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To feel boundless is the goal?

Unbounded

For example, wealth and capital… It’s not really about how much you got, or certain benchmarks… but rather, the happiness and the joy, knowing that it is ever increasing steadily forever? That irregardless of how much you dip into this stream of abundance, you will never run out of funds?

I think also this is the...

Nietzsche once said that philosophy was all about trying to figure out how to deal with the unsavory parts of existence. I think he’s half right.

The sociology of philosophy: and also the sociology of Stoicism: assuming that you do not live in a bubble, or on a desert island, and assuming that you’re dealing with other human beings, your emotions, your outlook, etc....

So I thought on top of my mind this morning, specifically, what is it and how is it perhaps linked with our health, physiology, mentality, and how do we even keep track?

the ego and memory

So I think the ego anchors itself on our memories. To past numbers, past performances, or past states.

I think the reason why a lot of sports athletes like Michael Jo...

Suffering, if motivational, is actually desirable?

what the Buddhists get wrong

So according to the Buddha life is all suffering, blah blah blah, but I kind of disagree. Certainly there were some stages in my life in which I had zero suffering, zero thoughts on my mind, zero problems, and issues… And while pretty fantastic, a bit empty, it’s actually not the desi...

All infinite everything:

infinite optionality, infinite capital 

OK, so I thought: ultimately I think what we see from capital is optionality. For example, the more capital You got, the more optionality you have.

I think typically speaking, everyone wants more optionality. Nobody likes to feel restricted.

unlimited resources

I think nowada...