I really enjoyed this piece, but you almost lost me at your mention of DEI. Equity & Inclusion are not one sided barbaric ideas reflective of ignorant people putting them in place. That’s what they are being presented as for SURE, but a focus on holding up people who have historically been held down to level the playing field is a GOOD thing by all measures. The only threat inherent in a system like this is the outright/irrational FEAR of a loss of power, but there is no actual danger…….because power is not a finite resource.
Great read! Ken Wilber also talks about this idea of ‘transcend and include’. You cannot skip stages, each one is valid, necessary and neutral. At each stage there is something to learn and realize that needs to be integrated and included. Awareness and consiousness is what runs through all of them.
Dan out here handing us the user manual for the multiverse like it’s a morning coffee newsletter.
The AQAL framework + second-tier awareness? That’s not just how to think like a genius—it’s how to stop mistaking your inner monologue for divine revelation.
Most people defend their worldview like it's a rescue dog they adopted and renamed “Truth.” But genius-level thinkers? They house-sit for every perspective, water the plants, and come home smelling like nuance.
> Now, thinking is a conversation with yourself. Idiotic thinking is a conversation that turns into an argument and ends fast because you latch onto one answer.
Also this conversation happens on repeat, and for many people, many such conversations never end.
Humans' greatest strength is adaptability (neuroplasticity). I like to think of learning as the act of collecting different perspective, or 'hats', so that in the right context, one (or multiple) of these hats will come in useful. The moment we stop collecting perspectives is the moment we become dogmatic, believing only our stance is right.
I really enjoyed this piece, but you almost lost me at your mention of DEI. Equity & Inclusion are not one sided barbaric ideas reflective of ignorant people putting them in place. That’s what they are being presented as for SURE, but a focus on holding up people who have historically been held down to level the playing field is a GOOD thing by all measures. The only threat inherent in a system like this is the outright/irrational FEAR of a loss of power, but there is no actual danger…….because power is not a finite resource.
Goethe once said that knowledge is power.
In today’s world clarity and discernment make you powerful.
This post is a masterpiece. Thank you Dan!
This came just at the right time. As soon as I reached the questions part, I opened a new notes on my phone & started answering each question.
I wrote down 8 at the night & 8 in the morning.
Now I'm going to put all this context into Chatgpt and ask it for insights, patterns I might have missed.
Would love another deep dive/part 2 on this stuff.
Great read! Ken Wilber also talks about this idea of ‘transcend and include’. You cannot skip stages, each one is valid, necessary and neutral. At each stage there is something to learn and realize that needs to be integrated and included. Awareness and consiousness is what runs through all of them.
Dose of Dan. Always an uplifting and encouraging remedy. So appreciated. 🙏
Seriously appreciate you introducing me to Ken Wilber, working my way through that list of three you shared
I love how he can look at something from so many different viewpoints, and I think you do that so well in your writing too!
Love your stuff Dan, thank you!
Grato por essa contribuição meu amigo Dan✍🏻👂🏻👣🧠
always love an overview of Ken Wilber’s Theory, thank you Dan!
Dan out here handing us the user manual for the multiverse like it’s a morning coffee newsletter.
The AQAL framework + second-tier awareness? That’s not just how to think like a genius—it’s how to stop mistaking your inner monologue for divine revelation.
Most people defend their worldview like it's a rescue dog they adopted and renamed “Truth.” But genius-level thinkers? They house-sit for every perspective, water the plants, and come home smelling like nuance.
> Now, thinking is a conversation with yourself. Idiotic thinking is a conversation that turns into an argument and ends fast because you latch onto one answer.
Also this conversation happens on repeat, and for many people, many such conversations never end.
Humans' greatest strength is adaptability (neuroplasticity). I like to think of learning as the act of collecting different perspective, or 'hats', so that in the right context, one (or multiple) of these hats will come in useful. The moment we stop collecting perspectives is the moment we become dogmatic, believing only our stance is right.
Watch me become capable of getting an internship at cortex. You will see.( I will get to maybe see you😭)
(InshaAllah)
Profound.
This post probably changed my life, but I’m sprinting through the timeline like it owes me rent.
Restacked. No notes. No regrets.
insightful. got me thinking.
mind thoroughly blown 🌀