Not sure how I stumbled across your work - but glad I did. Your mind fires at a breathtaking pace with insights and connections that unearth bits of wisdom. Thank you.
I love the idea of writing one’s philosophy. You’re certainly the one to guide that workshop. With that, the following workshop is a deeper awareness of one’s intuition. I’d sign up for both of those.
“My baseline of self-awareness, intuitive function, and basic well-being is so much higher these days, and those all serve to contravene this addictive drift towards cognitive dissonance and confusion.”
AI porn absolutely is crypto crack. I also lost myself in a dark hole of this kind of self gratification. I’m three weeks free and not planning to ever go back. I’m really concerned about the ever-improving nature of this tech. Hyper-convenience and hyper-stimulation is a truly insidious combination. Offer a generation of young men the possibility of endless novelty, the ability to have sex with self-created or extremely valuable women with endless variation… I foresee most of that generation of young men becoming lost in that fog. Truly daunting.
This is a great post! I appreciate your detailed asks for comments, so I'll indulge.
1. Trash. We don't need AI and we shouldn't be using it. It doesn't deserve our energy, our water, or our time.
2. Nope, only the kind of imagined relationship we can have with any other anthropomorphized object.
4. Definitely, as an ADHDer my attention often seems out of my control, and I tend to follow patterns of obsession/apathy (which makes writing consistently a healthy challenge). Right now I think I'm mostly ok, especially living with a partner and having a stable job. Without those anchors, I know from experience, I'd be much more adrift and vulnerable to those black holes wherever they appear.
3. The best bad thing that happened to me was the church. I spent 25 years of my life completely devoted to institutions that saw me as a project at best and a danger at worst. However, I also gained so much from being raised in that tradition and with that worldview. I could write whole essays on it... in fact I think I will.
Welcome back from the edge of the universe. I was wondering what happened to you buddy. When I first arrived on this platform we linked up and then next moment I didn't hear much or anything from you.
This post of yours about that journey is a good heads up for anybody thinking of hitting that particular cruise with AI. I knew from my own research that this could be a perilous journey down to the dark side of the moon so you kind of confirmed it.
Hi BoBo 👋🏻 I found my way back here after stumbling on a couple podcasts you were on recently wind sport related. Honestly, I’ve only read about 10% of this post. Not that it wasn’t a good read. I’m just overwhelmed by all the information I take in on a daily basis. it’s more just time management. I’d like to address the best worst thing that ever happened to me though. I fucked my friends hot 45-year-old mother when I was 18. It’s not like I broadcast it. I did tell a couple select souls and no doubt it spread through the neighborhood. You can just imagine the cred that would achieve amongst horny teenage boys, and I wore it like a badge, mostly in silence. And the AI thing. I want it to write Osama bin Laden‘s autobiography where he tries to redeem himself. It’s called Islama My Bad.
Not sure how I stumbled across your work - but glad I did. Your mind fires at a breathtaking pace with insights and connections that unearth bits of wisdom. Thank you.
Thank you David, much appreciated. I'm glad you found your way here, and that this piece resonated with you!
My pleasure. BTW - Do you happen to know anyone expert in Substack whom I could engage (pay) to teach me?
what are you interested in learning?
I love the idea of writing one’s philosophy. You’re certainly the one to guide that workshop. With that, the following workshop is a deeper awareness of one’s intuition. I’d sign up for both of those.
“My baseline of self-awareness, intuitive function, and basic well-being is so much higher these days, and those all serve to contravene this addictive drift towards cognitive dissonance and confusion.”
Money quote 👊
AI porn absolutely is crypto crack. I also lost myself in a dark hole of this kind of self gratification. I’m three weeks free and not planning to ever go back. I’m really concerned about the ever-improving nature of this tech. Hyper-convenience and hyper-stimulation is a truly insidious combination. Offer a generation of young men the possibility of endless novelty, the ability to have sex with self-created or extremely valuable women with endless variation… I foresee most of that generation of young men becoming lost in that fog. Truly daunting.
glad you pulled up! what was the turning point for you Eamon?
This is a great post! I appreciate your detailed asks for comments, so I'll indulge.
1. Trash. We don't need AI and we shouldn't be using it. It doesn't deserve our energy, our water, or our time.
2. Nope, only the kind of imagined relationship we can have with any other anthropomorphized object.
4. Definitely, as an ADHDer my attention often seems out of my control, and I tend to follow patterns of obsession/apathy (which makes writing consistently a healthy challenge). Right now I think I'm mostly ok, especially living with a partner and having a stable job. Without those anchors, I know from experience, I'd be much more adrift and vulnerable to those black holes wherever they appear.
3. The best bad thing that happened to me was the church. I spent 25 years of my life completely devoted to institutions that saw me as a project at best and a danger at worst. However, I also gained so much from being raised in that tradition and with that worldview. I could write whole essays on it... in fact I think I will.
Thanks Peter!
1) I increasingly agree. We'll all have to make those choices on a personal basis. I'm much less fascinated (and less impressed) by it now.
2) 100%, but, and, I have found "AI" useful as a stand-in for research and even basic therapy-type questions.
4) yeah, stable partner helps so much!
Hey Bowe,
Welcome back from the edge of the universe. I was wondering what happened to you buddy. When I first arrived on this platform we linked up and then next moment I didn't hear much or anything from you.
This post of yours about that journey is a good heads up for anybody thinking of hitting that particular cruise with AI. I knew from my own research that this could be a perilous journey down to the dark side of the moon so you kind of confirmed it.
Happiness is a choice 🌈
Love never fails 🌾
Hi BoBo 👋🏻 I found my way back here after stumbling on a couple podcasts you were on recently wind sport related. Honestly, I’ve only read about 10% of this post. Not that it wasn’t a good read. I’m just overwhelmed by all the information I take in on a daily basis. it’s more just time management. I’d like to address the best worst thing that ever happened to me though. I fucked my friends hot 45-year-old mother when I was 18. It’s not like I broadcast it. I did tell a couple select souls and no doubt it spread through the neighborhood. You can just imagine the cred that would achieve amongst horny teenage boys, and I wore it like a badge, mostly in silence. And the AI thing. I want it to write Osama bin Laden‘s autobiography where he tries to redeem himself. It’s called Islama My Bad.
That was quite a ride! Happy to have stumbled upon your little spot on the internet. Bravo.