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Excellent observations.

I could go on about the conflicting dualities of the value of the individual's perspective and the importance of the collective, the infantilism of "this sucks, burn it down", "no I don't have a solution, I'm just mad", and the parallel absurdity of trans humanism and engineering the organic system of society...

But all I can ponder is, What the hell happened in mid-nineteenth century Eurasia (?) to foster the horde of mad hatters that have plagued society ever since.

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Khazars? Hegelian Dialectic? Any number of secret societies? Choices are endless.

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All those jerks had too much time on their hands. If they had been put to work in a salt mine or digging a ditch, they’d have been too tired to come up with that nonsense.

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Wow, I need another morning coffee to process this. I do agree with your final perspective though and add that within the complexities there are simplicities that perhaps facilitate positive change…?

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I really wonder how the contents of this article relate to Donald Hoffman's ideas about reality being an illusion, whereby evolution hides the real world from us. In my mind would effectively annull the principles on which philosophy bases it's theories? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reYdQYZ9Rj4

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I like Lex Fridman's interviews! I'll have to check this one out - Thanks for the link.

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