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  • Metaphor of the Train and Wagons, or Chain

    A person’s physical strength or trickery does not determine his value to the whole… First and foremost, consider intelligence as the most crucial factor, and prioritize its development. While powerful and sharp teeth may define the excellence of a shark or tiger, for humans, a sharp and intelligent mind, along with high reasoning, fearlessness, and a strong will for quality, determine true greatness.

    Who is smart and leads by nature not by circumstances leads our train nicely… It’s a disaster if middle or backward elements rise to lead by false values, all those “the boss boots leaking promotion” crap head small mind politics and managers like putin/gaddafi/hitler/any other dictator etc, which rise to power not by their real noble; or “profits” focused modern big tech corporations and their fragile making “top managers” as an example.

    Those who are simpler or more specialized, just follow the reality they’ve got. It happens that those who are completely backward or bad developed, unlucky or lazy are dragged far behind – they usually do all kinds of stupid work just to live or even dragging out their (sad but lost) meaningless existence. If everyone were of the best or focused on proper values, i.e. smart and advanced, there would be no stupid work and meaningless existence left.

    Sometimes something bad comes to power or leadership positions, rooted around the end of the line or the middle – all kinds of small minds, then the whole line stretches back, in a wrong direction… especially bad in the capitalist and post-capitalist, techno-feudal & tech-fascist era – “money money money” and not “human human human” – the one we live in today.

    We cannot all be perfect, but we should be careful about our leaders, we can interact in the process of their selection and positioning, even in a dictatorship you can still protest and sabotage. Always be ready to die. A good death is better than a bad life. But watch your step, a stupid death is much worse than a smart survival – just about the perspective.

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  • Sometimes losing and making mistakes is totally normal and acceptable

    It’s okay to lose sometimes and all that. Making mistakes is also normal. I’ve seen many people “marry their beliefs” and stubbornly stick to their foolishness until the end…

    Those who can laugh at the fact that you are wrong, or even if you invested in foolishness – don’t mind, forget about all that, the main thing is to draw conclusions, acknowledge the truth, and move on. For a person (even for systems sometimes), making mistakes and losing is a normal process of maturing and testing.
    And let’s not forget that fate is unknown, and destiny and chance are everywhere.

    I admit that I may be wrong, hence I don’t lose focus of the truth.

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  • On tastes in music

    Music is subjective. What you may like, others may not. There is simply no bad music except that which is made without inspiration (for commercial gain or the pseudo-values of celebrity vanity) or without professionalism and a focus on high quality (even amateur creations are better when crafted with real originality, balanced mixes, and good quality instruments)
    I do not respect the heated streams of criticism from people who shout at others, claiming that they “do not understand true taste” and the like, allowing themselves to use rude and violating words. It’s all inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Let it be… Art is subjective. Let everyone have their own taste in art, as long as it’s honest and doesn’t harm others. Diversity is beautiful; we are all complex.

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  • Space of the Contemporary

    The span of modern and contemporary for me is a period of 30 years or so, the beginning of a new era of the internet at least – if not of electronics in general… not the last five or three years. I prefer to see that wider. If you focus on the last or very recent 3-5 years, you can fall into the trap of false hypes and artificially imposed ideals, to take the breadth of modernity a little deeper gives you a filter and more detailed sense of trends and what’s going on.

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  • Groove is about live

    With some exceptions, the groove is good only around living things (music, art, decor?), but, for example, in machines like a fan – on the metal grid, or other technical equipment (this light “wrongness,” “nonlinearity,” Dionysian touch) will feel kinda ridiculous. Why do we like that entropy effect in aesthetics? It’s natural, open, complex, like the life itself.

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  • Information tends to spread freely

    Information tends to spread freely like steam or gas in space, so trying to limit it (like selling air) has no perspective and generally useless. Jobs like scientists, artists, journalists, etc, better to be openly funded by society rather than hardly pushing them for getting income like we see in this weak and fragile model of post-capitalism “money-hunting” era. Just take it as it is – information must be free… then work around that reality to adapt.

    In a week or two I’m going to publish my whole discography (202+ albums) for free download here, a special announce to be published then.

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  • The horizon

    The horizon of events in the world… It’s as if we can’t see, as if we were moving on a ball, we can’t clearly see what will be and what was behind… All blue and obscurity.

    As it is, so it is. Do what you have to do and let it be, сome what may.

    Full acceptance is easier if you live honestly. Ready to accept anything.

    In any case it’s okay, you’ll die anyway, don’t have to be afraid of death, it’s the essence of life… and even if something goes very wrong, you can turn off the console yourself. No fears, truth & quality focused, seeing the horizon opening, ready to die any moment.

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  • Blind obeying and shifting responsibility

    Not only WWII germans were national fascists, but potentially any society can become.

    It is necessary to understand that it’s not about Germans being fascists or Italians (the originators) or Russians, because it’s just the way they are or their culture. Any society can become like that; it’s in human nature as of today (unfortunately), to obey to whoever they have got, and to shift responsibility; espesially for the average ordinary person, I mean (but under pressure, almost everyone…).

    Potentially, any group can become like this under certain circumstances. Many scientific experiments show that is real. This is a vulnerability of today’s world and a very significant one.

    What to do about it… Firstly, this problem affects only large organizations – reorganization into small groups is one solution. Secondly, continuous and straightforward cultivation of a culture of fearless (espesially anti-fear to lose things or body [=death]) and critical thinking (asking questions and seeking truth); and, literally the right not to follow orders (as is already the case in the German army) but to act based on understanding and real reasoning, humanity focused. Of course, this is not all, just briefly touching on this topic…

    The concept of authority and obey/submission in social structures, its efficiency, benefits, and harms, is a complex and multifaceted question. But it’s important not to forget today that the world we are accustomed to seeing is only a glimpse of the era’s horizon; its roots and consequences go deeper.

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  • Is randomness the same as unpredictability?

    Is randomness the same as unpredictability? No, randomness is an inherent mechanism of redistribution within the essence of the universe, while unpredictability is our natural ability to perceive it. Unpredictability may not even be related to randomness if the experiencing subject possesses the necessary information.

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  • How I stopped harmful habits and improved my life

    In the past I have successfully quit smoking, sugar, toxic people and the toxic internet. If I see that something is doing me more harm than good in my life, I will diligently try to quit it or fix the situation, simply because I don’t want to suffer because of trivial things, aiming at a quality life – what other way is there?

    It’s better to stop abruptly, as soon as you are mentally prepared, if only a little, and feel that it’s time. If the object of dependence or harm allows it, it’s better to cut it off completely, along with everything associated with it – substances or toxic environments, for example. It’s better to act abruptly and endure, because everything will surely improve in the near future (it’s important to remember this).

    If the situation is more complex, such as with food, compromises can help – gradually allow a little, for example, instead of overeating and sweets, set a strict limit – eat at home only what you bought once a week, have a bit of dark chocolate after meals instead of dessert. If you are addicted to bread, make pasta with vegetables or prepare cereals with fruits & chocolate or honey, change the food related to the bread habit, it’s possible to move around such workaround easily.

    My approach to the internet has been: break the habit of picking up the phone and/or opening the internet; when I’m tired I go to sleep or read a book, ride a bicycle/sport, etc: things that make me feel good and invest in my health; popular internet today is toxic and noisy; open it but only situation by situation. Only a few trustworthy quality sources and only one relative short session a day.

    In general, it’s best to work with the essence, real goals and connections rather than numbers or ideals; and all should be in positive, good mood way, and don’t be evil and overload the mind with quantities, and complicated rules, just focus on what is really important: the wish for better. Be gentle, and allow small slips when it comes to life’s things like food or the internet, but if it’s something nasty like substances or assholes, cut it off firmly. Understanding the mechanism of habit in the mind is key. You can get used to anything after a month if you are patient and make compromises. Always do the positive things that really help, such as eating healthy, sleeping much, doing sport and doing good deeds, focus on quality.

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  • Autonomous

    The role of the state should be minimal; a decentralized system of local self-governance is better than a huge centralized bureaucratic machine. The world or a country doesn’t need a ruler because it’s not a mechanism that requires management but a complex system that should govern itself. In the same context, freedom is necessary – the freedom of nobility, not obscurantism, of course.

    Therefore, all dictators end up badly, and large cumbersome systems have weak prospects. It could be leadership, decision points, or consolidation, but a system of higher complexity than a simple tool shouldn’t require a boss to move.

    Someone might say, “What about the body, where there’s a boss managing it – the mind?” Not entirely correct… the mind is you, the unit of knowledge and perception, but you don’t control liver cells and others; they work on their own.

    You are part of society.

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  • Extrapolation of noise, disruptive information pollution

    The total noise pollution of the information space is a significant problem of the modern era, and it is increasing… and even more with the new influx of pseudo-artificial intelligence.

    The environment is polluted by people are either foolish and tasteless, or weak and greedy, perverted, they literally defecating everything around – the internet, concepts, ideas, politics, and philosophy. Influenced by false ideals of the post-capitalist era, they have the wrong beacon, they’ve got the wrong path. Without proper guidance, and now with the added influx, it’s just mega trash everywhere, spam, and low quality.

    Detecting real signals in the midst of all this noise is one of today’s challenges, and transmitting signals becomes even more difficult. These are tasks for the new generation, navigating through these digital dumps.

    All of this stems from the pursuit of money, fame, and other false values. The focus should be on striving for the quality of products, our society, connections.

    It is crucial to comprehend that a genuine, critical, sharp, and high-quality focused philosophy of life is essentially required today. Philosophy of life – a proper mix on the edges of the best science and art, morals and aesthetics. Real leaders are needed for that. The world today is mostly ruled by grey, fragile-maker clerks; that’s one of the issues.

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  • The importance of your workplace

    Do not underestimate the importance of your workplace, it is necessary to organize it as thoughtfully as possible.

    If you feel it’s important, be honest with yourself and secure a private space (if funds are not in excess – better to rent a space not in the fanciest neighbourhood, but with a separate office). Invest in a comfortable chair or take the time to erase MacOS iOS Google and Windows, take care of your data and install and configure a proper Linux / Open Source system. In short, listen to your body and subconscious, be honest. Don’t hesitate to invest in this… it will pay off in efficiency. Our day consists of work, and that is absolutely natural – I say this as a person who is free and needs nothing. Even if I’d had billions, I’d still work daily. Work for us is like swimming for fish or flying for birds. The optimal structuring of work time is not an 8-hour continuous shift but rather sessions of about 2-3 hours with free-to-take breaks (even long ones).

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  • The most appropriate reaction…

    The most appropriate reaction to 80+ percent of life situations is calmness and/or indifference, especially on complex levels.

    There are emotions that are right, strong, necessary, high-quality – like energy properly filtered by reason. But there are cheap, unrefined emotions that cause a lot of problems. Especially avoid actions caused by resentment.

    One of my life principles is “never to attack first”… however, if someone attacks me, I will fight to the end. I have no fear of death, that’s the true power a real philosophy can give you. However regarding a fight, if it’s a homeless crazy random idiot, most probably I would just ignore. Context is the king.

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  • It doesn’t matter

    It doesn’t matter what uninformed average person thinks, and here’s a quick thought experiment – I’m going to come to him with my [most famous burgers franchise] burger (assuming he doesn’t familiar with [most famous world burgers franchise]) and he’s obviously more likely to humiliate me like it’s crap food. And don’t forget that we’re not talking about smart sophisticated and honest people, but about the average average consumerist “John”.

    The key is that he eats same in a well-advertised network and is satisfied, but from an unknown person, if he received the same thing, he would insult and make an expert out of himself.

    The relations and dialectics here matters the most.

    It’s all the same with music and philosophy, and with clothing brands, websites, anything.

    Conclusion… in the context of striving for quality, it does not matter what the crowd or philistines think, do the best with all your might, try ruthlessly and heartily, and let it be, whatever happens. Look for your people, for best people, don’t care about the ignorant.

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