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Success and habits work the same way I think. Good habits compound over time and invisibly support the 'bursts' of success.

This natural exponential growth seems very "vegetarian". Something more carnivorous would feast on the carcass of an existing body of energy. Either as a parasite or a predator.

Living in the "now" moment seems to be about becoming a plant. You absorb your environment, doing the little things that compound over time until you become a mighty oak tree.

A predator has to always think about the future as well as other larger predators. A parasite has to always worry about jumping to a new host. Both are always anxious. Plants are content, even as they are eaten.

I wonder if every human conflict basically boils down into a plant vs carnivore conflict. From a plant's POV a carnivore is bloody and violent, like a zombie or a vampire. From a carnivore's POV a plant is boring and dumb.

Where it gets kind of twisted is when you consume like a carnivore while being disconnected from the actual hunt. Imagine chimps creating a system where alpha chimps could butcher and sample different meats of various animals while weaker one chewed plants.

Feels kinda of twisted... Exploiting others and cannibalism seems connected to this somehow. Slavery as indirect cannibalism.

Money is like meat in a way. If you have a whole stock of it it's useful for directing attention the same way you can throw meat at people to sick a pack of wolves on them. That's how meat/money grows. This is how meat/money grows.