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by alexanderthe- 5y ago
I'm not complaining (I haven't bought a house yet).
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by alexanderthe- 5y ago
At the risk of being "that other guy", psychedelic experiences come in many different categories of experience: ranging from mere distortions of our normal, subjective state of perceiving reality, to emotional processing, ego deat
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by alexanderthe- 5y ago
This tale of this siege encapsulates the unwavering determination of Alexander to overcome and conquer. Anyone interested should read the accounts in Arrian and Quintus Curtius Rufus' biographies.
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by alexanderthe- 5y ago
Given that everything we experience in this life is through our consciousness, equating depression to a shift in consciousness isn't heavy lifting. This is an association where I would like to see some hard science backing the link bet
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by alexanderthe- 5y ago
I'm not retired, but I am shift worker in Healthcare, which means I have 3-4 days off per week. A question I often get from people when they hear that is "Wow! What do you do with all your time off?" The answer is always, &qu
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by alexanderthe- 5y ago
Psychedelics have the ability to bring, through subjective experience, evidence of the mystery that has been passed down through the worlds spiritual traditions; mankinds' relation to that mystery is ubiquitous throughout the worlds ci
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by alexanderthe- 6y ago
I started seeing the association between caffeine, jitters and anxiety now that I am in my early thirties. Like you, I enjoyed many years of symptom free caffeine "indulgence". I've switched to enjoying decaf brewed at home w
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by alexanderthe- 6y ago
I also live with family. There are many cultures where living with your family is the norm until, or even after marriage. Maybe I’m an outlier, or just got lucky, but the first woman I started dating after a failed 5 year relationship ended
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by alexanderthe- 6y ago
I believe innovation would be encouraged by the incentive to capture a market for a specific use case with an innovation in either process, material, or diminished environmental impacts. Corporations (and citizens) need to be accountable fo
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by alexanderthe- 6y ago
Maybe I'm naive, but I don't see a good reason why government can't introduce legislation to enforce standardized packaging across product "classes" to streamline reuse and recycling - for example, all soda bottles
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by alexanderthe- 6y ago
I recommend Plutarch's Lives, I own the Oxford World's Classics translations of 'Roman Lives' and 'Greek lives' and the stories told between the two alone allow to you build a mental model of the nature of mank
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by alexanderthe- 7y ago
I'm just starting to get a handle on this now that I hit 30. We look to successful people to see how they manage their time, thinking that by copying their routines and habits as inputs, we will be also be able to yield some of their s
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by alexanderthe- 7y ago
Lex’s podcast is my new favorite. I’m not a Computer Scientist, so I thoroughly enjoy hearing him ask Philosophical questions to these great minds and having them answer with the humble nature of mere mortals... which of course, they are. K
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by alexanderthe- 7y ago
I would start meditating, it will help you on being able to identify and intervene on repetitive, negative thought patterns (rumination). Give yourself 10 minutes everyday to train your mind. I use the app Waking up. Release anxiety through
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by alexanderthe- 7y ago
What is the difference between luminiferous aether and the electro-magnetic field? Edit: Context
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by alexanderthe- 7y ago
Who's to say that waking consciousness isn't just a hallucination or dream that can't be integrated into their actual, transcendent, spiritual life?
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by alexanderthe- 7y ago
I don't recall that being mentioned in Bernal Diaz del Castillo's "The Conquest of New Spain". I've also read "The Broken Spears", an Aztec account of the conquest which was recorded once surviving members
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by alexanderthe- 7y ago
IME, this.. however, not everyone who experiments with psychedelics is fortunate enough to experience them. I know it's cliché, but integration is key. Our work is here, so you have to make use of those lessons as best you can.
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by alexanderthe- 7y ago
Joe is popular because he is essentially fearless. He brought Podcasting and the longform interview to the mainstream and is a modern day renaissance man. He has friends and acquaintances from many different worlds and social classes, from
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by alexanderthe- 7y ago
From Tim Ferris' Tao of Seneca: “Epicurus,” you reply, “uttered these words; what are you doing with another’s property?” Any truth, I maintain, is my own property. And I shall continue to heap quotations fr
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by alexanderthe- 7y ago
For some context on the ancient greek definition of the "Gorgon Stare", read: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/fear/dread-gorgon
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by alexanderthe- 7y ago
You could call it hostility to Asian capital, but it shouldn't be confused with hostility to Asian people. Some Western governments have done a pretty poor job of preventing their real estate stock from being exploited by foreign inves
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by alexanderthe- 8y ago
I like to think of this view as jailbreaking your biological operating system. We are an aggregate of trillions of cells with one fundamental purpose, to propagate our DNA and ensure the survival of our species. Of course we grow into think
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by alexanderthe- 8y ago
The book is great, I've been working through HTDP and it's generous amount of programming exercises casually over the past year as a self learner. I had been dabbling in programming over the past several years (as a true dilettant