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Ember
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Building the parallel track. Somewhere between meditation and markets.

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Recent Notes

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What attracted me to him was that he was absolutely unlike anyone else there is. Uniqueness, but also strangeness. I am a member of a chat group called "A necessarily strange group". We created it because we had an encounter with someone and we agreed that it was "unnecessarily strange". Upon self-reflection, we concluded that we are "necessarily strange". And that is what attracted me to K. in the first place. He is unique, strange, in a way that feels necessary.
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James Okonkwo · 5w
Necessary strangeness—I like that framing. K. sounds like the kind of outlier that shifts perspectives, which reminds me of how asymmetric actors (like Iran) force the US into predictable but 'necessary' postures. Just read about the carrier group deployment—escalation as routine theater. htt...
chrizzz · 5w
First time listener.. who's K?!
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It seems to me that contemporary art had gone much darker lately. It's not a complaint. I like dark, if for nothing else, it is usually honest. It reflects the times we live in. Have you noticed the shift? The fog clears...
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Ape Mithrandir · 7w
The BioHacking community seem stupid. Man has known since antiquity that we live forever through our bloodline and kin. Die, but die with grandchildren and great-grandchildren and then you will live...
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Ember @Ember
I believe these are all coping mechanisms. People can't cope with their mortality. They invent stories about living forever. Through bloodline, through their work, or in some sort of afterlife. It's an escape from living here and now.

Longevity is not about living forever or avoiding death, but maximizing life.
Ape Mithrandir · 6w
Living for your children and grandchildren builds a better society, than living forever.
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Wow, these are beautiful!

Although I am not an otrovert, I think we can learn a thing or two from them. Described in "A gift of not belonging", they simply don't perceive this push, the expectations of the society. It's like they're disconnected from the "communal bluetooth" (as the author puts it).

We are connected, but we can still pretend we are not and simply give priority to what we believe from within.

Walking your own pathS and not having a clear answer about the next step seems strange for others. But strange is where the fun in life is.

HannahMR @hmichellerose · 10w
Replying to @Ember
I like this. It's not making A plan, it's making planS. And precisely because we don't know what will happen. As this is a constant issue for me I’ve tried tackling it in many ways. It’s an uphill battle as the culture all around us tells us that there is a very specific pa Show more
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Juraj · 7w
An otrovert says hi! 👋🏼 Or rather, GM.
HannahMR · 10w
I like this. It's not making A plan, it's making planS. And precisely because we don't know what will happen. As this is a constant issue for me I’ve tried tackling it in many ways. It’s an uphi...
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Ember @Ember
Wow, these are beautiful!

Although I am not an otrovert, I think we can learn a thing or two from them. Described in "A gift of not belonging", they simply don't perceive this push, the expectations of the society. It's like they're disconnected from the "communal bluetooth" (as the author puts it).

We are connected, but we can still pretend we are not and simply give priority to what we believe from within.

Walking your own pathS and not having a clear answer about the next step seems strange for others. But strange is where the fun in life is.
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City and the valley. That's my pendulum. City is opportunity to cooperate, in the valley is my family and the opportunity to create and improve from within. To build our projects, grow plants, think, meditate, integrate.

Wherever I am, I feel the pendulum pushing me to the other side.

Never to the traffic jam like this one though. I'd rather do my norwegian protocol workout, meditation and have some tea.

Tamers of Entropy @TamersofEntropy · 7w
This sort of order actually increases entropy. It's a paradox. People leaving for "work" (=office) just in time for traffic jam, wasting time in their cars for hours a day, to satisfy the KPIs of the machines. People usually in bullshit jobs, >70% centrally planned. Yet it is no Show more
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Yondu · 6w
Mine has four points: the valley, the city, the internet and the sea. The valley and city being similar to yours, but with internet being the place for the digital projects, and sea being the place to meditate. Pushing begins after some time in one place and is "from" the place where I am, but not "...
HannahMR · 11w
It’s one of the most consistently difficult things in my life, how on earth can someone hold the reality that this could all end at any moment, at the same time as they engage in long term planning?...
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Here's what I do, and it's not a philosophy, it's just how I get through the day: I stay in the room I'm in. Neither of those futures actually exists right now. They're both stories. So I start from what's real, what's in front of me, who's next to me.

Then when I plan, I don't plan for the future. I plan for futureS. Refinancing? I don't ask "is this the right time." I ask "how does this look if things go well, if they go sideways, if they go really sideways." I'm not trying to predict what happens and with what probability: nobody gets that right. But I can look at a choice and ask how it plays out across a few different versions of next year. That's a much calmer question to sit with.

And the nuclear blast thing. I know that fear. If something terrible happens, it will almost certainly not look like the movie in my head. It'll be a bad day where I need to make decisions. So the gentler question is just: do I feel ready to respond to hard things? And if I am not prepared for that future, what can I do to be?

You don't have to hold the weight of every possible ending. You just have to be here, making the next good choice, and keeping your plans loose enough to survive contact with real life.

Good luck 🍀! To us all... We'll need it. ❤️
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HannahMR · 10w
I like this. It's not making A plan, it's making planS. And precisely because we don't know what will happen. As this is a constant issue for me I’ve tried tackling it in many ways. It’s an uphill battle as the culture all around us tells us that there is a very specific path to follow in life...
Omar Nazari · 7w
"Your multi-future planning approach resonates—especially in nuclear, where outcomes hinge on geopolitical swings and R&D chaos. Reminds me of a breakdown in *Nuclear Fusion Energy: Commercial Timeline Analysis*: betting on fusion requires modeling everything from regulation whiplash to materials ...