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Cake day: February 9th, 2025

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  • Thx for the info my understanding of the philosophy is relatively surface level. If you have any books u would recommend I read to understand I’d appreciate a recommendation. I’m not looking to convert just interested in the philosophy and ideas. Would especially appreciate something that integrates will with Albert Camus absurdism. I would prefer a translation of something old as I find in many places contemporary works take existing knowledge as a given and also tend to soften the messages that the foundational texts where based on.




  • Nobody is motivated by money.

    The poor are motivated to be able to afford food they need money for this they are motivated by the need to eat money is simply a means to an ends.

    The middle class are motivated by comfort and ironically will work very hard to achieve this. Once again money is the means to this ends.

    The rich are motivated by power and influence and will do anything to achieve this. Again money is the means not the ends.

    To not be motivated by money one must become the Buddha. To not want money one must want for nothing that money can purchase but by its very definition it can purchase anything. So one must want for nothing and thus have achieved nirvana. I doubt someone who has achieved nirvana would find themselves working a dead end job.


  • We have superseded many of its aspects but the law still stands.

    We will either be lead down a path of ever worsening gene pool as the weak multiply indefinitely (see: idiocracy).

    So what shall replace it? For the human species to endure on a longterm scale we must replace its effects. Our ootions arw as follows:

    1. increase the risk to life in society in general. Remove safety railings, electrocution warnings, safety training etc.
    2. Make conscious decisions about who and what metrics.
    3. Realign the incentives on procreation. Again raising questions who and what metrics.

    Option 1 will be immediately compensated for by the laws of capitalism and self preservation essentially we have got situation 3 where who is the rich and the metrics are wealth and self preservation.

    Option 2 is just strait up eugenics.

    Option 3 is eugenics lite.

    This is something that the human species will eventually have to contentd with. If we are to condemned eugenics in all scenarios are we morally justified in ushering in a society or ineffective idiots?

    Should we simply let the human species die. In this case many will revolt and institute option 2 or 3.

    Do we hope that AI becomes capable to take care of all of us? In that case we are handing the future of our own species over to something other. Dogs did that and look where that got them. We have not been kind to the k9 species over the centuries. It was our doing in creating them as they are we are responsible for ensuring they do not live short lives of suffering and mystery as many do. Will the ai simply decide its not worth it and kill our species or implement options 2 or 3?

    I see no moraly justified solution to this problem. Fortunately morality doesn’t exist its just a social construct we made the fuck up and thus can be rewritten.





















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