Oopz
29d ago
I will need chat GPT to decipher this comment but much appreciated. Is your startup a solution to my problem? If so please give more details.
Oopz
29d ago
Its funny how one comment tells me it's impossible and then one comment basically gives me what I'm looking for. Thank you.
I also refuse to give the algorithm anything. I'm not even logged in almost anywhere, and I certainly won't use an app.
I'm getting the sense that your motivation for the avoidance of algorithms is different from mine. Mine is the fear of missing out on potentially helpful information. What is yours?
Oopz
30d ago
You can’t.
Please tell me how sure you are of this
I am very suspicious of this (newly popular) health trend
Maybe I should have clarified but in all of those spaces/topics that I have stated there is always going to be stuff that is true and stuff that is false. I am not saying everything in these spaces/topics are true. IN FACT I am saying because I frequent these space/topics in a certain detached way I can see the flaws in these spaces/topics that other people cannot; especially those who attach themselves fully to one or two subjects.
Bill Gates and Trump have ridiculous diets, Steve Jobs had a ridiculous diet in the other direction, and Jordan Peterson has a yet more ridiculous diet. Yet all top in their respective fields.
Bill, Trump, Steve and Jordan all have star signs, heights, looks, productivity habits, personalities, social connections, family, IQ, motivations, clothes, voice, technologies, genetics, epigenetics, education, money, random events in their lives etc that contribute to their success as well as their eating habits.
I am not asking for people to validate me on the truthfulness on any one of these topics. That's a me problem. I am asking for a way to arrange such a vast amount of information in a way that I can stay up to date with new findings and eventually use this information to improve my life and the life of others.
I understand that this is a big ask. So I'm not expecting someone to just give me a fully baked working procedure. I am just asking for some initial ideas or first steps or even just guesses on how they would attempt to do this.
And if this question doesn't belong here please help me and try to think of a place that might be more receptive to a question like this.
Oopz
30d ago
I think they also do algorithms based on time spent watching a thing.
I understand. One aspect of my problem is how do I collect information of different formats from different places into information that actually allows me to improve my life and the life of others.
But I feel like your approach is backwards anyways.
I understand why you say this (maybe?). If I believe that sorting out information is too much for my brain why not just rely on an algorithm?
It's kind of hard to explain but having a general overview of things allows you to see that more isn't necessary better. You can go super deep on a subject and become the world's expert and still lack in other subjects.
I've seen crypto guys do the most inefficient workout routines and I've seen the genetics guys and the psychology guys struggle with the same question but from different angles but they have no idea that they can answer each others questions.
Everybody is so Silo'd that they can't really grasp the full picture. I am not saying that I have grasped the full picture but I have an overview that a specialist in their field cannot see unless they look at another field to complete the picture.
I'm watching people who have infinitely more IQ, attention, education, wealth, work ethic, etc than me make mistakes because they are siloed into an algorithm.
Oopz
30d ago
Okay the world is getting crazy.
About 10 years ago I made the decision to not fully allow any one algorithm to curate what content I consume. I also made the decision to not like videos, tweets, posts and other content as I was worried that when you like something the algorithm decides you want to see more of something which inherently means you want to see less of something else. I had fomo for new novel information I guess.
However there is just too much information. And every field is advancing at a rate never seen before. I need to keep up. I need to keep digesting this wonderful juicy magnificent information that my ancestors could only dream of. I NEEED IT ALL. I need to know everything. Just the fact I've avoided algorithms (not completely) for 10 years means that I have a wide range of interests and it's allowed to make novel discoveries about our world just from the comfort of my bedroom. We live in quite unbelievable times really.
Please guys how do I curate information from all over the internet ?
How do I watch the internet from above?
How do I collate information from 4chan, crypto, Data secrets lox, Productivity, history, biohacking, Lesswrong, AI , UFO, Singularity, Robotics, Ray Peat, Paranormal, Biophysics, Genetics, Epigentics, Quantum Computing, Looksmaxxing, Slatestarcodex, YouTube, Apricity, scientific studies, Substack, Astrology, Neurofeedback Autism, etc, without losing my mind?
(Partial answers and Speculative answers welcome.)
(Also if you think there is a better place to ask this question please let me know. If you think there is a better way to ask this question please let me know.)
Oopz
3mo ago
Try Lock me out.
There's also Andoff. Andoff is from the same company that makes Pluckeye which is a blocker app for desktop only.
I wouldn't recommend using andoff before understanding how pluckeye works, the very active community can help you with that.
However to install Andoff you will need to use ADB which I'm not sure if it breaks your definition of jailbreaking or not.
Oopz
3mo ago
I'd like to hear more stories about encounters with people who are really intelligent.
Where did you meet them?
And how long did it take you to realise that they were intellectually gifted?
Oopz
3mo ago
Anybody got any idea on how to improve executive function? I'll take even the most esoteric advice....
Oopz
3mo ago
Another concept analogous to this is the is-ought distinction. Fact collectors care about what is and the conclusion seekers care about what ought to be.
You could also say this about autists and normies. Autists leaning towards more how things are and the normies obsessed with how things are supposed to be. Although I will admit this one is a reach.
Unrelated but, I think for a long time biology has been filled with fact collectors and not enough conclusion seekers. The conclusion seekers go into programming and engineering. Once these engineering type conclusions seekers come to the conclusion that we should be healthy forever and turn their intellect and focus on biology, that's the beginning of us becoming Human 2.0
Oopz
4mo ago
Does getting physically beat by your parents for mistakes count as disproportionate punishment? If so, then it is a probable explanation for my procrastination.
Have you ever seen anyone cure their avoidant perfectionism? It affects every aspect of my life. Kinda getting desperate here....
Oopz
5mo ago
Is being famous worth it? I used to think people who said no were coping. But it does seem awfully stressful.
Oopz
5mo ago
Is being famous worth it? I used to think people who said no were coping. But it does seem awfully stressful.
Oopz
5mo ago
I've seen your type before and I'm glad you have identified the problem. Many people are looking to exploit other people. The good news is that when people who have always focused on helping people focus on themselves they become dangerously competent.
Oopz
6mo ago
This is probably not helpful but the problems you list in your post is why I have almost completely given up on opsec precautions. It's just too inconvenient and stressful.
I've come to the conclusion that these big companies have won and if they want to know details about your internet life there's little you can do to stop them.
The best way I know of coping is to tell myself that there are people who are much more interesting to government/big tech than me. Now I simply go with the flow.
Oopz
6mo ago
rugged individualism, family structure, future orientation, rigid time schedules with time viewed as a commodity, and hard work as the key to success
You think white culture is the only culture that has these values?
Oopz
6mo ago
What to do about a fear of judgement? Is this the same thing as self consciousness? Caring what other people think is kinda hell.
Oopz
6mo ago
I'm trying to have an accurate view of the world so I'm (somewhat) constantly checking my confidence levels in certain beliefs. But yes you are correct the latest findings in string theory does not affect my ability to function in the world day to day.
You could say "why are you trying to have an accurate view of the world ?" and to that I don't have a real answer other than truth is a terminal value to me.
Since you're deferring to the experts for subjects you don't understand, why are you listening to Terrence Howard, who is an actor and not a mathematician or logician or philosopher or scientist?
Okay forget the word "expert" and replace it with the phrase "people with above average interest and time spent on a subject". Terrence Howard and Professor Dave have both spent more time on this subject than me so I'll listen to them both. I mean you also listened to Terrence Howard no ? Listening is not necessarily an endorsement and he popped on the biggest podcast in the world.
Oopz
6mo ago
Honestly I wish you could turn feelings off. I dislike feeling envy, anger, hate, despair etc. It would be nice if I could just get on with my day without always questioning what's the point.
Interesting read but I think there is no useful information in that post. However he has another post that has a link to a video that says that the digital yuan will take over the petrodollar as the reserve currency. Glad I saw that, I found it convincing. I'm going to try get in early.
Oopz
6mo ago
I believe that your confidence in believing something should be proportional to how close you are to that something.
For example I (I believe) I should not be more confident about string theory than an actual physicists that deals with the frontier of string theory on a day to day basis. Which means if the most knowledgeable string theorist is 95% sure that string theory is true/viable/useful, then me who gets all my information second hand (through YouTube videos, podcasts, articles, lectures, papers) should not be more than 95% sure about string theory.
Watching the Terrence Howard podcast I realised that I cannot defend against anything he is saying. I'm not saying he is correct. I'm not saying he is incorrect. I've simply deemed myself too far away from where the actual science happens to say anything intelligent on the matter at all.
Everything I know about physics comes from people who (supposedly) know more than most people on physics. I just took their word for it. I've never seen a proton, neutron or electron. I've never looked through a telescope and observed different galaxies. I've never sat down and really tried to understand the math that supports quantum physics. Yet I believe all these things. I just understand that I am trusting these high status people (Physicists) and their findings. But these people that I trust can be wrong. They could have missed something.
In my experience the best way to learn as a layperson is to watch experts (or people who have spent a longer than average time on a subject) debate each other and google/chatgpt/research all the points of disagreement that come up.
Oopz
6mo ago
I live in peace and tranquillity, beholden to none. With no loyalty to bind me, I have nothing to defend. With nothing to defend I have no need to attack.
Do you think if I threaten his kid or his wife that he wouldn't jump to their defence? Or at least have the impulse to do something
Or am I reading his words incorrectly/too literally?
Oopz
6mo ago
Did anyone see Terrence Howard on Joe Rogan? Would love to see what the motte thinks.
Personally I'm withholding judgment until he goes up against someone credible.
When will women overtake men in soccer ability?
So right now there is no competition between men and women when it comes to soccer. There are various stories of high school boys annihilating their respective national pro women team. Just type in women's football/soccer compilation and you will see professional female footballers make mistakes that even half decent teenage boys wouldn't make.
However, who's to say this won't change in the far (/near?) future ?
First of all, women's football has only become a sport that has gained serious attention in the last couple of years. I'm sure men were not that good when football was first invented. It will take time for the most talented of female footballers to be found.
Secondly, football is as much as a game of skill and teamwork as a game of strength and speed. Men have an obvious inherent advantage when it comes to strength and speed and I don't see that gap closing anytime soon. But skill and teamwork is something that we don't really understand to the same degree as strength and speed. Strength and speed are easy to measure and they have an almost objective quality to them. Skill and teamwork however, are more nuanced abilities, more hard to measure, more "I know it when I see" type of ability.
My main argument here is that women have advantage over men in terms of social skills mainly because women find people endlessly fascinating. I think their ability to read body language and facial expressions far surpasses men. So much so that I think most men don't even realise how much better they are in this regard. It's akin to a 100 IQ person interacting with a 150 IQ person. The 100 IQ person might think the 150IQ person is a bit weird and may even recognise that the person is smart through socially sanctioned indicators of intelligence such as prestigious university, hard degree, cognitively demanding job. But the 100IQ person doesn't really grasp how vast the inner world of the 150IQ person is compared to theirs. The 100IQ person doesn't grasp how much more information the 150 IQ person is collecting and processing.
Anyway, I believe that women's interest in people could mean their ability to coordinate in soccer is much higher than men's. I think given enough time women will be passing the ball in way we have only seen in glimpses on the men's side. I believe that Barcelona's tiki taka will become the standard template of play for women's football in the future. It might be so good that they will be able to beat men despite the strength and speed gap.
Okay you caught me. I also had the same experience. I just added it to my list to make it look as varied as possible.
What do you think of my little list anyway?
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