At age 25 our bodies drastically produce less DMT than our youthful adaptive plastic brain, becoming less plastic and more rigid, locking down established learning patterns. Making it juuuust a little bit more challenging than to just “Shake it Off” like Tay Tay. Because most of the time, the habits we have concerns with, aren’t psychological but rather physiological. It means we actually get physically stuck with a habit that can get the best of us down. This is not a disease or an excuse it’s not our fault for not knowing this but it can explain why so many have had to prioritize, overcoming addiction, depression , and of course every human alive contends with some scale of PTSD and anxieties. Unfortunately, we are conditioned to accept a broken system with questionable prescriptions and therapy sessions that seem to contribute to the problem more than the real solution that we pay hard earned money for. Consider how many people “need therapy”, and legitimately could use some real help. If they have health coverage, maybe they can find a decent therapist they like. A therapist will listen to them, some may prescribe meds that might work. However it’s possible that because we so desperately want there to be a solution, we accept this but secretly don’t admit they feel nothing but when asked if it’s helping we nod approvingly but with a response like “I think so”. Loved ones cheer “well that’s good enough for me”. And yet most people (not all) can not recall a time when they felt like, their therapist did anything more than accept their payment with advice that boils down to them having to “get used to it”, followed by them confirming the following week’s appointment. But as weeks, become months, and suddenly it’s been over three years and problem you came in for was forgotten, only you’re now living in an apartment. And if it’s not new ex-spouse, it’s family or friends implying you “failed”, your own self deprecating ego makes sure you know it Deeeeep down, especially if you don’t admit it and blame the world instead.

Hold on to your hats. I got off the ground a little with this one. Enjoy it…;) We are close to AI singularity and close to making realistic simulators indistinguishable from reality. At some point everyone would have there own simulator like everyone has a smart phone. If we filled a room with a million black hats and one red hat… and the you went into that room with the lights off and put on one of the hats, then came back out… what are the odds that you are wearing the red hat? ….. we soooo live in a simulator. So why a sim, or for that matter why reality? We learn and teach by using ‘story’. When our kids lie, we can’t get them to stop lying by telling them not to. He would tell us what we want to hear and lie to us. So we scare the shit out of him by telling them about a boy who lied so much, a wolf are him! The kid is gullible enough to lock that shit hopefully. This why the Bible is a bunch of stories. All religions are. Because people who were dumber then we are needed guidance otherwise they were gonna keep throwing their own shit at each other. We had to get cultures to harmonize through empathy from story. We often can’t convince an opposing party to agree just by debating and arguing and making them wrong… in that moment even if they are, they are so defensive they can’t empathize and feel why it’s wrong to have … racist feelings… or drowning someone because they’re icky….but if we tell them a story that they can relate to and empathize with you own their attention and the mind is open to new programming… you change how they feel…and then there a chance you change their mind. That’s why To Kill A Mockingbird had an effect on the culture during the civil rights movement. Harper Lee changed how People felt by empathizing through the eyes of a young girl. So weather they live the story or relate to the story, they experience stories as learning moments. So how would we teach A.I.? I don’t think Tik Tok is gonna cut it. We’re fucking doomed if we stop teaching A.I. with Tik Tok and say…”A.I.’s. Got this” like a neglectful parent. But we would probably teach A.I. the same way that we learn best to develop empathy. By using story. Otherwise we would be depending on A.I. NOT killing all of us, because we TOLD it not to??? Hmmm sounds like that kids is gonna rebel…. it’s imperative A.I. learns empathy.