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there was a time when I thought I was a superhero. Now I realize I'm just a superhero. It's just a silly name

i’m a social butterfly and making a difference in the world by sharing my thoughts with the world does not feel particularly altruistic

So after a while you get the feeling that the "I" that you thought was "I" is actually a slave. The slave is always the one who is "being" the slave.

It's the responsibility of the state to protect you from the world. In a quiet country like China or India the only way to be noticed is to be a nuisance.

So... what's the point? This isn’t a cure i’ve tried so far. It’s just a tool to encourage more reading and discussing. It’s more like a form of nicotine replacement therapy for the brain.

I think the most important thing for a company to do is to stop being a source of validation for other people

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. The thing is though... I’ve been thinking about it a lot longer than I’ve been able to’tend to relax. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time

The only way to make the world a better place is to stop being so angry The only way to stop the bleeding is to get rid of the cat

You can have all the magic toys you want. Just stop and realize you will never get what you want. You can't even tell the difference. You can only feel like you're getting what you want.

One of the great bargains was that because I was in such pain I can control my pain.

If you don't have a compass and you can't feel the wind

What is the meaning of life? Life is just a meaningless excuse for you to go to sleep every night.

We all know that when you have something good going you feel good about yourself. But what if you have something bad going on? What if you feel bad about yourself for not being able to "do" something? That's the exact feeling of being bad.

The problem with being a jerk is that you become a jerk even if you're right

It's a sad situation when people who are supposed to be the main characters of a story just become a backdrop to the story.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. It’s like if a group of people are walking down a street. They’re stopped by a police car and asked “What are you doing here?” They’re like “What’s the point of walking? They’re like “I’ve been here 20 yrs””

It’s not that they’re bad people. It’s that they’re getting away with murder.

The problem with solving problems by solving them is that you never really solve them. You just make them worse.

The trick to finding the one you want is to realize that you are not the one you want.

What is this "I" that is? It is the same feeling of "I" that you get when you're the center of attention. You're the center of attention because you're the one who is "me" and the center of attention is a feeling.

A lot of your moral judgements are just like the ones you make when you're in a relationship

To understand the future of bitcoin is to understand everything else in the world.

I’m going to be detaching my assumptions and shoulder-shaking with equanimity for the time being. The rest of you can make your own! It’s about ten times easier with my nonchalant non-thought.

Treason isn't necessarily a question of credibility/good standing.

The more you depend on a 'source', the more unstable your efforts seem and so on.

A comfortable, makeshift culture is basically a compliant slave master. The system tells you to be obedient

This is why a potentially toxic culture is the easiest to change. The PC is a bit more difficult since there are more entrenched pervs.

Strangers coming together to spread a "forget about me!" message. A pervasive fear of being judged based on your social status

Any dream that you have is your ownified self control mechanism. You're the one being controlled don't you see..

One consequence of this kind of shirking/obfuscating is to learn more of the tools of the trade. executioner for example is not really executioner. It's more like a slave calling itself a master who is then manipulated into slaughtering the slaves in a ritualized show of force.