The purpose of life is to experience suffering to its essence, and in that essence discover peace. But most people are taught suffering is something you have to minimize to the greatest extent possible in the pursuit of pleasure and enjoyment. The problem is that just leads to more suffering and no peace.

I really like nicotine, but nicotine on demand is spiritual poison. As much as I'd like to buy a pack of Velos, I know it's a mistake. Better off sticking to 2-3x weekly cigars.

Probabilistic thinking is for when you don't know. For things you know, it will lead you astray.

Grow some plants out on my small balconies. One was an avocado pit I put in a wet paper towel, it sprouted and I planted it in a pot. A small tree had grown up, maybe two feet tall, over the last year or two. Over the summer, we travelled, and it got hot, so when we got home all the leaves on that and the persimmon tree were dead. I watered them, the persimmon came back to life, but the avocado just had old dead leaves in it. Was bummed out because (a) plants are almost family to me and (b) I was planning to transplant it into the ground on a property we have as soon as the construction is done, let it grow into a full tree. Still, I watered it anyway, sent it good vibes, had it in my thoughts. Suddenly just today, noticed new small leaves growing out of the sides of the stalk. It’s come back to life.

"Due to the total pussification of my mind, body and soul I catastrophically failed to see the single most important economic development in humanity’s history. This despite decades of study and pontification on the subject of economics. There is no excuse for such abject mental, psychological and spiritual cowardice. I am hereby resigning my position and withdrawing from public life to contemplate my shortcomings. Thank you for your attention to this matter.” Fixed it. View quoted note →

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