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@scathach
Currently using dwm and loving it.

I guess I like it this much because I've just ingrained the shortcuts into my basal ganglia.

So beware filtered reports of people (allegedly) reaching them quickly

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For some people jhanas are quite difficult to reach

most require a 10-day retreat

I needed 21 for the first

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@tulpa
Adam Smith certainly had a lot of impact, not sure about the "greatest" adjective

How much counterfactually available outcome-value is left on the table by Hansonian instincts?

I.e. you have a community that tries to achieve X, but they don't achieve X as well as they could because of social status drives. How much better could they achieve X if they didn't have those drives (at same level of intelligence)

Either phrase things clearly with "should" or "ethically", or speak purely in "if X, then Y" or "Z will happen".

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Strong anti-normative stance in writing

@genmaicha
Knowing the background of this, I'd bet at very generous odds that these people ideally would want insect factory farming *not* to happen.

It's more a "if you're gonna eat the bugs let them at least not suffer maximally" type of nonprofit

It is International Happiness day

Universal Love, Transcendent Joy, Infinite Bliss!

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Remember that hate is bad for you spiritually even if you really think the person being hated deserves it

@faho type of guy who writes a blog post instead of a paper

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