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Yes, glad we can meet and talk. I mainly am unconvinced of general advice being sufficient. It reminds me of telling a fat person to "just eat less," causing them great agony in the process while ignoring the details of their condition. Some nevertheless a... 2d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.0 0.0

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In the domain of our careers it is best to play to our strengths in order to be maximally competitive. In the realm of the personal and romanic I think the addressing our weaknesses and filling in our gaps is most important. It is a meme but "try ball room... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 9.3 9.3

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Study old maps https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/allegorical-maps-of-love-courtship-and-matrimony/ 4d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.9 1.9

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Sure, but demographic ground truth is still an important input for strategy, for policy, and just for understanding the world.... 7d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.5 3.5

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Asks the DMV lady, her voice dripping with smug sass.... 2w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 15.8 15.8

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Wars do more than just infrastructure damage. They psychologically influence populations by forming an us vs them mentality, retaining some values instead of throwing them away, etc. 1w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.6 2.6

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in case you want to browse around what the OP mentions:... 2w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.8 0.8

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I've been working out seriously for a decade, natty, and will continue to do so. I think what people forget in the natty vs natural discussions is what the point of all the hard work is. The hard work is important not because of what it gets you, but becau... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 13.4 13.4

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Recently I watched this documentary discussed in other thread ( https://sofiechan.com/p/3983 ) where the main character, the 23y/o solo-climber alpinist, Marc-André Leclerc intentionally withheld his free solo ascent of Mount Robson from the production of... 3w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 7.6 7.6

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I barely use social media nowadays, only got X left and this forum. I am old enough to remember when the internet was alive, and you could spend an evening discussing politics on some random philosopher Facebook wall... wasn't long ago maybe 12-14 years ag... 3w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.8 3.8

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Thanks for this. When I started reading it, I didn't expect it to make a link with virtue ethics at the end. The trade-off between excelling in craft versus the pursuit of reputation maps very neatly onto Alasdair MacIntyre's distinction between internal a... 3w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.2 0.2

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Very interesting, looking forward to reading this. I suspect yoga asanas do have some roots in ancient Vedic Kshatriya combat training culture along with grappling, archery, etc. but all that has been long diluted along with Indian civilization in general.... 4w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.5 1.5

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Its a good post and probably a significant part of what's going on. But the fertility crisis is just too damn big and ubiquitous to have one explanation. I mean if this is true it implies a degree of western cultural hegemony that I don't think anyone coul... 4w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.7 2.7

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the theologians say that the blessed martyrs do not lose all indications of the death they suffered in this world. But their wounds in the Resurrection will only add to their glory rather than take it away. it seems like the nobility of the disabled vetera... 4w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.5 1.5

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Here's the canonical reply to this mode of inquiry:... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 12.7 12.7

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Pretty sure homoerotic behavior (whether involving actual sex or not) does not contribute to, but poisons and degrades, male groups and friendships.... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 14.2 14.2

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Men used to form friendships through hunting, building, fighting, and working together—activities that were necessary for survival and building anything meaningful. You trusted other men because your livelihood depended on it. Sure, some abused that trus... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.3 2.3 0.1 0.1

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Felix Baumgartner is another example of this sort of nobility of spirit. Died just recently, also taken by Gnon. He was a good example of the more continental european aristocratic style of western spirit, and made multiple comments about the dangers... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 9.1 9.1

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No; it is a simulacra not because it doesn’t require traits that we normally call virtues, but because it does not attain desirable ends. You may say that we should admire “virtue” wherever we seem to find it, but that would require a great deal of p... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.8 2.8

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Let's do the opposite of that. An animal raised with dignity, slaughtered openly in the name of the gods, eaten with austerity and pride. 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 13.1 13.1 0.2 0.2

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The salts of ramen noodles bear resemblance to dried blood fond from roasting primal cuts without much water in the pot.... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.9 1.9

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It depends on the level of wealth you're looking at. There are a lot of people quietly stacking up their eight figures in tech and finance by being pretty good at something technical, being very good at office politics, and conscientiously making calculate... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.2 2.2

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I think the main problem here is that people like to over-mysticize "enlightenment" and have vastly different things in their heads when they say this, especially amongst "believers."... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 12.6 12.6

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There is a phrase in the Pali Canon that is used frequently that goes something like "the Buddha teaches a Dhamma that is good in its beginning, good in its middle, and good in its end" and this is exactly why you might want to leverage the ideas even when... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 10.6 10.6

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Previous posters have given examples of exemplars, as well as the living tradition of practice and writings for anyone to fully engage and understand their goal, even if someone disagrees. Do you similarly have people you believe to have followed this goal... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.7 1.7

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My wife and I are both not native to this American culture of alienating kids from parents. We both lived at home while going to nearby colleges, and have great relationships with our parents and parents culture. The sibling that went away to Harvard lives... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 12.4 12.4

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Your goal is misframed. You should want your kids to improve upon your way of life, not simply replicate it. That means they need to recognize it as something valuable but also have room to test its limits.... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 9.2 9.2

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You cannot profess a heresy without upsetting the believers. There is no clever phrasing where you deny their tenets but disclaim it in a way that makes them feel fine.... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 13.4 13.4

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Yeah if we're doing politics, we're going to need a good and honest party line. What's the party line on race relations? I dunno let's figure it out here.... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 15.0 15.0

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Yeah I know what Nietzsche tried to claim all this stuff was real, but he was wrong. Ultimately slave morality and master morality are just ideologies. Any other explanation of them isn't compatible with actual observation. 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.8 3.8

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I was one who summited. Anon started very strong but rolled the unlucky snake eyes with regards to altitude sickness. I haven't ever gotten it myself, but it looked brutal. Seeing his perseverance from 11000' to 11500' was good inspiration for the remainde... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 13.8 13.8

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Meditation on Mountain Peaks has some great passages that your ascent made me think of:... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 14.6 14.6

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Looks like fun. I'd definitely go next time. Glad you guys had a good time 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 4.1 4.1

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Backpacking is an incredible experience, and it’s done wonders for my intellectual development. There’s something about making very raw contact with the order of the natural world.... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 6.3 6.3

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Absolute truke. Seems like fundamentally the same idea as amphetaminutes and cybernetic lock-in from >>3695. There is something to this idea that certain drugs make people more productive and overall well-suited to 'modern life', which under a Landian fram... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 13.7 13.7

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I don't get why people don't take psychedelics when they're in shitty psychological straits that seem to be persistent for an indefinite amount of time. I knew a lot of people in basically clinical or subclinical levels of depression throughout my life, an... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 4.6 4.6

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Nice post. What's both painful and hilarious about cerebral types is our Discovery of Truths through rhetorical means, when truth is both invisible and exercised without misstep by the surfer, big wall climber, backcountry skier, etc.... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 10.2 10.2

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Of course you ~can~. My argument is that such divergence is a symptom of misconstruing the terminal goals. When you identify proper terminal goals, even though they will be outside of pure vitality, they will not be contrary to it, and will harmonize with ... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.1 5.1

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This format is worse than useless: "the solution is to simply <thing that will never happen>". It leads to blackpilling and learned helplessness.... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 13.1 13.1

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I think you are wrong about the relative power of substrate and software to determine what work gets done. I think the real answer to invest in children is the fact that you have a headstart on determining their memes (and gene-meme coevolution will no dou... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.9 0.9

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I’ll give a higher effort response later but one point i will be pedantic on: what is happening since the sexual revolution is not mating. Actual mating still largely happens on the traditional monogamous model, despite some decay around the edges. The s... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 8.2 8.2

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Great post and timing for it. Will write a related piece for the conversation soon.... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.6

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Great experiment.... 4mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 9.6 9.6

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I'm with the other anon >>3068 on advising against just training the kids into company-starting bourgeois mode of being. The interesting thing would be something closer to an Asian-style industrial conglomerate: take care of your people in their whole live... 4mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9

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Well i agree with most of the OP essay. Its a bit rationalist and striver coded but of course thats where the smarties are. Let me try to give you some more advice not on there that i could have used, or did use to unique effect.... 6mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 9.6 9.6

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Here's a piece of advice: if you haven't already, drop everything you are doing, fly to Egypt, Pakistan, Indonesia or some other hellhole, and spend a month there to take it all in. 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.1

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You would have to be able to incentivize convergence on the truth, without making it profitable to do so. In other words, truth has to be the underlying fundamental motive and principle of coordination, rather than money or opinions. In that way money woul... 7mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 4.3 4.3

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The more dense a population the more cliquish people become. This is due to the degree of separation involved. So think a highschool with 500 kids vs highschool with 1000 kids. In the former compared to the latter, within a certain grade everyone knows eve... 7mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.1 1.1

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Good read. I've noticed how I'm drawn away from academia that has gone vapid and mainstream towards religion that has a core group of people refining the craft. 8mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.4 1.4

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I increasingly find notions of rational evaluation of compatibility leading to consent amusing, since there are underlying physiological mechanisms like prolonged eye contact that can spur the kind of mirror neuron self-other dissolution which operationali... 12mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.5 1.5

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I have not read Lefebvre, but it sounds similar to thoughts I've had. The beach, the real one out there on the coast and not just some piece of watery sand on the local waterway, is a little slice of titanic permanently wild landscape. Civilization can't r... 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9

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Rereading Proverbs 31 it's clear how much it's gesturing at founding a *specifically great/noble* family as being part of the calling.... 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 10.3 10.3 1.2 1.2

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I think the most revealing thread this Adirondack guy (or however he goes now) posted was when he confessed that he felt viscerally uncomfortable anywhere but dilapidated, deindustrialized shitholes in the Northeast. The Southwest and Mountain West, which ... 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 9.4 9.4

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Papen and Hindenburg facilitated the rise of national socialism due to tactical moves in 1933; it did not come from them or their faction. 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.0 5.0

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