Are you saying you no longer have anyone you look up to intellectually, or something else?
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Replying to @ChanaMessinger
I certainly can no longer be present in a physical room with them (pre-pandemic) there are too few. I AM an introvert tbf but yeah I have an above average iq, a passion for intellect type stuff and I’m 36. Finding someone smarter or with more experience than me is now v hard
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Replying to @ssica3003 @ChanaMessinger
It gets exponentially harder the smarter and older oneself becomes
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I don't know you or your life, and I believe that you're smart and intellectually curious, so what do I know, but I'm going to try being bold and say: there is so much more out there! AI researchers, superforecasters, Tim Urban, the most interesting intellectuals on twitter.
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Replying to @ChanaMessinger @ssica3003
There's immersion in their work, there's diving down the rabbit hole (here's one if you're not familiar, it's a mind trip https://reducing-suffering.org/ ) and then there's the chance to be friends with them, if you spend the time! (Assuming
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I could be totally wrong, and maybe no economist or mathematician living blows your mind (there's a fields medalist making youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOTf8KfrZFU&list=PL8yHsr3EFj53rSexSz7vsYt-3rpHPR3HB …), but I hope you'll understand if I find it hard to believe.
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Replying to @ChanaMessinger @ssica3003
If I understand you correctly, it's not enough to seek out intellectually interesting things that exist on the world, you're talking about the literal "who you're in the room with" - friends, colleagues, twitter mutuals. Is that right?
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Replying to @ChanaMessinger
I mean that’s what you said, I assumed you meant a real room
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I’m pleased for you that you’ve done it. I’ve also managed to get in a room with some heros I found online but had to fly far and spend a lot of money to do so. That’s why I say it’s hard / rare. I can no longer rely on daily life to feed this need
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Replying to @ssica3003
That makes sense! It makes sense for it to be hard if there's limitations on the connections you can make. And fair point about the room - that's my experience, but I extrapolated to "there's interesting stuff out there", which I thought might scratch the itch at least some.
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Replying to @ChanaMessinger @ssica3003
I hope you find ways on the internet or otherwise to be in the conversations you want to be in. My understanding is there's a lot happening on discord and clubhouse - I don't know much about it, but if I were feeling intellectually disconnected, I might try to find my way there.
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