own benefit

when you speak simply with the intention of teaching, you’re speaking for their benefit

[dhrizza @dhrizza]

@4nushree__ one on one conversations are the best way to build a real connection imo