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America is huge, but I think this is more to do with the specifics of how each city is built, where some are better than others.

I sold my car when I moved to D.C -- no one needs one, unless you commute outside of D.C. My social life grew exponentially when I moved. The city has dependable cross walks and (especially compared to Dallas standards) absolutely gargantuan side walks. As a bonus, those sidewalks don't abruptly and inextricably end for random stretches of the street. Public transportation is great. As a result, people are out and about where they can have random encounters with each other, on the way to parks filled with people hanging out and mingling.

I'm not saying this is the epitome, but it's leagues better than places like Dallas where random sections of the city feel really sketchy, walking on the sidewalk (anywhere other than in the suburbs) feels like gambling with your life (given that sidewalks are about 2 feet wide and next to high speed traffic), electronic cross walks often don't work, there's huge stretches of nothing from place to place (so even if you could walk, you'd have little reason to, given that you'll be walking alone without a soul in sight -- unless you count the people in their cars passing by -- and with nothing worth seeing along the way), etc.

Meh. Europe is also huge. Asia is huge. And have you seen the size of Africa?

I think the comment above could have been better articulated. America is ‘huge’ because of cultural inclinations. People want to feel autonomous. People don't want to live in too close of proximity to others. Despite recent attempts to create more welcoming city environments (safe streets, missing middle housing, equitable transportation) in the US, most still prefer suburban living. In turn, giving a more ‘spread out feeling.’ That’s just my opinion though.

Europe & Asia is huge, but that's irrelevant to the structure of cities & economic hubs. Cities in America are designed around cars to the detriment of community, shared prosperity, & fitness/health.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI

Where do you find these meetups

meetup.com

Why would it kill the planet? The same amount of sunlight energy is already falling on it, so imo it’s just utilizing this energy more effectively to benefit life

What does it mean to harvest 100% of the sunlight? How much are we re-distributing to all the other living things that rely on sunlight?

If it is sunlight you are depriving the ecosystem of it.

It's not unthinkable that a fission or fusion economy could produce enough energy that the waste heat cooks us.

Not only would you be depriving the ecosystem of that energy, but also, you would make the planet unliveable. A lot of the energy of the sun that falls on the earth is reflected back into space. If all that energy is capture and used, eventually it will turn into heat.

Focusing on content rather than a social network.

Most videos you see on tiktok are probably not people you are following, while most on Instagram probably are

They test content on a small circle of users, if metrics are good they keep expanding

https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-finally-explains-for-you-...

I’m curious how did psychedelics made you more extroverted? i.e was it less internal monologue, more energy, etc

After the experience I was more open to interacting to people. The difference between avoiding eye contact and just saying hi to someone can be huge. Instead of just passing by someone I'd stop and talk to them--sometimes for hours. At first I was still pretty awkward but after time and just talking to people I'm one of the most sociable people in my circle. And it is a wide circle.

So in short my first reaction to meeting someone wasn't avoidance but instead to interact with them.

I think would probably make you more extroverted and more effective.

Here’s another perspective on similar teachings http://happinessbeyondthought.blogspot.com/2018/03/updating-...

Have you seen this study on how psilocybin substantially reduced depression and anxiety in people with life threatening cancer?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367557/

Would love to know if you know anything else in the world that can do that repeatably

Did you have to practice to achieve this or just from reading the book?

I really didn't have to practice. I just read the book and followed some of the directions like, "Ask yourself in your head, what am I going to think about next?"

It is a way to kind of 'separate' your consciousness from your 'thinking'. I don't really have the right words, but you then just observe your own analytical mind. You can observe without judgement, and at that point you're not thinking about the future or the past, but only the present moment exists.

In those moments I can then use thinking as a tool, but in the same way I use my hand to grab something, I'm not always using my hand, and in that state I'm not always using my analytical mind, only when needed.

It's in that state that I feel 'love' or something like it throughout my entire body. I feel like a huge weight is taken off me and I can just relax. And with hints of that love extending outwards and through everything. Something I've never believed in, it could be all internal to my brain still, but I understand how people can feel like there is something else out there.

Random 'thinking' thoughts come and go in that state, you just observe them, acknowledge them, and let them go. And I've heard that's very similar to what most people say about meditation.

He goes on to say that state of mind can become permanent. You live in the moment and only choose when to think about the future and planning, only use that part of you when needed. Worrying about the future all the time is not good, but there are times when you do need to think and plan. You don't always have to analyze everything, but choose to do so when it's needed.

I am nowhere near that point, not sure I could get there. But it does sound appealing, constantly enjoying the present moment, but also deciding when you should learn from the past or think about the future. But not be obsessed with it.

As a side note, I find right when I hit that state, most of the time, I yawn. Yawning is still kind of a mystery, but some current research shows it could be extra excitement of the brain, or even extra brain cooling. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678674/ Maybe I'm just using a lot more brain power and energy to focus on my consciousness or just to focus on all my senses? All just random guesses, I know barely anything about it.