
Ep33 - Contra Buddha
Quick shoutout to the always entertaining history podcast, the Duo Stulti; in this morning’s episode on Cicero, Dune detoured into bashing Buddhism for exactly the same reason I would, so I was inspired to join in the fu

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Quick shoutout to the always entertaining history podcast, the Duo Stulti; in this morning’s episode on Cicero, Dune detoured into bashing Buddhism for exactly the same reason I would, so I was inspired to join in the fu

[Political Theory Series] Right now the government takes one quarter of the fruit of my labor. I don’t get to decide where that money goes or what it gets used for. We are one-quarter socialist, from where I’m sitting. J

Why do we maintain our positions? I recently caught myself getting defensive about ideas I didn’t even come up with, and so now I present to you the concept of the Plagiarizing Ego. Intro theme: "Shattered", by https://w

Ideas, as neural patterns, live in the brain, can regulate and originate behavior, and can spread from one brain to another. In this episode, we’ll think about the concepts of semantic contagion and rational malware. The

How to use conspiracy theories to improve your personality. TL/DW: The ways governments trick their populations potentially mirror the ways we trick ourselves. The Last Word on Anger: https://www.patreon.com/posts/last-w

“...anyone who considers the basic drives of man.... will find that all of them have done philosophy at some time – and that every one of them would like only too well to represent just itself as the ultimate purpose of

You don’t need to “get in touch” with your feelings. Whim is the polar opposite of conscious self-direction. You need top-down alignment, not bottom-up, or you’ll be reversing the neural circuitry that gives us humans wh

Multiple points in your argument can sometimes mean multiple points of total failure. Here's the case for narrower reasoning. Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY

A message of hope for those who choose to hear it, and a warning for those who do not.... Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Mov

Is overregulation analogous to autoimmune disease? Social Tumors and Telomeres… Cancer and Corporations… Immunity and Monopoly… Shmoke and a Pancake? Here's a related episode of "The Podcram": https://youtu.be/acsXHqnbfQ

Can you shut your body down, simply by thinking the wrong thought? In the great open field of ideas, are there landmines? Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D

How do we categorize reality? What’s the adaptive value of intolerance? Get ready for the greatest idea since sliced water! Intro theme: "Shattered", by Vopiscus: https://www.youtube.com/@VopiscusGuitar Augmenting Willpo

Every major mistake I've made in my life involved a lack of sleep. When I finally realized that, I built a fortress of rituals and rules around sleep, and for the last few years, so long as I stick to the path, sleep com

Here comes Gnosis Primer #2: Harmonic Resonance. You don’t need to hear the first rant to follow along, but If you haven’t listened to the “Gnosis Metaprimer” episode, I recommend you start there, then come back to this.

If you haven’t listened to the “Gnosis Metaprimer” episode, I recommend you start there, then come back to this. If you just got back, then strap yourself in for Gnosis Primer #1, a rant in which we’ll explore the common

What is Gnosis? My discussion of this topic has nothing to do with anything religious, occult, supernatural, spiritual, mystical, or anything like that, even though it’s frequently dealt with in those contexts. Instead,

The placebo effect, self-reliance, and Shakespearean conspiracy. “An institution is the lengthened shadow of a man” - Emerson Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY

The value that can be built from what you do control far outweighs the all value you’ll ever collect from fortune. Belief and faith are two different things. Deliberation costs can outweigh opportunity costs. Lessons fro

Most of life is uncertain, but some things are very certain. You will die; therefore time to act is limited. Every piece of mail you bother to open steals 30 seconds of your limited time, tugging you an inch closer to th

The whole concept and practice of trying to get in touch with your inner feelings results in nothing but psychological destabilization. Looking for soft spots makes you squishy. Feelings are not emotions. Augmenting Will
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