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@IceCreamMan to me thats the most exciting part. Not knowing. Maybe because it's a journey no one can ever goce their experiences on. I also like your answer because it brings comfort without explanation being required.

@fosheet I really think it's like when the doctors 'put you under' for something. No memory, no dreaming, just nothing.

@ladybarbara My opinion is that you never really 'died'.

@IceCreamMan You do survive when you are on the operating table with an expert medical team shocking you back to life.

@ladybarbara I believe people think (at the end) what they want to think, not necessarily what is really happening. Our minds go where they go. You say you died, and I'm not saying it didn't happen, but no one ever…

@Squirrel grad school for social work. In the medical field, you're right. Thanks happy Sunday to you too.

@fosheet I often thank google for turning off my smart lights. So maybe the robot overlords will spare me and my dog. Man has a capacity for good and evil, why not machines? Presumably the most evil would be done…

@fosheet Grey's anatomy sounds nice. It's been awhile and I hadn't heard you'd gone to grad school. Something medical related? I hope you've been well. Wishing you and the dogs in your life a happy and healthy Sunday/Mother's day.

I dont know much about much but I can catch you up on my area of the world. Ive been engrossed in Grey's Anatomy. They have a season that shows the COVID craziness and how it affected Healthcare. It brought…

@Squirrel good hearing from you around these parts! I never really thought of what humans would teach ai to do in the realm of evilness. Makes things even more scary. I'll just keep talking to my electronics to build a…

AI companies are increasingly firing their ethics boards in favor of growth. While these boards are responsible for telling the AI not to induce psychosis or abet criminality, that's one thing. While these boards are responsible for telling AI not…

Monetary hobbies: STEM reading and statistics/excel Fitness: nutrition, running, hiking, lifting, yoga Creative: I mean most of the art I make these days is just ai generated garbage intended to stop feeling like my oil pastels are worse garbage ripping…

Depends on how you help. It can aid or interfere. It's a wisdom to know how to help. Sometimes I see a post on reddit about some 16 year old cutting over some boy drama and realize "I'm not the…

What is the smartest corner of the internet you frequent?

I am tired of joking about being the world's second best phrenologist at the bottom of the bell curve to a room of sick people who mostly didn't finish high school. Where can I go to talk to people about…

I know I don't know. I have faith that even if only in the dreams of our loved ones, our souls touch the living after we go. Maybe there is some bardo semi-liminal semi-living space between life and death where…

@mamajoy I feel like it would become chatgpt in that users would act irresponsibly and I can also see it causing a great deal of harm. However, I would still try it at least once.

@rainmaker You're probably right...I do think any AI version of a human would likely be a half-assed interpretation. But computers/AI can be developed to "learn". I suppose if someone were to have the desire to have an AI version of…

What is a rule that you really don't follow?

You know the rule exists. You mostly ignore it, and somehow the world keeps turning.

Here Today - Gone Tomorrow

Some things take up space without really adding anything. What’s something that could disappear tomorrow—and you probably wouldn’t even notice?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?

I don't think there is anything after life.  No promised land, no rainbow bridge.  Heart stops, that's it.   Thoughts?

This Shouldn’t Work

What are two things that don’t seem to belong together but it somehow works anyway?

Start with the Ending

Begin a short piece of writing with the following line: “I didn’t expect it to end this way.” Write as little or as much as you want.

Six Sentence Story

Tell a complete story using exactly six sentences. No genre rules. No theme required.

At what point does a coping mechanism become a place we hide instead of a place we visit?

I’m watching a show where a woman spends time every day talking with an AI version of her deceased partner. At first I thought, “What the hell?” But then it also caused me to reflect on grief and the way…

Pause Here

Some moments ask us to slow down—even briefly. Share a photo that made you pause. Say as much or as little as you’d like.

What are your five hobbies?

Lifestyle guru recommends we have hobbies in five areas. Do you find you are already doing this? What are your five? Category Purpose Examples One to make you money Financial security & skill monetization Freelancing, coding, selling crafts, or a…

Have you lived the life you wanted, so far?

Erikson believed life consisted of 8 developmental stages. We can successfully learn to navigate each stage and attain the virtue associated with the stage or we can continue to struggle there. The last stage is integrity versus despair. Those who…

What, if anything, in existence transcends everything?

Logically, I feel like the answer is that only the laws of physics transcend everything, but I like to believe in other things like peace, joy, yada yada transcend everything. Perhaps they at least transcend a human life. So if…

What are your pain cycles?

Our pain cycles keep us stuck. I think we can potentially be in a pain cycle with both people as well as other things, like consumerism etc. Who or what are you in a pain cycle with? How will you…

Technology, AI, and Humans

I read an article on an AI scientific experiment. I can't find the article again, but I found one that has similar results. Basically, scientists are testing theories of AI take over by creating prompts and tasks for AI to…

Traveling

If you travel, where is you most favorite place to have visited and why?  Where would you not go again and why? Where would you like to go and why?   Images taken from Google 

The helpers paradox: Does wanting someone to be in a higher state of mind, free from suffering actually prevent it?

When we see someone suffering, our first instinct is often to pull them out of it—especially if we’ve found our own path to peace. But is our 'help' actually a trap? By trying to change people, we might be confirming…

Attachment and the search for the one

There are 4 main attachment styles; anxious, avoidant, disorganized, and secure. Attachment styles are formed in childhood, but can evolve over time. Here is a link to find your attachment style, if interested. It is free and very informative. https://quiz.attachmentproject.com/relationship-structures/situation …

Eric Hoffer's 'The True Believer' 1951 Explains So Much

In 'The True Believer' (1951), Eric Hoffer examines the psychology of mass movements and the individuals who drive them. Hoffer’s analysis focuses on why people surrender their individuality to become part of a fanatical collective.    1. The Core Thesis: Self-Renunciation…

State Of The Union

[Chorus]Moscow, Moscow, throw the glasses against the wallRussia is a beautiful country, ho-ho-ho-ho-ho, hey!Moscow, Moscow, your soul is so bigAt night, that's where all hell breaks loose, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, hey!Moscow, Moscow, love tastes like caviarGirls are for kissing, ho-ho-ho-ho-ho, hey!Moscow, Moscow,…

What do you not care about that society thinks you should care?

What does society say you should care about that you just don't care about?

How are you engaging in active hope during these difficult times?

Active hope is not a feeling, it is an action. In the situation that we currently find ourselves in , what do you do to use your voice? In a time when we are being threatened with significant changes to…

What is your bottomless pit?

What is the void you can never fill? For some people, it can be obvious. For some it is food, booze, spending, shopping etc. For others, it is less evident and more insidious. For some it is caretaking, or overachieving,…

What’s something you just don’t get?

You know, one of those things that never quite clicks for you, even though it does for others. For me, it’s reality TV and influencer culture. I don’t understand the appeal at all. The manufactured drama, the constant self-branding, the…

Sonder

Sonder: A neologism (new word) for the profound feeling that every random person has a life as intricate, full, and epic as your own, with unique stories, worries, and ambitions.  I've seen other pictures of people walking down the street…