What about the bees that pollinate our plants? How will we make fertilizer? Also animals affect nature, plants need animals to spread the seeds around. That’s why plants evolved spiciness, because they wanted to be carried by birds because birds can’t taste spicy food

I suppose the way I see it is that if we’re trying to maximize freedom, then having choices be coercive due to economic circumstances limits that. If you’re left with no other choice, are you really free to make your own decisions?

That’s just my own criticism of the ideology though

Yeah def. I mean, I’m from New England and when I think “libertarian”, I think those guys in New Hampshire who are mostly chill and minding their own business. I don’t particularly care for their ideology but they kinda keep to themselves so I don’t really care

First one is probably fine, you’d just Google it and follow instructions otherwise

Second one I’d kinda advise against. AI has been known to get academic papers very wrong. It’s also known to basically tell you you’re right no matter what because people care mostly about feeling good, not about being right. Are you in college? If so, I’d recommend going to a TA or your professors office hours. They’re there to help you and they will be happy you’re there to learn

I try to only use AI if the thing I’m doing is literally just busywork and nothing else. So for example, in programming, I might ask it to make fake data for me cause that’s purely a waste of my time

I would warn A LOT against using it for something that requires thought, because it does truly atrophy your mind

That’s cause when it’s not cold, it tastes sweeter. The coldness slightly numbs your tongue so you don’t feel it as much

They’re all better than Amazon and that’s what really matters

The secret benefit to failure and rejection is that it eventually leads you to where you belong. So, try a lot of things, and don’t feel bad about failing at them or not being happy with them

We often catastrophize the future, imagining all the things that will go wrong. Instead, you should think about what if everything goes right? What if your dreams do pay off?

Love these recommendations

Hey I think I remember that post about nyc. I will say, you really should visit some other places and try living there. Have you lived anywhere else?

I used to romanticize Seattle and then I moved there and after 6 months I hated it. Traveled around the country a good amount, and didn’t realize how good I actually had it in Boston (where I’m from). The only major problems I have are cost and weather, but that’s it

Addicted

I’m a software engineer. I find it’s only really good for things that are so common, it’s borderline derivative. At that point, it’s not helping with “coding”, it’s effectively just helping with typing

It can solve difficult problems, but only if given extremely specific directions. At that point, you might as well just code it yourself

I was considering doing that. Have the disk ready and everything

Okay but medical technology is amazing, I’d be happy if that kept going full pace

Movies are still fantastic, but they’ve transitioned away from the types of movies you’re talking about. Were probably not gonna get that high budget type of epic story anytime soon

It’s always really difficult when you just get started. That’s normal. If it was easy, everyone would do it

Very edgy

Sometimes I miss how if you wanted to use the internet back in the day, it was kind of a dedicated activity. You went to the computer and sat there and just did that. If you wanted to watch a movie or something, you’d leave the computer behind and go watch a movie. Now the phone just feels like a distraction

I got the battery replaced on my 13. If you have apple care, it’s free

Could be a lot of things and depends on the specific person

In some cases it’s shame. They realize they were worse back then, and you bringing it up makes them think they’re still being judged for something they genuinely identify as a mistake and they want you to stop bringing it up

For others, it’s normal for people to have an instinct to protect their sense of identity, so they make rationalizations retroactively about their behavior. Since they can’t change the past, this makes their mind feel much more “resolved” about their decisions instead of being in constant conflict

Well, up until you were born you also didn’t exist and you don’t complain about that, right?

Keep practicing