/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>8813223
should've learned a trade faggot
the beauty of life is in the hustle

thanks bought 100k latest superhero movie

>>8813223
Once you am love death long enough it realize not that great

>>8813223
We are on the brink of building multiple gods through AI. That is enough of a reason. Join the effort, read Ian Goodfellow

I agree with everything else.

thanks just bought 100k of compressed air because whats the point

>>8813223
>Why are my collegues so cheerful? Why do they keep inviting me to the after-work pub visit or their volleyball game? I have no interest in interacting with anyone.

tfw this hits so close to home
I used to genuinely enjoy the bull shit, but now it's not even like i hate people i just have no interest in doing useless shit with them
so what we go to the bar? go play a round of golf? its a chore even thinking about having to pretend to enjoy something for a whole activity

when did it change? why did it change?

You sound depressed faggot. Go speak to a shrink

>>8813253
This. Welding 300k starting.

>>8813223
Things don't have meaning unless you assign them meaning. Just because this isn't an objective measure doesn't make it worthless. Life is just about fulfilling your biological imperatives and enjoying yourself. Don't overthink it.

>>8813296
>We are on the brink of building multiple gods through AI

and they will use cryptocurrency

>>8813223
You kind of have to decide if you want to be positive vibes or negative vibes.
Life is absurd, yes. Vibes are still real.Be positive vibes.

>>8813223
do a quick research about NDEs and then about people going to hell and heaven and actually seeing God or Jesus
It's all in the bible the meaning of life

>>8813223
Textbook depression my dude

>>8813337
Fuck shrinks you just need a younger girlfriend. Stop paying attention to those ugly old slags that make you question if you're actually gay or not just because they're too fat to make your dick twitch.

for some reason i read all of this in a thick Indian accent

That's the graypill for you anon. I know that feel too well.

>tfw an agency girl came to our office for a couple of days last week
>she is stunning but looks like a total out of my league Stacy
>just ignore her except for basic communication and random chit chat
>she starts giving me lots of attentions
>she actually is smart and drops heavy redpills unexpectedly
>she wanted to keep in touch afterwards, shared contacts

This simple bullshit made me feel alive for the whole weekend. I started dreaming at night again after months of just black coma. Remember the Gandalf - Theoden scene? That.

This blog has no moral lesson in the end, just maybe that it doesn't take a life revolution to feel alive again and that I don't want to go back in the limbo (even if it will probably happen for more months).

Good luck anon.

>>8813223
1. Survive (and procreate).
2. Experience pleasure.
3. Discover and create works of novelty and beauty.

Humanity is an experiment. The gods are curious to see what we can do. It's all for fun. Enjoy it.

>>8813333
Digits

Also, I have no close friends only a friend that text me every day. Rarely we go out.

My weekends are so gray and empty, and my workdays are so tiring. I do not want to use drugs or alcohol because that would make me an addict. I know I need psychiatric help, but I do not want to depend on pills to be happy, not again. It's like ignoring the problem instead fixing it, but I find I cannot fo anything about the problem anyway. I'm trying to convince me to go to the gym but I'm still sitting like an idiot. My apartment is dirty and I cannot convince me to clean it. I'm tired of having to fight a battle every day on easy stuff when other have it so easy.

I used to think I would be happy if I friends and money. Now I had both and realize I hate friends I much prefer just being alone. Money fucked up my world view too. I literally have no sympathy for anyone anymore. I sit up at night thinking about how life is just going to be me trying to kill time while slowing aging/dying, and wondering whether I have cancer or will get killed in a car accident anyway.

>>8813223
start ur own bzin

i know this feel

i lost all my interests a few years ago, i dont watch anime, play games or enjoy anything besides crypto trading, which i only picked up because of sheer boredom

the only thing that keeps me going is hope that tomorrow is a better day

i want a gf and kids to take care off, that would bring the meaning of life back to me

but only the privileged few get to experience that joy, and even then, i wouldn't want to raise children in this degenerate world thats falling more and more apart everyday

tbqh i am beginning to understand that normie saying of "money isn't everything" to some degree, money is awfully boring to have when you dont have any idea what to use it to, would trade it all away in a heartbeat to get some affection tbqh

>>8813459
>have money but no purpose in life
This is the point where you travel around the world on a search for meaning. I felt those feels before.

>>8813223
sounds depressing mate. But you can still learn how to trade and potentially become a millionaire http://babypips.com/learn/forex

>>8813444
This
Go fist some older woman's ass.

Just keep paying you taxes goy or else

>>8813223
I started feeling that exact same thing 4 months ago, had a very debilitating insomnia for 2 months, started going to therapy (which didnt help much). I am hoping at some point I can start living my life like I did before, but in the meantime all I care about is that I have perpetuate my genepool and that I have to try improve society in any small (or large) way possible. Regardless of what we feel, life and human consciousness are worth celebrating as pinnacles (at least locally) of entropy increase, which is what the universe evolves towards.

>>8813337
>Muh depression

Depression is beautiful, it really shows you how life is, it lets you see outside the bubble, it shows you there is no meaning at all, that we are nothing, all that sorruounds you it is just a big social construction, we are no different from an ant at the end

We made all this to belive we have an individual ego, to belive we individually mean something but we don't, we are nothing at all

"consciousness is nature's nightmare"

>>8813223
watch ready player one. you will realize all life will become consumed by AI and VR. reality wont exist soon. better enjoy it while it is still around.

>>8813223
Depression all day. Look into natural cur da and remedies. Depression drugs are just band aids and can push you further into this feeling or make you dependent. There is no real meaning to life. Just enjoy your time while you have it. You haven’t existed for billions of years, and will be dead for billions of years. Your existence of 75 years or so is a small blip that means nothing.

>>8813223
>Once upon a time you found joy and pleasure in the company of your friends, going out to drink and dance and have meaningless sex, watch the latest super-hero movie and therize and chatter about the latest episode of your favourite Netflix series.
jokes on you, i never did those things at all

When you come to this existential junction you can either re-invigorate yourself and thrive, or capitulate and suffer. Think of those you have obligations to, a mother and father who worked hard to raise you. It may not matter in the end, but you still have duties. You have duties to your future children too, fleeting as this all may be.

>>8813418
It doesn't mean it is not real, all of what he is saying is just pure true

Then depression is the -real- feeling of not being blind?
see
>>8813541

>>8813354
>Enjoying yourself
Hedonism is a philosophy of despair. It's like when you're addicted to the adrenaline rush and constant feedback, partying, sex, alcohol, drugs. Sure it's great at first, then there comes a time when you aren't even happy anymore doing those activities and are doing it just for the sake of it or to satisfy your urges.

>>8813438
So you're saying meeting someone special is what gives meaning to life?

>>8813491
>would trade it all away in a heartbeat to get some affection
This hits way too close to home

>>8813223
what is up with these >>>/r9k/ pussy ass whiny soyboy shitposters invading this board?

i think i just kind of died when me and my fiancee broke it off. like that was the height of my entire life and i finally felt like i was okay with the mediocracy but then it all fell apart, i had to move several states away back home and got a new shit job and a 1br apartment and just drank every day for over a year now. i just get home and lay in bed and listen to music and repeat. i just dont care about trying anymore i just want to be left alone. i dont feel sad i just feel completely void of every emotion and motivation

>>8813223
Yo retard you're not 'winning' with this mindset. You're not some kind of genius who has can see everything for what it is and the 'normies' aren't retards who are blind to this truth.

These guys who invite you to the pub are winning, they still find joy in spending time with other people and doing activities. no shit life has no 'meaning', everyone knows this even Joe who wants to go see Avengers with you. But you better get back into roleplaying and pretend it does, or at the very least learn to enjoy shit again, otherwise your life is going to be very, very miserable. Move past it asap buddy.

>>8813582
r9k is a garbage board for actual discussion, and its normie infested af, even more so than december biz

i'd rather have these threads on smaller boards like /biz/

>>8813223
I feel the same way all the time. In fact, I barely could write this, but I put in all my effort right now. Time to check the reCAPTCHA box and give you my sympathy.

>>8813614
>But you better get back into roleplaying and pretend it does

this makes me feel like a sociopath when i try and do it

>>8813541
>>8813563
muh "muh depression"
depression truthers lmao

>>8813633
Now you know how it feels to be successful in the jungle.

>>8813566
Someone special? I don't think so. I already have someone special in my life and life is just that. That is also why I can't really go further with that new girl.

In that moment it was more the rush of life, the unexpectedness and most probably also the subtle sexual tension. Stuff that I never experience during the daily grind in that soul crushing concrete block.

>>8813633
So what, just keep doing it. Humans NEED social interaction, and a whole lot of it. No matter how much your special snowflake self thinks you are a lonely lost soul. This is a fundamental need the same way eating is.

People who think they are better off alone are as retarded who think they could survive without drinking water.

I think I'm turning into a nihilist again. Listening to Jordan Peterson was cool for a while, made me hopeful for the future. But after making some gains from crypto I realized I am not happy. The meme that money doesn't buy happiness? It's fucking true. People say that you can just do whatever you want when you have money, but what's the point of doing things which bring you no joy? In some sense it's worse than being poor, because then you at least can strive for something greater. When you actually "make it" and realize that this whole thing is a lie and that there's no light in the end of the tunnel, it's like reality smacks you across the face with a force so great that you can't get back up again. It's the ultimate, cruel joke of existence. I was depressed before, but now I'm even more depressed. The only thing left for me to do is to explore human nature and the nature of existence as deeply as I can. There's nothing else that makes me keep living life except the fact that maybe one day I'll finally "understand" what's this whole life this is about.

>>8813562
>future children

what is this normie crap. I knew that only like 5% max of biz were autistic neets at this point.

I had that feeling before.
When I finally accepted it, i realized the only things i could do, that made sense to me, were useless things such as music or art. As someone said before, create useless beauty. However, no one cares, it doesnt matter at all. All of us will be dead in 100 years and no one will remember the good or the bad. That makes me feel good.

>>8813223
Objective of ones life should be becoming happy.
The problem is people still chase stupid things like getting married, owning a house, a car, a children or a lambo as if these thing will put a meaning on your life, or make you happy. They may, for a while, but we as humans are great at adapting our surroundings, hence none of these will make you happy continuously.

Being happy is a state of mind, you can be happy by doing absolutely nothing, you just need to adapt to it.

>>8813499
it's counterproductive to try to find meaning by travelling. Try staying in your room and do absolutely nothing for a week

(literally just eat and drink for a week, maybe some exercises)

>>8813614
>they still find joy in spending time with other people and doing activities
I already have done it, I used to be a music fan, visitng music festivals, camping, having crazy moments with friends and random people I met. Now that I look back at that time I feel nothing, no nostalgia, no yearning. In fact I find it extremely bland and just hollow. I have no desire to return to that life, no desire to do any group activity for that matter. Once you realise that you're just killing time until the day you die everything becomes meaningless. Remarkably some of the moments I am most relaxed are tranquil moments and not the loud, chaotic moments I spent with friends in the past. Like in a park alone sitting on a bench with a slight breeze and the sound of rustling leaves, or when I'm in my apartment at night laying on my bed and it's raining outside. Those moments give me a kind of inner peace,

>>8813719
fuck off true nihilists are the most optimistic people

>>8813679
>Humans NEED social interaction

Maybe if you are a normie. For autists every interaction with people outside of a computer just brings pain.

>>8813719
Why would listening to JP make you feel better about the future? Listening to his lectures gave me more ammunition to see modern society as hopelessly fucked so if I don't force something good out of this dump for myself I will never be happy and no one is going to give me.anything.
Climb.the dominence hierarchy or stay a miserable bitch.

>>8813223
Go watch Mr. Robot or True Detective and contemplate more about how meaningless life is

>>8813719
kys

>>8813796
Mr.Robot is such a great series

Too bad I don't understand a shit about programming

>>8813783
>>8813783
Thats because you need meaningful social interaction. It's already complicated for the above average normie to find people you can connect with, imagine an autist.
When your only interests are gossip and reality shows, it's easy to find like minded "friends"

It's just brain Chemicals, right now my brain is almost completely deactivated because of it. The areas of my brain that control reward and pleasure are disabled. I'm going to get some SSRIs and fix it. Your environment doesn't actually mean anything

>>8813796
I can't stand how much of a tryhard fag McConnafag is in True Detective. Babby's first fedora.

>>8813781
Well I am optimistic in that I believe life, or existence, progresses towards perfection continually, like a self correcting machine. I don't know if that's true but this is what I feel is true. Still, that in and of itself is not enough to make me a normie tier yolo chad.

>>8813791
Because his message is about turning your life around form a nihilist to someone who finds meaning in the world in such a way that transforms your life to the better. I'm not disagreeing with him, I actually gained a lot of insight from him, but ultimately something inside me fails to put his ideas in practice. I just come back to the nihilistic view every time I ponder about life.

>>8813804
idk man

Also, concepts of "good" and "bad" are created by humans. Try to avoid them and everything will be easier.

>>8813826

I admit autists need social interaction but not in person. I havent had 1 irl friend for outside of work interation for years and i dont miss it one little bit.

>>8813223
Get an exercise bike, put it on high resistance and spin hard as you can on it for 5 minutes or until you pass out. Do that 2-3x daily for a month.

I tried drugs, therapy, diet, socializing, meditation, none of that shit did anything to improve my life outlook. But high-intensity intervals are slowly turning my life around. They get your blood pumping and it flushes out all the shit that's gunked up your brain.

You could sprint or do burpees or whatever too, I'm just extremely fat so that shit would destroy my knees.

>>8813884
This is why NEETs have difficulty getting friends and keeping them. They think they can act like a psychopath without people noticing it.

>>8813883
Probably because the nihilist view is the correct one.
If you pay more attention to what JP is actually saying he's spelling out for.you how meaning is subjective and a social.construct based on the surrounding environment. The closest you'll get to objective.meaning in life is to realize no one gives a fuck about you unless you're climbing the dominence hierarchy and can be useful.for something.

Git gud or fuck off. Would you have paid 50 dollars for that hour? If not maybe you should find something more worthwhile to do with your time.

>>8813950
Yep, if they could get away with it would be much better for them. Like real psychopats, because the truth is that good and bad are just manmade concepts to facilitate social interaction.

>>8813636
Lol delusional god beliver i guess?

>>8813824
I actually tried getting into programming, but it requires your full attention for it to be any useful. Mr Robot is so relevant with whats going on in crypto right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-8ajzJoTyM

>>8813843
Nah, season 1 might be the best series I have ever seen

>>8813545
RPO is terrible

>>8813551
This

>>8813762
You sound like an extrovert that just discovered the reality that introverts live every single day

Insufferable cunts.

Do some acid / DMT or use your remaining funds to travel to a random country on a whim.

You don't know how nice you have it

>>8814173
Acid doesn't do anything, any nice post effects wear off after 2 days. Do some Zoloft or effexor

>>8814173
We still have it nice because we don't do acid you brainlet

>>8813345
Weldbro here, 350k

>>8813223
That was beautiful OP. This life is just a illusion. The real life is the afterlife.

Im trying to understand. To understand i started a new strategy. I have to push myself to extreme. Studied 6hours, read 1.5h, trained 2hours, prayed today but got so depressed i fapped. The goal is to do nothing but things that challenge you mentally, avoid all pleasures (not that i enjoy anything anymore), no daydreaming, no dreaming about future, no idleness, no chit chat, going oit. Only unprecedented focus, dedication, persistence. Maybe ill feel something idk. I remember once having a near death experience. You suddenly see the world and yourself from outside and almost instantly analysr multiple objects, your and other peoples feelings, you are not influenced by your body but you command it. It was like 2 seconds but felt very long. At that moment nothing mattered anymore just like now but there was 1 important difference i cant explain. Im searching for that feeling again. Tommorow i gotta do 3x better, ill either awaken from this weird suppressed, foggy state or die trying.

>>8813223
What you are experiencing is existential crisis. Congratulations, you've made it far enough to reach this hurdle. It will pass.

>>8814357
Get a girlfriend.

>>8814244
Weldbro here, 400k

>>8813719
unironically drink ayahuasca

>>8814394
Get this get that. Always running away from the truth. Gotta fix my own mind first before getting together with someone. I forgot to mention for in case anyone wants to try my strategy out, no internet browsing either unless for studying. So im failing atm, ginna sleep in 15mins anyways. It was so mentally taxing to push through.

>>8814464
You're such a fag lmao

>>8814488
Ur mom is a fag ill fuck your dad in front of your eyes. I said this but why? It doesnt even matter.

>>8814488
Ok why get gf why am i a fag. I could use others perspectives. Gonna think about i.

travel anon, it'll inspire you for a few weeks

>>8814417
I'm in offshore construction. Starting as a roustabout is tough but right now I'm making bank.

Is there truly nobody with a solution?

>>8813223
I'm in the same boat brother.
> Last year engineering degree I failed all exams (didn't even attend most of them).
> Started to hate the idea of wagecucking and saved my poor student money and bought 10,000LINK
> Started an internship I hate, 3 hours of commute a day (1 train 1 subway 1 tramway all standing and overcrowded)
> All of this in a city that's not mine (Paris), 25 year old virgin, met first gf 1 month before I move to Paris, we still see each other in the holidays, and the /pol mentality is making me doubt every word she says.
> going through internship knowing I'm failing this year and don't have the energy to do it again.
I'm sorry guys, just venting because I tell family and gf that everything is fine so they don't worry. The truth is that if everyday Chainlink doesn't moon, I think about kms.

>>8813223
I thought I was the only one who thought like this. I have a girlfriend, had a 6 figure paying job, had good friends and everything else going for me but I can't enjoy any of it. It's all so pointless.

I keep searching for a way to find some sort of meaning, but I can't find it. I wish I could turn on a switch and drop my iq 20 points and be capable enjoying all the little things.

>>8814820
try a lobotomy, not to deep though.

>>8814820
Good that i read this now im 100% sure none of that would help me. Now im 100% sure its not about possessions, social status but all a state of mind and spirit. There must be something we cant figure out yet.

To me it sounds like you don't like your job. Quit the 9-5 and do anything that you enjoy.

>>8814820
>>8814866
kys fucking normalfags. "im so rich boo hoo life is meaningless boo hoo".

>>8814964
Who told u im rich? Im not. Being rich wont change anything trust me. Its not about the money, status, endless drugs sex party mansions cars. A normal person should strive for a happy family but were now even beyond that. Idk where were headed.

>>8815001
Oh yeah , try telling yourself that when you cant keep up with rent and food payments and arent smart and cant get a job worth jack shit. Not even thinking about normalfag stuff like a girlfriend or whatever. Just fucking surviving.

>>8815041
Yeah im lucky to be with my parents. Gotta get my shit together in 2 years. I dont think i even have the survival instinct left. Working like a slave and blowing all on drugs like most isnt an option either. Serious times ahead. Guess ill practice my strategy more firmly.

>>8813223
My personal experience is that with time you stop caring about the absurdity of existence. You stop caring about whatever and you develop a great resillience against depression. It is a fight you fought many times, so you become this veteran of a thousand psywars.

Why do you care so much about the meaning of life? What has this constant questioning brought you that is new or good? Aren't you tired of having these same thoughts over and over again? Why do you wage war against yourself so much?

When you are having dark painful feelings, waiting for the next day is a good strategy. Next day you see that you were being silly. It is always silly. We live in cycles, soon the bad one is overcomed by a good one.

I would say finding a gf or friends is not a good thing for curing depression. People cannot solve your problems or make you happy, they have their own problems and are human after all. For example, I have a very good friend that is a Chad and everytime we go out we have good times, but I am not a Chad, quite the opposite and I really don't care anymore about women or status. Even though I like the guy, he triggers in me feelings of inadequacy or of pursuing useless shit, so for now I am avoiding friends and women until I figure out how to deal with these feelings.

In the end, why so serious? Nothing really matters, you are just blowing shit way out of proportion (unless is a hardcore depression and then you should seek help). As some anon said, run until exhaustion, your body will get a rush of endorfine and you will naturally have good feelings. I also get good vibes from Marc Demarco's kind of music. But sometimes I just embrace the pain and sink in the ocean of darkness.

Time fix anything, anon

>>8813725
Those with no offspring have no power. Do your duty and save the west.

>i didn't sell high cause i'm retarded and now I'm depressed: the thread

kill yourself op lmao you are fucking pathetic

if you feel like op, you are a normalfag and even though you are of above average intelligence, you will never attain real consciousness
you can hate it but those are the facts
accepting your normie nature can be a path to healing. for example, normies can approach consciousness through doing drugs, taking a long trip to a foreign country, or cutting their dick and calling themself a woman
good luck fags

>>8815211
What the hell all of that promotes the opposite of consciousness. Fack off jew

>>8815137
>wanting that people with autism reproduce

Fucking normalfags hate nature taking its curse i like spreading suffering. Retards and disabled people of all kinds should be mandatory aborted.

>>8813783
>just brings pain
Stop being such a female. Step up up your psychopathy and sociopath-ness and make them work for you.
lazy bass turd

>>8815232

>>8815114
What this guy said unironically.

Also read some Camus if you need to, it's a p decent coping philosophy I've found.

>>8813223
You're breaking the conditioning, there is no going back now.

>>8813223
>>8813333
>>8813491
>>8813548
>>8813566
>>8813624
>>8813742
Yes, your brain will adapt.
>>8813762
You need to reset. Plz see pic related. Starve your brain to find a new source and adapt.

Hopefully others find this helpful as well. Finding a happy medium and starving your brain from the degenerative activities you partake is key. You will adapt quickly. Focus.

>not realising all you have to do is work on a goal that reduces suffering
Thought you lads were smart

>>8813223
Oh, look, another NEET despair thread. How original.

>>8815292
>autism
>the male brain sindrome
>female

Social interaction is a fucking waste of time and im lazy. I can make money from home without socially interacting. So i dont need that skill. In the future even less when everything is automated. Autist paradise. Thank you based God Jeff Bezos.

>>8813223
Fuck man, thats literally my mind set. Im an engineer too..

>>8813223

this is why i drink everyday after work. tho i wonder why not just end it. survival instinct i suppose. don't have kids. do not bring someone into a life where they are forced to work and struggle every god damn day just to survive, and even after doing so, will never be able to give a meaningful reason as to why it's worth it.

>>8813551
Same here

>>8814744
BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A FUCKING SOLUTION

What you have seen is the true, it's just that, but we all cope just ignoring it and living life, doing social interaction, going to the movies, having a job,having friends, pretending we have A MEANING beyond, pretending there is something waiting for us, this is it, everything it's a construction to make you forget about that, it's all a social bubble that protects you from the fact that we are no different from the cow that was killed to make your burger.
Depression it is the state where can you can appreciate those things, it's beatuiful but very toxic, some people may say it's better to not see such things, like he said >>8813614 because in the end you are fucking unhappy and they are not and at the end it doesn't matter right?, so it's ok to have conscious about such things but don't get lost in them, don't let depression consumes you, just give it a taste from time to time and keep enjoying life with the knowledge you now have.

Anyone else here who realizes the inherent banality and misery of life yet don’t let it get to them too hard? I just find that shit cool to think about to be honest. Reading pessimist literature and philosophy is really enjoyable to me. It’s basically just existential horror, and that shit’s fuckin cool.

>>8813679
Maybe I need but it is too late to establish meaningful relationships now and I'm too tired of life to even trie. It is easier to just kill everyone around, but that is bad too.

>>8813223
I think the saddest thing is you people will be exceptionally prone to suggestion by certain influential parties.

>>8814744
Christianity, but people prefer nihilism than practicing any virtue, christian or not.

>>8813223
You need the Catholic Church. When you learn the truth of this temporal world and your immortal soul life becomes a joy. Become a saint. It's the only goal on earth that can and will bring true happiness.

>>8815809
Lmao Catholics have had a solution for over 2000 years. You just can't handle it.

>>8816062
>>8816081
pope thinks there is not hell, does that throw a wrench into anything? rhetorical question do not answer.

>>8816081
Jews destroyed it. Now it is not acceptable to be a good Christian anymore, you are forced to be ashamed of your beliefs, so you become ostracized fanatic or shitty christian . There is no way out. This all was designed and it is a fucking mental jail.

>>8813296
If I actually believed that true AI will be built in my lifetime I wouldn't be as suicidal, since there is the possibility of full immersion VR, memory manipulation, curing aging or even time travel. Unfortnately al the singularity people are hucksters and we are no closer to building a true AI than 50 years ago.

>>8813444
What if - we are the gods

Really blows the noggin maaaaaaaaaaannn

Did anyone here who feels like OP have a happy childhood with loving parents who also loved each other? I know I didn’t and I think that is the root of most people’s unhappiness

>>8813223
Thanks just bought 100k suicides

LMAO OP is a 18 year old female. Fuck everyone in this sad ass thread. Where do all the depressed 4chanians go?

>>8815556
did you do it?

>>8816522
How would you even know that?

>>8813223
welcome to the nihilistic schizoid family brotha, its always nice to see some new blood.

>>8816206
Silicon Valley has shifted from social media to farm data now to AI. It is coming and it is coming fast. I recommend you watch this documentary with a lot of the best minds in AI - doyoutrustthiscomputer.org/watch

>>8816720
Data harvesting AI for advertising and social control is a completely different beast than actual human level or superior general purpose AI though. That will require a understanding of neuroscience that we plain just not have, it's centuries away.

>>8816734
You're wrong and also misunderstood my first sentence.
'We are rapidly heading towards digital super intelligence that far exceeds any human, and I think it's very obvious' - Elon Musk. He is on the cutting edge of AI and I think he knows a bit more about the subject than you or I. These genius minds and billionaires say it is coming and it is coming fast, in the next FEW YEARS. This damn decade.

>>8816777
Elon "reddit posterboy" Musk is fucking wrong about AI. Actual researchers in the field give timeframes from at least 50 years to fucking never.

>>8816734
>That will require a understanding of neuroscience that we plain just not have
Also this is not true, people who are at the forefront of AI admit they don't even really understand what they are creating. We do not need to fully understand it to create AI that will be more advanced than every human on Earth combined.

>>8816798
You have clearly bought into what the billionaire cultists of Yudkowsky want you to believe. Whatever. Strong AI is not coming, neural networks are not seed AI, cannot self-improve in that way and they're the best AI technique available right now. This is all bullshit from LessWrong, along with the stupid blood boy shit, a techno immortality cult for silicon valley rich weirdos that somehow has managed to inject its belief in mainstream media lately. It's all bullshit and they were saying the same thing 10 years ago, I know because I used to be one of them.

>>8813719
If that money isn’t working for you can you send some to me :^)

>>8816854
Perhaps you're right, but why are these guys so convinced it's happening so quickly?

This won't get seen but some of you guys have really got to look into Buddhism.

An hour of Alan watts and I had an entirely new outlook on life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpaUICxEhk

>>8813223
OP watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn87-mcnoVc

>>8813253
Amen

>>8816960
Because they want to keep their fortunes and good lives beyond death. same shit as pharaos burying themselves with their fortunes but for the digital age. The billionaires of the dotcom boom are for the most part already past the halfway point of their lives, remembering that they used to be the future of an industry that is now absolutely entrenched everywhere. They value youth tremendously, why do you think they found the clinkles and theranoses of this world, give millions to half baked shit companies for no reason other than their founders remind them of themselves when they were young? They desperately want to believe that they can be that once again, that they can cheat death and enjoy those days of being young billionaires all over again. So desperately latch onto the hope that latest nifty trick in AI(They are nifty and useful, just not anywhere near enough for them to be godlike) will let them do so and use their influence on the media to expand their bubble, just so that most people believe and they don't have to be confronted with the truth when it comes up with someone not on their situation.

>>8813453
you probably need more Vitamine D. There are special light bulbs with a little UV spectrum (for example: Exo Terra Natural Light PT2191). Use those in your home.

>>8817085
Wouldn't you then be driven to think AI is a savior? Musk seems to think it's the worst. I don't think he's under the illusion that AI is powerful right now. The trend in AI is that it improves over time, and at some point it will be as smart as a human. Saying it won't is kind of attributing very impressive features to the human brain. Smart as it is, there probably is a way to make something vastly superior, at the very least something similar. I find it doubtful the human brain exploits all the features the universe affords towards intelligence, if that makes sense.

>>8817237
there's also a big yellow ball outside you fags should check out

>>8817267
not everyone lives in Africa.

depression is literally just dopamine deficiency, it causes voluntary starvation and death if its bad enough when done in rat experiments

no meager human has discovered an intrinsic value to life, and the prevailing theories which are tenable can be attributed to evolution/neurochemicals

basically you delude yourself to create your special snowflake meaning while you are alive although from many perspectives it is all futile

btw you sound like an existential nihilist and antinatalist

>>8817248
Justification mechanism.He thinks, okay, godlike AI is coming soon. No, that's too good to be true. Maybe it's evil! Then it's potentially a bad thing and not as unrealistic. But then we maybe can ensure somehow it's not evil with a lot of effort... And by spouting those dire warnings, he gives himself permission to keep believing the fantasy.

>first world problems

Get a grip, OP.

A bunch of sad cunt losers ITT. I may not be a crypto millionaire but I bet I'm making more than most of you LARPing NEETs and Welders starting with their "300k" salaries. I was depressed as shit a year or two ago, the girl I thought I would married fucked one of my best friends like a week after we broke up and I was behind in life struggling to finish a degree in my mid twenties and all my friends had moved away. Kept lifting, stayed immersed in my hobbies and didn't just wallow in self pity longer than I needed to. Putting lots of effort into lifting, finding a career, and pursuing my hobbies led me to new friends a new job and new money making opportunities. Sure I haven't gotten laid in awhile but I've got 2 lil chicks I'm currently texting from tinder and having a degree and job has afforded me a new wardrobe and my own place. Don't want life to suck? Make a change then or just sit around like a soy boy eating chocolates and drinking wine while crying in the bath tub.

>>8817006
Thanks, this was pretty cool.

>>8813223
Time to either get into yoga/meditation or commit suicide. Your choice.

>>8814678
I'm on inshore deconstruction. Ending as a non-deckhand was a cinch but momentarily I'm bank making.

https://www.inner-throne.com/blog/the-dark-king-in-our-midst/

>>8817775
We got a badass over here.


A badass that got cucked hard and deludes himself into convincing biz he's now a chad.

You made some money and got pussy great. The point of this thread is about the bigger picture. The point of it all. And calling others a soyboy is politically incorrect since soy boy should empower men to be more affectionate.

Women like your girlfriend want men like us who know how to listen, finger and show them affection. Your just mad that you are a brainlet manlet that can't even be in touch with ur emotions.

There’s hope.

Life does get down at times goyim but don't worry.

Here is another rule of life goyim.

You should invest in HelloGold Token. It may be a scam sharia compliant pajeet coin but it seems like a good way to hedge against the Dow Jones when it tanks and Gold moons.

For more information watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em2xDlj2IAQ&feature=youtu.be

Impersonating Jesus: I died for you. Read what Solomon wrote in Eclesiastes, he was an autist like you that had the same problem.

>>8813223
If you chase superficial things (superficial in the sense, things which are neither permanent, nor profound; chasing things to gratify senses rather than your inner self), this is where you will land up.

Chase the inner treasures.

http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/yoga-meditation/demystifying-yoga/kundalini-awakening/

>>8813223
because life is going to pass by either way, so why not make the most out of it?
apathy and non action never made anyone happy,
except those who didnt buy buttcoins

>>8816081
Are you talking about heaven and that or what?

>>8816178
God doesn't exist, get over it.

anyone here unironically more optimistic and ambitious after a serious depressive/existential episode? Also mixed with some bittersweet emotions. I think the japs call it "mono no aware" or something

>>8814173
ketamine unironically treats depression and is fun as hell. if you can get your hands on it I highly recommend

>>8813548
We have always existed.

i try not to think about it

only solution

>>8814820
>I wish I could turn on a switch and drop my iq 20 points and be capable enjoying all the little things
booze, xanax, weed, etc

>>8813223

life is meaningless. once you accept this, you have the choice of either nihilism or the ubermensch. you have already chosen the former. i suggest you reconsider the latter and move towards a re-evaluation of all values and construct a meaning to your life that rejects the meaning society seeks to impose on you.

do you have a business idea? pursue it. do you want to go back to school? enroll. your life is all theory no action, their lives, your colleagues, is all action no theory. think and feel.

i suggest reading some friedrich nietzsche, fyodor dostoevsky, jordan peterson, and seneca. learn more about stoicism. watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9OCA6UFE-0

ITT: dopamine deficient people. It's one thing to understand that there's no fancy "meaning" to life, but lack of enjoyment doesn't have to follow that. You can still spend your time maximizing enjoyment, that's the purpose. If you can't, it's because of low dopamine, your brain isn't working for you to let you find enjoyment.

>>8819396
I would say serotonin

>>8819336
>i suggest reading some friedrich nietzsche, fyodor dostoevsky, jordan peterson, and seneca.
>jordan peterson
Anon, I...

>>8816206
No and this is why

>>8813223
thats called depression bruh

>>8819396
yes, goy, all you need to be happy is to change your brain's chemical balance rather than your shit meaningless stressful life

>>8813223
Try MDMA

>>8819504
But it is the true

>>8813223

I wish I was still 14 like you anon

>>8819567
>>8813223

Don't try MDMA (more than once or twice a year), short term fix, long term ramifications. If you want an antidepressent rock a little bit of ketamine or psilocybin.

>>8813223

You're doing it wrong, bro.

>>8813223
Pray Jesus, KlLL JOOS

>>8819679
It'll make him feel a happiness he never thought was possible. The first time at least kek.