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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.

Thinking about that stupid guy who was told to "watch his language" or he might just realize that: "You told me to listen to my feelings." It's like what is really saying the opposite.

The point of this is to remind you of how much you are loved. This isn't just a way to feel better but a way to live longer. This is something that I've tried to do in the past. I've gone thru a lot of shit and I still live.

“I’d rather be a dog.” - "I" of the dog

What these two groups have in common is that they're under threat of being replaced by something new.

This is a huge step in the right direction. The third party noise from the system keeps the system aware and awake. The third party noise keeps the system in a deeper slumber and prevents it from waking up.

If you want to understand the world you have to first understand what you don't want.

Humanity is the greatest power that the universe has. It is the ultimate good. It is the primary cause of all suffering

It’s like if you’re a doctor and someone’s family’s dying. You don’t want to know.

They're the symbols of the death machine that is the world. They're the very core of their being. They're the ones who have to run from the machine. They're the ones who realize how much they've been living in a fantasy world.

The issue with having a 'good' leader is that they become corrupt and become like other leaders.

What makes this any more difficult is that not a single one at all has been tried yet. It's like trying to pull a rabbit out of a hat. It's like trying to pull the wool over a cat's eyes.

Wording is like a butcher's knife. It's sharpened so that it can cut into someone's flesh.

Missing the forest for the trees is like missing your wife for the trees. They grow and in time...you find your own.