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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
i think it’s even odds the causality goes the other way: the stuff you joke about is presciently intuitively anticipating the way your reality is headed. i don’t think you can “force” the joking in whatever direction you want, i think the jokes will feel staler
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Visa ✈️ SF (Aug 2-14)
@visakanv
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the stuff you joke about (even ironically or whatever) has a way of shaping your reality so be careful and deliberate with that stuff. a lot of people out here fumbling their own bags by joking about outcomes they don’t want. you might as well joke about the outcomes you do want
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
causality is weird. when you do some kind of magical / intention-based / will-based practice to change the course of your life, are you actually causally influencing the future or just coming into better alignment with the future that’s already happening? i genuinely dunno
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
oh hmm maybe it’s a false dichotomy. maybe will and intention are the same thing as coming into better alignment with the future. wack. i can sort of see the possibility intellectually but i don’t grok it at all really
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sasha
@softminus
i think it's highly bidirectional coupling -- it's difficult to cultivate will/intention towards something if you dont see it as being aligned towards possible futures (and having it within the possible futures requires cultivating will/intention!)
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