So i have listened to this podcast and it was a nice experience. Next time i promise to write some short ideas as feedback... so many things to say and mention... i just got lost... Can't say anything about the new gear/setup/mic ... sorry! But I appreciate the effort.
@@Psychopolitica one more thing... I'm serious! You know John, he listens to you... please tell him he is too old to have a girlfriend... for his age the correct term should be "partner" regardless of the nature of their relationship. :P
was it Horgan? the trip where it seemed that answering our fundamental questions or solving the meaning of life would result in annihilation - a canceling out - i found compelling
Re: "There has to be suffering." Teilhard commented (musing on his experience as a medic in WW1) that suffering is in the making of the world and it *will* be endured. Social evolution is not a pretty thing, just like genomic evo.
Pelevin's book sounds interesting. I'll have to add it to my list. It brought to mind an article I read a few months ago about people for whom meditation "goes wrong": tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/vbaedd/meditation-is-a-powerful-mental-tool-and-for-some-it-goes-terribly-wrong People who get stuck in that so-called "dark night of the soul". I've heard several Buddhist teachers from different traditions talk about this and use this to say 1) that meditation is not to be taken lightly and 2) that meditation has to be part of a wider whole to avoid that pitfall. I don't really know what to make of it yet. The rebellious side of me wants to say "screw that, I won't be brought in to a strict orthodoxy" but at the same time I feel that their point has merit.
@@Psychopolitica Thanks for the recommendation. Yeah I'll have to wait for a translation of that book then. My Russian is limited to the absolute basics like asking where the toilets are or how to get to the train station ^^ I'll give "Babylon" a try.
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Good audio setup Nikita. Keep growing.
the AI guy on Rogan who said 'of what?' when rogan asked 'what if this is a simulation' was Ben Goertzel i think
So i have listened to this podcast and it was a nice experience. Next time i promise to write some short ideas as feedback... so many things to say and mention... i just got lost...
Can't say anything about the new gear/setup/mic ... sorry! But I appreciate the effort.
@@Psychopolitica one more thing... I'm serious!
You know John, he listens to you... please tell him he is too old to have a girlfriend... for his age the correct term should be "partner" regardless of the nature of their relationship. :P
@John Horgan Respect John. Always a pleasure to listen to you speak. Much appreciate.
@John Horgan Neaaahh...This is good news indeed! Keep up the good work... looking forward for new podcasts!!! Cheers!
1:24:43 nikita independently discovers stoicism (which i also find v helpful) and wins over horgan
was it Horgan? the trip where it seemed that answering our fundamental questions or solving the meaning of life would result in annihilation - a canceling out - i found compelling
Re: "There has to be suffering."
Teilhard commented (musing on his experience as a medic in WW1) that suffering is in the making of the world and it *will* be endured. Social evolution is not a pretty thing, just like genomic evo.
Please get John Vervaeke on
Pelevin's book sounds interesting. I'll have to add it to my list. It brought to mind an article I read a few months ago about people for whom meditation "goes wrong": tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/vbaedd/meditation-is-a-powerful-mental-tool-and-for-some-it-goes-terribly-wrong People who get stuck in that so-called "dark night of the soul". I've heard several Buddhist teachers from different traditions talk about this and use this to say 1) that meditation is not to be taken lightly and 2) that meditation has to be part of a wider whole to avoid that pitfall. I don't really know what to make of it yet. The rebellious side of me wants to say "screw that, I won't be brought in to a strict orthodoxy" but at the same time I feel that their point has merit.
@@Psychopolitica Thanks for the recommendation. Yeah I'll have to wait for a translation of that book then. My Russian is limited to the absolute basics like asking where the toilets are or how to get to the train station ^^
I'll give "Babylon" a try.