the black pill is actually TWO pills, or sequences of them: * realizing how corrupt the system is * realizing how powerless you are the trick is to titrate, and take the two pills at EXACTLY the same time take just the C pill and you despair take just the P pill, and same >>
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Replying to @MorlockP
In general I think you have this mostly right. But I do think it's critical to specify that the powerlessness here is specifically powerlessness over the state of the universe. Recognizing this powerlessness is itself a source of huge power.
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Replying to @jeremybornstein
Concur! Yes, one can master one's self...if that's the implicit other topic that you're hinting at?
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Replying to @MorlockP
Yeah I think without making that clear it's easy to confuse what you're describing with a state of *unproductive* nihilism and resigned despair.
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Replying to @jeremybornstein
Yes, criticism noted...and agreed with!
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