Not afraid of death, not afraid of being forgotten, not afraid of some spiritual afterlife or lack thereof.
I spent a long time religious with such a heavy focus on what happens after death, being free of that burden makes it possible to live in the only moment we can ever control in all of eternity, now.
That’s a lot of reclaimed time, I went phone free for a couple years in my adult life, it was pretty life altering, but also helped me appreciate the need for balance. If you get back to mildly higher screen time don’t forget setbacks don’t reflect your value as a person.
I’m a software person, llm tools for programming have been frankly remarkable. In my cleanest codebases copilot (using gpt4) autocompletes my intention correctly about 70% of the time today, reducing the amount of code I physically type by a huge margin. The accuracy shifts over time and it’s dramatically less helpful for repositories that aren’t pristine and full of well named functions and variables
Beyond that chatgpt has been a godsend sifting through the internet for the information I need, the new web feature is just outstanding since it actually gives sources
Chatgpt has also helped with writers block a ton, getting beyond plot points in my novel I was having a hard time with
It’s been great with recipes, no more wading through fake life stories and ads
It’s been helpful for complex questions about new topics I’m an amateur on, I’ve learned so much about neurology and the process of how neurons interact almost exclusively through the platform, fact checking takes a little time but so far it’s been almost perfectly accurate on higher level objective questions
It’s been helpful as a starting place for legal questions, the law is complex and having a starting place before consulting the lawyers has been really nice so I know what to ask
I could go on
This is not legal advice.
Lie.
People like to ask edgy questions to get imaginary points or to feel important by getting hidden information, people are goofy.
Why are people religious? In part because it’s human nature to want to know things that other people don’t know. Fake hidden knowledge is a sweet treat to a truth starved brain
I’ve had exactly the opposite experience, I’ve had some pretty wild takes and no interaction with mods whatsoever, federated systems make it easy to take your ball and play on another playground.
Reddit mods were always pretty heavy handed for the niches I spent time in.