Yeah I didnt gain anything new but the connections he formed were good

Seems at the cusp

Yeah I didnt gain anything new but the connections he formed were good

Or stagnate forever

Or stagnate forever

Probably soon he will either grow

Probably soon he will either grow

Seems at the cusp

Probably soon he will either grow

Fucking dickscold

well the thing about him is he actually does mushrooms

so for better or for worse, he'll always be changing

Makes sense

this guy has even worse ideological ADD than me

He made some nonobvious connections

But there was nothing new for me

his fundamental thesis that modern life makes us miserable by structure and experience is one that really resonates with me

I agree with that
And furthermore that it is spiritual in origin

He cites environment

As the culprit of diminished fertility

But I think that is not primary though it has some effect

I do not get white peoples' obsession with having suburbs and electronics

if they don't have them they will despair and stop having kids

"Who could live like this???"

or other peoples' good opinions of them

having others think highly of you is easy, just use big words, flatter everyone and wear a suit

I think its deeper than that though it may be rationalized that way in their heads

Its such a basic drive

Its absence is exceptional and requires an exceptional explanation

Its taken for granted

That too is secondarily exceptional

So one, a big deal and two, not thinking a big deal is a big deal

Two problems both both not easily explainable by immediate causes

People must have changed a lot

How they did may be somewhat understandable but why they did in the first place is not so

Not having children is the sign of a deeply rooted nihilism

The urge to have kids got replaced by the urge to have sex

A belief in the transience and meaninglessness of existence

I think the pill really was the tipping point

good thought

Metaphysically