In Scott Alexander's latest post (slatestarcodex.com/2020/01/22/boo), he mentions strict education for young kids possibly having similar effects as meditation, and this having potentially positive effects. This struck me - I had an incredibly strict childhood, and a huge amount (cont)
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of my spiritual journey felt resonant with childhood - basically having to use intense self control and enduring high discomfort. I've also suspected that my difficult childhood helped boost me down the insight path.
However, I ended up a suuuper undisciplined adult so idk.
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