I'm really into utilitarianism lately, especially reducing suffering, and two big numbers have stood out: - An avg person eats ~3,500 animals/yr (including shrimp) - A human body has ~125,000 calories of edible tissue So you only have to eat six humans/yr to meet your calorie needs, assuming you're a good cook and don't waste too much. Maybe 5.5 with veggies and sauces. And this saves the lives of roughly 150,000 animals, assuming you can catch a 30-year-old. But even if you just prey on the old and infirm, you're still at bodhisattva levels of reducing suffering. Anyway, I've tallied up the units of suffering and the logic is unassailable. The single best thing you can do - for the climate, the environment and the end of suffering for all sentient beings - is to switch to an all homovore diet. I'm shopping for chest freezers right now and plan to phase out all animals by the end of the year. Who's with me?

It feels crazy to say this but the FYP is good. Almost no slop. Far less emotional chaos. Lots of posts from friends, very few from people I don't follow. Somebody is doing quality work over there.

I've been researching the AI psychosis phenomenon, and so far I don't see much evidence that AI itself is causing insanity. It seems to affect people who were already on the borderline, who are finding a new avenue for delusion. Far too early for a moral panic imo

What's your OCEAN personality score? If you know it, please post it in the replies. Mine are (in percentiles): Openness: ~70th Conscientiousness: ~65th Extroversion: ~50th Agreeableness: ~25th Neuroticism: ~70th

Conscientiousness is in freefall over the last ten years, which predicts things like: - relationship fidelity - keeping your word - showing up on time - not quitting when it gets hard The future belongs to people who can maintain basic decency

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I used to see things named for people - streets, plazas, airports, etc. - and feel nothing. But now, I see that to become a namesake, you must have loved something so deeply that it made everyone around you love it too, & that love was too beautiful to let go when you were gone

You can't avoid becoming like your parents, because in most cases, the lives that were wrong for them are also wrong for you What you can choose is how to live, to approach the karma that you've inherited. If you can manage to do 10% better than Mom and Dad, you're doing great

You can easily avoid dating people who are terrible for you by asking yourself whether your attraction is creative and playful, or if it's bound up with a desire for relief

"People who flagrantly disregard their deepest personal commitments are untrustworthy." Yes. Exactly. If you don't honor your commitments to the people you love, why would you honor your commitments to people you don't care about at all?