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Yes. I do a few different things that help turn boring moments into extraordinary ones. One is to notice and thank God for everything. The small bird perched on a branch, the sun peaking over rooftops, or a nice drive in the car. It doesn't matter how ever... 4w ago (collapse hidden) 9 9 retry

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I agree, but I mean that this can only be ascertained retrospectively, which causes many to conflate the two. That is, the connotation is typically of 2, but the expression itself is indeterminate and includes 1, indeed there's no shortage of false negativ... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) 3 3 retry

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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. 2mo ago (collapse hidden) 3 3 4 4 retry

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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... 11mo ago (collapse hidden) 3 3 retry

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I have one son so far. I figure the main thing I want for him is the stuff I would want in retrospect for myself: ... 11mo ago (collapse hidden) 3 3 retry

I have one son so fa (view hidden) 3 3 retry

Nope. The only difference between "Anonymous" vs "Numbered" is whether your posts are visibly associated with each other in the thread. It's just to make discussion easier between anons, while also allowing you to dodge association with your own posts if y... 12mo ago (collapse hidden) 5 5 retry

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I've read and re-read this essay and keep returning to it. It helped explain the nefarious effect in my life of some Bay area subcultures. And I've quit a useless master's (credentialism) to pursue more Abrahamic-value courses of action. - coyotespike 14mo ago (collapse hidden) 4 4 retry

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El segundo has been very cool to see happen a bit. I call it cowboy industrial policy. Augustus and his friends are just memeing a new generation of hardware industrial ecosystem into existence. I hope it works. 14mo ago (collapse hidden) 5 5 retry

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The closest approximation to his target in the contemporary world that I can think of would be the family-owned small business in which the wife directly participates. Could be a law firm or medical practice as well as a more conventional business. ... 14mo ago (collapse hidden) 2 2 retry

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Nice trips. For me, I take a hard line on drugs of all kinds. I don't believe they are ever a good idea. Drugs basically just temporarily destroy part of your physiological or psychological balance. If you're depressed, there is some physiological or circu... 1y ago (collapse hidden) 5 5 retry

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see also on the general topic of minimalist computing: Suckless ... 2y ago (collapse hidden) 2 2 retry

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\> I need a way to think about accelerationist AI apocalypse in a non-millenarian way. ... 2y ago (collapse hidden) 1 1 retry

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I think when i was a bugman atheist I was secretly terrified of death, that was the root cause of extropianism/transhumanism/radical life extensionism... it's just fear of death. ... 2y ago (collapse hidden) 3 3 retry

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Dieting beyond what is comfortable for your digestion seems much more energetically taxing than simply increasing your activity, which actually *builds* your energy. The human body is a perfect example of a structure that becomes more, not less powerful th... 2y ago (collapse hidden) 4 4 retry

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