Thoughts Of A Trillionaire

Don't listen to this if you are prone to existential dread. I had this idea for potentially creating a more realistic and dynamic virtual world, but then I realized that it would probably not work, but that lead me to understand why people would want to create simulated world like ours .. which lead me to truly feeling some existential dread more viscerally than I usually ever feel. I am not sure if this episode makes a lick of sense, but I do think it is important to share, so ..... Here you go. Listen at your own peril.

Continuing from yesterday's episode, I share more ideas that I've learned from Lex Fridman's interview with Daniel Smachtenberger. In this entry, I go into the concept of Ritualized Discomfort and talk about why optimizing for comfort is dangerous and why individualized, zero-sum success is also dangerous. We need voluntary, communal struggle. I also talk about language.

I talk a bit about the benefits of qualitative research, my plans to be more consistent on YouTube, and what I learned from watching Lex Fridman's interview with Daniel Smachtenberger on Steering Humanity away from Self Destruction. Such a great episode!! Really loved the idea of Compersion and will also search more up on Consilience.

I am all over the place in this episode! Sharing my thoughts on some stuff I watched on Netflix, on copyright and intellectual property, on metacognition and more. Sorry for the awkwardness

Today I talk about spending time with my SO. We cooked together, watched some shows, and it was quite fun! I also get into some music I've listened to recently and the importance of album sequencing. (Check out Nathan Zeds video on that!) I also talk about TikTok and Jason Calacanis being to investing in a black-led team building their own Social Media platform.

Today, I share my first forray into Post-Modernism and how it may or may not relate to Wokeism. I share my thoughts on how I think the skeptic approach to objective reality is a great opportunity for curiosity and humility.

What is anarchy? In this entry, I share what I have learned from reading the anarchy.works primer. I talk about how anarchy is NOT the purge, and how our society can actually be much better if it was a bunch of anarchist communities rather than authoritarian regimes and capitalist imperialists. Yes, that's basically blasphemy to say, but check it out for yourself if you think I'm a loon!

After sharing updates on my day, I delve into the problems of Wokeism and cancel culture. I share my thoughts on why I think a focus on race (ie white privilege, white fragility, etc) actually creates more racism. I also speak on conservatism a bit and begin to share my lifelong interest in anarchy.

I've been feeling fairly unmotivated over the last few days,... But I've also been nerding out about consciousness and free will. In this audiojournal, I ramble about my ideas in this topic and how we can better individuals and build a better society by seriously questioning the idea of free will.

What if some UFOs are of non-human terran origin?? In this episode, I play around with the idea that UFOs might be old hominid species...

Today, I woke up with a strange feeling... Somewhere between restlessness and reflection. After trying to work through that feeling, I began to share my take on what may be one of the most important ideas for humanity to figure out: What is the nature of free will and consciousness? I posit that free will is consciousness, that consciousness is (self-referential)awareness, and that by becoming more aware of the factors that may play into our 'decisions' and behaviors, we can design better systems and societies, as well as have more fulfilling lives.

Yesterday, I did not feel like doing much work. So I ended up watching videos, reading, and generally just having more relaxed day. Check out Afrikrea if you're interested in supporting African fashion!

My pandemic unemployment assistance income will be ending at the end of June, this is worrying because that net is what allowed me to even have the time and energy to build my career up to this point. I go on to talk about the importance of having such a social net, of why we need more creator marketplaces, and about why billionaires can be doing so much more.

Language is one of the first and most important ways in which we augment reality... How might we literally augment reality to communicate even more effectively in a future with a brain computer interfaces and XR technologies?

I talk about a bunch of stuff that's been on my mind this week, from the underrated power of logic-based interactive prototypes, to the state of Altspace VR, to my plans for user research, and finally the problem with Twitter Blue and social media in general.

So sorry for the lack of entries! I have been experiencing amazing opportunities coming in and have been focusing on that this week. In this episode, I talk about my business idea once again, breaking down how I envision this system to work and why I am so focused on doing/finding scientific research and psychological principles.

How can we design our economy, communities, technology, and society to be more like nature in order to benefit from the naturally sustainable living of ecosystems and molecular structures that scale through emergence rather than central planning? (This episode was recorded on Sunday, but I forgot to publish it

There is a lot wrong with the world right now. Monopolies, xenophobia, discrimination, climate change, etc.. today I talk about much of that in the lense of intersectionality

I continue yesterday's talk about consciousness, free will, and the importance becoming more aware of our environment and our sense of self. I also share a bit about design.

I work through my ideas about consciousness, free will, and how our life can have more agency through being more aware of our reality, inspired in part by Lex Fridman's interview with Sam Harris, as well as SB Kaufman's book: Transcend.