I’m not sure if you mean technologies we use in every day life or just technology in general? If it’s the latter then I think this video should astound.
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How to not be a fatalist? Need help from people who care about true beliefs.
And? Does that mean forcing you to be emulated?
My apologies. Interesting questions none the less.
“In particular, if you are from a small nation that has never really been a player in world history, your local historians are likely to be full of parochial bias motivated by the local political quarrels and grievances...”
Describes Ireland pretty well.
I’m not alone then, what a relief. I can’t seem to suck any long lasting joy out of the universe presently. The best I can do is keep myself away from depressive thoughts. How do you combat those tendencies? They always seem to get the better of me.
Hi Eliezer, That’s another great post, I very much enjoyed reading even though there are gaps in my understanding. I’m new here so I have lots to learn. I wonder if you could kindly explain what you mean by: “Your strength as a rationalist is your ability to be more confused by fiction than by reality; if you are equally good at explaining any outcome you have zero knowledge. ” Thanks, Lou
4.5 years later still on SSRI’s, a bit suicidal. Seeing a therapist, looking for a psychiatrist. Feels like I’m going to lose my mind and believe any old thing, return to a community and a way of life I despise (because of mind loss). So I came here to see what LW’s have to say on this and noticed my old post. This has been going on for a while, no resolution in sight.
Why did this get −1 karma?
Do you have any data on your eating and exercising habits? I’d love to know what or how your eating now. If you’re eating the standard american diet, then you’re definitely doing something wrong, and there are a few simple things you could do to at least eliminate deleterious factors. Do you drink Coca Cola everyday for example? What’s your baseline diet? Before ever trying a new one, find out what’s wrong with the baseline and tweak it.
Who wants to turn you into a computer? I’m confused. I don’t want to turn anybody into anything, I have no sovereignty there nor would I expect it.
Yes the site is even sexier!
Doesn’t general anesthetic count? I thought that was the turning off of the brain. I was completely “out” when I had it administered to me.
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And why is that a problem? You seem to be implying that a low-carb diet is The Only True Way which looks doubtful.
Because of the negative effects it has on your insulin response, leading to pancreas fatigue and type 2 diabetes.
The claim was about “health-conscious” people, not body-image-conscious.
I was under the impression that a low body fat percentage was healthier. Perhaps I’m wrong. I must admit my beliefs are influenced by aesthetics. I’d bet on low abdominal fat been the optimal via a low-ish carb diet.
I should really ring the GP today.
Thanks really helpful post. I’ve never had a close physical partner relationship and I’m not sure the kind of damage that has done to my affective state. I suspect an awful lot. But it has become the norm for me and find it extremely difficult to even relate to someone who is not in that situation. I’ve also developed a strong distaste(hatred) for normative behaviour w.r.t settling down and having kids even having a partner. I’m in a situation where it comes across as a personality death sentence. Also I struggle with the having of kids idea. So there’s a lot there that I don’t even no where to begin unravelling the problem especially since the problem has become a part of who I am.
As for the exercise front for example, I’d say I’m in the 90th+ percentile of my local society or even the world I’ve no data on the amount of people with 6 packs(me: 85kg 1.85meters body fat level where I can see my abs) but most men my age (30.5 rotations of the sun) have double chins. This does not seem to translate well w.r.t attracting females I find attractive. Maybe I don’t get out enough? My housemate tells me that the physical attractiveness of a man can be distorted when they open their mouth. I’m pretty sure my conversational behaviour and body language are rank with inadequacy, maybe even, juvenile.
The job situation is a crisis zone. I’m a software engineer, quelle suprise but I’ve never really embraced it, while I’m a good coder and have great grades and some decent experience, I’ve wasted a lot of opportunity in the world of s/w dev. My guess is the powerful, “call the shots” kind of people in the industry are usually people I don’t like, I find the developer, manager personality split nauseating (or maybe I’m imagining that split). On meta level I think my analytical skills could be put to better use somewhere else (MSc in CompSci, Machine Learning/CogSci). Pay isn’t so bad but definitely not good enough for me to have the lifestyle of my contemporaries in Dublin.
Would it be appropriate to thumbs up everyone who contributed?
Wires crossed moment. Yes they were indeed, pity they were sooo wrong and that the word fat is conflated with a dietry meaning and a physiological energy storage meaning. In other words people hear “make me fat” when you mention fat and how one(me specifically) eats so much of it.
Peter Attia and Gary Taubes have set up NUSI to get some much needed science behind optimal diet.
Peter’s site http://eatingacademy.com/ has loads of cool data on his experience with the keto fyi.
Yes I see what I’ve done there and you pretty much dissolved the problem for me. Thanks.