I'm much more conservative about things now precisely bc I wasn't when I was younger
I dropped out of college, pretty impulsively
I tried basically every drug I could find & used RCs extensively (tbh prob got some irreversible brain damage)
I learned a ton, but at great cost
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RT @pee_zombie
@nickcammarata @parafactual @pareinoia the basic facts are that straying from the default path is DANGEROUS. just like I never recommend psych…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1380710334860828672
I made so many unforced errors, wasted so much effort on the wrong things, hurt my self in stupid ways for stupid reasons. many of my. mistakes didn't lead to insights much more useful than "don't do that again dumbass"
but it's difficult to figure this out in advance
i ended up in a great place, in much better shape than I could have, and p great life position, relatively speaking, while many of my friends did not. I watched them drop out and lead dead end lives, burn out on their personal quests, fry their brains on psychedelics, permanently
life is a minefield; those that make it through have a responsibility to yell back to those just starting to cross about where the biggest dangers are, to guide them through a safe path, should they desire to choose it
everyone should be free to choose, but you need the option
to preach what I didn't practice**
it may be a bit hypocritical to practice what I preach, but is not the point of making mistakes to help others learn from your experience? without the next generation doing something different, no progress will be made
I don't regret my path. but it could have gone better.