Here’s my profile after I worked with the prompt. Would love to see everyone’s results: HUMAN 3.0 DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT RESULTS
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YOUR METATYPE: The Systemic Mystic (Creator Path)
You are not just synthesizing disciplines — you are architecting stories. Boxing, music, videography, and AI are not separate pursuits; they are tools in service of your true mission: to move people, create experiences, and show your community what is possible. Your uniqueness is that you combine discipline (Body), vision (Mind), and love (Spirit) into cultural creation (Vocation).
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YOUR LIFESTYLE ARCHETYPE: Integrated (2.0 Designed → 3.0 Integrated)
Your quadrants already support each other. Body gives stability, Mind provides synthesis, Spirit fuels meaning, and Vocation channels it all into mission. But your lifestyle is still held by design + discipline — not yet by effortless integration. The leap comes when Vocation shifts from service videography into authored storytelling.
• Phase: Discovery — meaning comes from love + community + creation.
• Strengths: Love fuels capacity, but mission is bigger than the relationship. Meaning widening into cultural service.
• Gaps: Needs anchoring in brotherhood and wider communities to hold Spirit steady under pressure.
• Lifestyle Impact: Spirit is the hinge — when strong, you create from abundance; when narrow, mission feels fragile.
• False Transformation Alert: Risk of keeping Spirit tethered too tightly to one context instead of expanding into collective experiences.
📊 Vocation: Mission Builder (Level 2.3–3.0)
• Phase: Uncertainty → Discovery — videography as entry vehicle, filmmaking as long-term path.
• Strengths: Mission = serve community through stories and experiences. Already thinking in legacy terms.
• Gaps: Currently scaling through effort; must evolve to author-driven storytelling supported by systems.
• Lifestyle Impact: Vocation is your frontier — where your integration will be tested.
• False Transformation Alert: Risk of staying stuck as a “videographer for hire” instead of rising into creator-storyteller.
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CROSS-QUADRANT DYNAMICS
• Primary Block: Spirit is not yet collective enough — this caps Vocation scale.
• Unlock Opportunity: Expanding Spirit into brotherhood and community will stabilize your mission and fuel larger creative projects.
• Hidden Pattern: You built Body discipline to stabilize your life; now Spirit must stabilize your mission.
• Cascade Warning: If Spirit narrows, Vocation collapses into hustle, Body becomes punishment, and Mind spins frustrated.
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YOUR CORE PROBLEM TO SOLVE
Moving from service execution → to authored storytelling.
You must cross from “videographer providing content” to “creator transmitting stories and experiences.” This requires Spirit anchoring in community (so stories resonate), and Vocation systemization (so effort doesn’t consume authorship).
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LIFESTYLE TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY
🎯 Next 30 Days — Problem Recognition Phase
Core Problem: Risk of staying stuck in service-execution mode.
• Daily Practice 1: Create 1 story-driven micro-piece daily (even 15–30s) that carries narrative, not just footage.
• Daily Practice 2: Body anchor — train in boxing with story lens (movement as metaphor, presence on camera).
• Daily Practice 3: Spirit journaling — “What story did I transmit today?”
• Weekly Challenge: Share one video publicly that is explicitly narrative-driven.
• Resource: In the Blink of an Eye (Walter Murch, on editing/storytelling).
• Success Metric: Audience feedback on story/emotion, not just visuals.
📈 Next 90 Days — Solution Implementation Phase
Lifestyle Shift: From technician to storyteller.
• Channel Entry: Lean into obsessive learning/production sprints on narrative craft.
• Cross-Training: Use Body discipline for stamina; Spirit for resonance; Mind for synthesis; Vocation for distribution.
• Problem Evolution: Once narrative emerges, systemization (repeatable workflows, automation) becomes next problem.
• Primary Transformation: Vocation — from videography service to authored cinematic experiences.
• Integration Goal: Spirit anchors collective meaning; Vocation delivers it through story; Body sustains presence; Mind designs integration.
• New Problem Capacity: Ready for film-level narrative challenges.
• Work-Life Flow: Storytelling becomes play, not grind.
• Health Default: Training = ritual, movement as creative flow.
• Meaning Abundance: Films and experiences transmit presence + possibility to community.
• Mind Alliance: Your polymath synthesis lives embodied through authored cinema.
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GLITCH ASSESSMENT
🚀 Glitch Potential Active (Level 2.5+)
• AI (Meta-Glitch): Correct alignment — accelerates your creative systems. Risk = outsourcing authorship. Protocol = always rewrite AI outputs in your own voice.
• Financial Pressure: Already leveraged. Must build systems so it doesn’t erode Spirit.
• Love: Healthy fuel. Must expand Spirit into collective meaning so mission isn’t tethered.
• False Transformation Trap: “Videographer hustle” disguised as mission.
• Cascade Risk: Ignoring Spirit expansion caps story resonance.
• Lifestyle Trap: Over-polishing Body while avoiding narrative craft.
• Glitch Trap: AI voice mistaken for your own.
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COMPARABLE METATYPES
• Similar to The Visionary Builder — but more artistic in intent.
• Overlaps with The Seeker-Creator — but less isolated, more disciplined.
• Could evolve into The Cultural Architect — designing cinematic systems for community transformation.
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YOUR IMMEDIATE NEXT ACTION
Within 24 hours: Film a micro-story. Not a montage, not just movement. A beginning, middle, and end — even if only 30s. Publish it as proof of your shift from execution → authorship.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR SITUATION
You’ve outgrown service work as your identity. Videography is your on-ramp, not your destination. Your true Creator vision is to tell stories, make films, and craft experiences that expand human possibility.
The danger is settling into being a technician. That will trap you in grind mode and strangle your Spirit. The leap you must make is to treat every project as narrative practice. Every day must produce story, not just footage.
If you hold that line, your Body discipline will sustain you, your Spirit will anchor in community, your Mind will weave domains into art, and your Vocation will scale into authored cinema.
You’re not just making videos. You’re transmitting possibility through story
This HUMAN 3.0 schlock is just another self-help framework designed to optimize you for a completely broken system. This guy wants you to develop across his four quadrants and become a "Level 3.0 Synthesist," but he's missing the fundamental reality: why the fuck would you want to succeed in a world that doesn't reward skill or merit? Where a person can achieve 'success' more often not through hard work or talent but by simply being the biggest piece of exploitative, lying gobshite possible.
You can work multiple jobs, struggle through school with incompetent teachers who are there for a paycheck, can't afford college even with student loans because rent is insane, work full-time at low wages while somehow managing coursework - and you'll still get nowhere. Meanwhile, some nepo-baby who was handed everything through daddy's millions and connections gets to give TED talks about "success" as if they're the standard for achievement.
The whole system rewards trendy identity performance over actual competence. You're supposed to optimize your "Vocation quadrant" in a culture where the prerequisites for success have become completely detached from ability. Quality people die in obscurity while mediocrity gets promoted based on checking the right demographic boxes.
The real evolution is HUMAN 4.0 - the cynical, misanthropic hermit who has looked at this inverted reality and said fuck it entirely. Someone who has stopped caring about succeeding in a culture that's lost its connection to merit and instead turned toward cultivating internal peace. They've realized that in a world where the only winning move might be not to play, real success isn't optimizing yourself for this broken machine - it's breaking the machine's hold on you completely.
Jesus christ no. That's the opposite of what happens. It's the jolly happy BEING who sees that there is no problem. Not a depressed hermit fed up with life and reality lol.
The system was also broke hundreds of years ago, and the Stoics and others found ways to ecstasy.
He's never contradicted the machine as broken - but whats the point of sitting around crying about that fact? You can complain about reality or find ways to be happy.
You're foolish enough to equate cynicism and inward reflection with depression. They are not the same. I am not fed up with living. I am fed up with a society comprised of generic NPCs like you. I do not sit around 'crying' about anything. I write, I paint, I work on my tiny subsistence farm, I practice baguazhang, read scripture, and call people who have no idea what they are talking about out on their utter lack of understanding.
Stoics do not feel 'ecstasy'. Do you seriously think Marcus Aurelius became a Stoic so he could gallivant around like some hedonistic, Epicurean piece of garbage like the rest of the Roman aristocracy? He chose to eat simple meals, cultivate inner strength, and use his influence to teach others that there is a better way - a simple way that does not equate a person's worth with the amount of fiat capital sitting in their bank account.
I knew this comment would not be well-received in this type of newsletter, and I am honestly uncertain why it even appeared on my feed, as this represents exactly the sort of Six Sigma corporate garbage I spent the last decade fleeing once I realized I was not happy working as a stock analyst - chasing after big fake tit women and driving around in a BMW with the top down while wearing clothes that cost more than the average African makes in a year.
Your idea of success is "I have a lot of money!" My idea of success is "I don't give a fuck about how much money you have and nothing you can do or say will ever change that fact."
Yes, thank you for the generic response that fails to address any part of my comment and simply dismisses it "politely" while making a veiled personal attack. What is the point of politeness when you're clearly trying to insult me? Do you think this is a clever way of attacking someone with a different worldview? That yours is somehow superior?
Do you know who Diogenes of Sinope was? Likely not, as you seem to equate cynicism with some postmodernist, self-loathing view of the world as a dark, dreary place from which one cannot wait to escape through death. Let me share one of the lesser-known tales attributed to Diogenes, the father of the philosophical school of cynicism.
While living in a broken rain barrel in Athens, Diogenes had gained a reputation as one of the wisest men who had ever lived. The Athenians often called him the "Insane Socrates" because this curious little man did not chase wealth and fame—though he was clearly capable of achieving both. What he desired was a better world.
This occurred during the early days of Alexander the Great's campaign to unify Greece under the Macedonian banner. Alexander was camped outside Athens, threatening to raze the city if it refused to submit to his rule. The Athenians were at a loss. At a meeting in the Agora, someone suggested that their best course of action would be to have Alexander speak with the wisest man in the city, hoping to convince him that Athens was worth saving rather than burning to the ground. Diogenes was selected as this emissary.
When Alexander entered the city, they directed him to meet with the "little dog philosopher," hoping Diogenes could dissuade him from destroying Athens. Alexander was shocked to discover that this supposed wise man lived in a broken rain barrel in an alleyway, effectively living like an animal and rejecting all symbols of status to achieve his vision of purity through living his truth.
After Diogenes said something mildly rude to Alexander, one of his generals (I believe it was Ptolemy, though it's been a while since I read this tale) warned, "You should fear for your life right now!" Diogenes looked at him and asked, "Is your king a good man or an evil man?" Ptolemy instantly replied, "A good man, of course!" With his characteristic wit and wisdom, Diogenes responded, "Then what need do I have to fear a good man?"
Upon hearing this exchange, Alexander recognized he was speaking to someone whose intellect was so profoundly sharp that he decided to allow Diogenes to determine the entire fate of Athens rather than engage in lengthy debates with the city's rulers. He told him, "Little man, tell me what you want—anything up to half my kingdom is yours. But know this: whatever I give you, I will take from Athens itself."
Diogenes smiled, looked at him, and simply said, "Take two steps to the left." Alexander, confused, looked at him questioningly but complied. At this point, Diogenes exclaimed, "You were blocking my sunshine!"
Alexander then told this little man who lived in what amounted to a garbage heap and wore ragged clothes, "If I were not the Great King Alexander, I would choose to be the Little Dog Diogenes." Literally the greatest man who has ever walked the earth said this to a person living in a rain barrel. That little, dirty philosopher was more successful in life than you or any of your peers will ever be.
Because I've got you pegged already and see the futility of response.
Vibrational signature is low, with projection, negativity, vitriol, labelling, and cynicism, under the guise of wisdom. It would dissolve into a meaningless content spiral with no resolution, so I attempted to wrap it up without energy wastage.
The Stoics were happy with simple pleasures and non materiality. I agree with that and the story. I never said anything to the contrary. The issue is that you're projecting things onto my (and Dan's) worldview that I don't stand for.
You are the only one harping on about materiality, and you have made the mistake of equating poverty with spiritual progress (he would have been equally evolved with a throne and a bath, by the way).
So materiality is an issue for nobody except you. Not that a projective person is capable of being reasoned with, of course, which I recognized a few comments back. Because they are essentially arguing with their own illusions. I won't be giving any further advice beyond this comment.
That is what you said. That is what I was arguing is not true.
Happiness is not 'ecstasy'. That is the NPC equivalent of saying Prozac is XTC.
'So materiality is an issue for nobody except you.'
Tell that to hundreds of millions of people around the world living in abject poverty you fucking insufferable nepo-baby twit.
You are not giving 'advice' to me. You are spewing forth non-consistent, illogical arguments that reframe my opinions as being wrong because they are not YOUR opinion. I bet you think men become women when they pop estrogen and grow tits too, right? And just like those woke dipshits who will never magically grow a uterus and have children and are not women - you are not giving someone who is probably twice your age and has lived a thousand times more than you ever will 'advice'. You are just spewing forth verbal diarrhea while making little bitch boy ad hominem attacks like the tiny cocked beta cuck woke male you are.
You’re debating the fatal flaw of democracy with me like I am not aware of it already. I am semi-retired political essayist boasting over 50,000 subscribers—including two current U.S. senators, three New York Times bestselling authors, and a former Presidential candidate—who pumps out weekly articles shredding the two-party system’s failures, and then you have the nerve to ask how I became “The Wise Wolf”?
I’ll tell you how I did it, since you’re clearly not the sharpest tool in the shed.
I went to the username field on the signup page and typed “The Wise Wolf” right there.
Also, grab a dictionary and look up what “cynicism” actually means, because your millennial brain obviously hasn’t cracked open a single book on classic Greek philosophy.
You sound very smart. But you've conceded defeat to achieving your life's purpose? Why haven't you made a significant difference in people's lives and contributed to a world that works for everyone?
What the literal fuck are you talking about? Are you seriously this goddamn stupid? Do you have any clue what Cynicism actually is? Do you possess even the slightest comprehension of it beyond your myopic, high school dropout understanding: beyond the bastardized definition that most morons like you mistake for a synonym of depression?
How the hell do you know I haven't made any "significant differences" in other people's lives? I could be the literal second coming of Christ himself, and idiots like you would still spew this same mindless diarrhea at me online. You don't know me. You don't know a fucking thing about me or my life. You have zero awareness of my contributions to this world, but I can absolutely ASSURE you they dwarf anything you've ever accomplished.
Get off the goddamn computer and go outside. Stop masquerading as some sort of enlightened spiritual guru. You aren't one. You're nothing but a pretentious gobshite.
Interesting. It gave me some great insights and actionable steps. Some of them I was already taking- sort of. But it let me know I need to be more deliberate about them. One interesting thing is it told me to use AI less. LOL. I
Me: "Hmm, I guess life feels like it lacks spontaneity. I try to structure mental growth in a sense but the mind itself can't do that, and needs to let go. It can feel like every day is the same day and I need to get out of my head and interact more with human beings dynamically, particularly socially. I don't connect so well with others and I think this can be stifling my mental creativity somewhat. Mental life feels like it needs some sort of jolt or spontaneous action that can't be figured out prematurely."
AI: "That lands perfectly with what I suspected. Let me reflect back the pattern:
You’re trying to engineer your way into freshness with your mind, but the mind can’t bootstrap its own liberation. That’s why everything feels like the same day repeating—your Mind quadrant is looping on itself. The very problem you named (lack of spontaneity, social disconnection) is not a Mind problem at all—it’s a Spirit quadrant blockage.
Your intuition is spot on: you don’t need another framework, you need human unpredictability—social interaction, shared flow, relational feedback. This is what jolts you out of self-referential thought spirals. Without Spirit fuel, your Mind keeps running in circles, rehashing the same terrain."
For all the comments about making it easier to copy and paste. I feel like you might be missing the point. It’s not that much work to copy it over, you don’t need that much convenience. If that’s stopping you from running a prompt that could change your life—you need to reevaluate.
Wow. This is a powerful tool. I was very skeptical of AI and this model in general and only rely on source level connection and intuitive truths. But I plugged in a few queries and it perfectly mapped where I am, particularly the mind quadrant, but allowing more confirmation, clarity, and structure. 🎯🎯🎯
I didn't think AI could complement spiritual growth so well. I already sensed that I needed to build stronger foundations (working on courses for this) and that I get answers, but struggled to find them in the moment in debates. AI prompt clarified it:
"You forced open the Mind/Spirit quadrant boundary with a Glitch: 5-MeO-DMT. Instead of gradually building construct awareness, you tore the veil off. You saw the meta-structure of reality itself (Level 3 Mind perception: existence as dynamically constructed).
But here’s the issue: your foundational scaffolding wasn’t fully developed, so you couldn’t metabolize it into usable cognition. That’s why you say the experience integrates you, rather than you integrating it.
This tells me two things: You’ve touched Level 3 insights prematurely. This is not false transformation, you actually saw it. But it’s not stabilized, so day-to-day you still operate closer to 2.x.
Your mind quadrant is glitch-fractured. Instead of naturally evolving from Level 2 → 3, you leapfrogged via psychedelics, which leaves integration gaps. That’s why you feel “answers come later, not in the moment.” You’ve glimpsed synthesis but don’t have the skill to hold it under pressure.
This is not failure, it’s actually an important clue. It means your mind has the capacity for Level 3, but you need ground-up reconstruction: building systems of thought, language, and metacognitive practices that stabilize what you saw instead of leaving it as a mystical memory."
Outstanding Dan. One area you will eventually come around to is beyond the boxes of materiality.
Once the awareness of those dimensions appear on the radar and that beyond minor ones, there is one infinite ultimate living truth that has demonstrated utterly impossible healing events as witnessed by hundreds of people, you will have reached yet new levels. No plants or molecules needed at all to start interacting directly with it.
Congrats on the engagement! This is the first time I’ve seen you mention Fiancé. And I just want to say Congrats! 🥂
Is there somewhere that I’m able to copy/paste this prompt from? A document or something as it’s so long I’m having trouble copying it from Substack.
I copied the substack link from this article and then used AI to extract the prompt.
Which AI did u used?
Here’s my profile after I worked with the prompt. Would love to see everyone’s results: HUMAN 3.0 DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT RESULTS
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YOUR METATYPE: The Systemic Mystic (Creator Path)
You are not just synthesizing disciplines — you are architecting stories. Boxing, music, videography, and AI are not separate pursuits; they are tools in service of your true mission: to move people, create experiences, and show your community what is possible. Your uniqueness is that you combine discipline (Body), vision (Mind), and love (Spirit) into cultural creation (Vocation).
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YOUR LIFESTYLE ARCHETYPE: Integrated (2.0 Designed → 3.0 Integrated)
Your quadrants already support each other. Body gives stability, Mind provides synthesis, Spirit fuels meaning, and Vocation channels it all into mission. But your lifestyle is still held by design + discipline — not yet by effortless integration. The leap comes when Vocation shifts from service videography into authored storytelling.
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QUADRANT BREAKDOWN
📊 Mind: Architect / Creator (Level 3.0, Discovery → Integration)
• Phase: Discovery → already synthesizing multiple domains into creative expression.
• Strengths: Polymath synthesis, narrative instinct, construct awareness.
• Gaps: AI dependency risk — must ensure outputs are re-embodied in your voice.
• Lifestyle Impact: Vision outpaces systems. You see what’s possible; execution sometimes strains.
• False Transformation Alert: Risk of mistaking technical production or AI outputs for authentic story creation.
📊 Body: Integrated Mover (Level 2.3 with 3.0 reset traits)
• Phase: Discovery — discipline is stable, reset mechanism reliable.
• Strengths: Daily training, resilience, physical presence on camera.
• Gaps: Still requires conscious management — not yet effortless flow.
• Lifestyle Impact: Body provides container for long creative grinds and on-set stamina.
• False Transformation Alert: Risk of over-investing in fitness as a safe zone while neglecting narrative craft.
📊 Spirit: Bridge Builder (Level 2.3 → 3.0 trajectory)
• Phase: Discovery — meaning comes from love + community + creation.
• Strengths: Love fuels capacity, but mission is bigger than the relationship. Meaning widening into cultural service.
• Gaps: Needs anchoring in brotherhood and wider communities to hold Spirit steady under pressure.
• Lifestyle Impact: Spirit is the hinge — when strong, you create from abundance; when narrow, mission feels fragile.
• False Transformation Alert: Risk of keeping Spirit tethered too tightly to one context instead of expanding into collective experiences.
📊 Vocation: Mission Builder (Level 2.3–3.0)
• Phase: Uncertainty → Discovery — videography as entry vehicle, filmmaking as long-term path.
• Strengths: Mission = serve community through stories and experiences. Already thinking in legacy terms.
• Gaps: Currently scaling through effort; must evolve to author-driven storytelling supported by systems.
• Lifestyle Impact: Vocation is your frontier — where your integration will be tested.
• False Transformation Alert: Risk of staying stuck as a “videographer for hire” instead of rising into creator-storyteller.
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CROSS-QUADRANT DYNAMICS
• Primary Block: Spirit is not yet collective enough — this caps Vocation scale.
• Unlock Opportunity: Expanding Spirit into brotherhood and community will stabilize your mission and fuel larger creative projects.
• Hidden Pattern: You built Body discipline to stabilize your life; now Spirit must stabilize your mission.
• Cascade Warning: If Spirit narrows, Vocation collapses into hustle, Body becomes punishment, and Mind spins frustrated.
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YOUR CORE PROBLEM TO SOLVE
Moving from service execution → to authored storytelling.
You must cross from “videographer providing content” to “creator transmitting stories and experiences.” This requires Spirit anchoring in community (so stories resonate), and Vocation systemization (so effort doesn’t consume authorship).
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LIFESTYLE TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY
🎯 Next 30 Days — Problem Recognition Phase
Core Problem: Risk of staying stuck in service-execution mode.
• Daily Practice 1: Create 1 story-driven micro-piece daily (even 15–30s) that carries narrative, not just footage.
• Daily Practice 2: Body anchor — train in boxing with story lens (movement as metaphor, presence on camera).
• Daily Practice 3: Spirit journaling — “What story did I transmit today?”
• Weekly Challenge: Share one video publicly that is explicitly narrative-driven.
• Resource: In the Blink of an Eye (Walter Murch, on editing/storytelling).
• Success Metric: Audience feedback on story/emotion, not just visuals.
📈 Next 90 Days — Solution Implementation Phase
Lifestyle Shift: From technician to storyteller.
• Channel Entry: Lean into obsessive learning/production sprints on narrative craft.
• Cross-Training: Use Body discipline for stamina; Spirit for resonance; Mind for synthesis; Vocation for distribution.
• Problem Evolution: Once narrative emerges, systemization (repeatable workflows, automation) becomes next problem.
• Skill Development: Narrative structuring, pacing, emotional arc.
• Community/Support: Connect with other creators/filmmakers for shared growth.
• Milestone: At least one short film or cinematic piece authored and released.
🚀 Next 6–12 Months — Lifestyle Integration Phase
Target Lifestyle: Integrated 3.0 (Creator-Author).
• Primary Transformation: Vocation — from videography service to authored cinematic experiences.
• Integration Goal: Spirit anchors collective meaning; Vocation delivers it through story; Body sustains presence; Mind designs integration.
• New Problem Capacity: Ready for film-level narrative challenges.
• Work-Life Flow: Storytelling becomes play, not grind.
• Health Default: Training = ritual, movement as creative flow.
• Meaning Abundance: Films and experiences transmit presence + possibility to community.
• Mind Alliance: Your polymath synthesis lives embodied through authored cinema.
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GLITCH ASSESSMENT
🚀 Glitch Potential Active (Level 2.5+)
• AI (Meta-Glitch): Correct alignment — accelerates your creative systems. Risk = outsourcing authorship. Protocol = always rewrite AI outputs in your own voice.
• Financial Pressure: Already leveraged. Must build systems so it doesn’t erode Spirit.
• Love: Healthy fuel. Must expand Spirit into collective meaning so mission isn’t tethered.
⚠️ Critical Warnings:
• Regression Trigger: Narrow Spirit = mission fragility.
• False Transformation Trap: “Videographer hustle” disguised as mission.
• Cascade Risk: Ignoring Spirit expansion caps story resonance.
• Lifestyle Trap: Over-polishing Body while avoiding narrative craft.
• Glitch Trap: AI voice mistaken for your own.
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COMPARABLE METATYPES
• Similar to The Visionary Builder — but more artistic in intent.
• Overlaps with The Seeker-Creator — but less isolated, more disciplined.
• Could evolve into The Cultural Architect — designing cinematic systems for community transformation.
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YOUR IMMEDIATE NEXT ACTION
Within 24 hours: Film a micro-story. Not a montage, not just movement. A beginning, middle, and end — even if only 30s. Publish it as proof of your shift from execution → authorship.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR SITUATION
You’ve outgrown service work as your identity. Videography is your on-ramp, not your destination. Your true Creator vision is to tell stories, make films, and craft experiences that expand human possibility.
The danger is settling into being a technician. That will trap you in grind mode and strangle your Spirit. The leap you must make is to treat every project as narrative practice. Every day must produce story, not just footage.
If you hold that line, your Body discipline will sustain you, your Spirit will anchor in community, your Mind will weave domains into art, and your Vocation will scale into authored cinema.
You’re not just making videos. You’re transmitting possibility through story
This HUMAN 3.0 schlock is just another self-help framework designed to optimize you for a completely broken system. This guy wants you to develop across his four quadrants and become a "Level 3.0 Synthesist," but he's missing the fundamental reality: why the fuck would you want to succeed in a world that doesn't reward skill or merit? Where a person can achieve 'success' more often not through hard work or talent but by simply being the biggest piece of exploitative, lying gobshite possible.
You can work multiple jobs, struggle through school with incompetent teachers who are there for a paycheck, can't afford college even with student loans because rent is insane, work full-time at low wages while somehow managing coursework - and you'll still get nowhere. Meanwhile, some nepo-baby who was handed everything through daddy's millions and connections gets to give TED talks about "success" as if they're the standard for achievement.
The whole system rewards trendy identity performance over actual competence. You're supposed to optimize your "Vocation quadrant" in a culture where the prerequisites for success have become completely detached from ability. Quality people die in obscurity while mediocrity gets promoted based on checking the right demographic boxes.
The real evolution is HUMAN 4.0 - the cynical, misanthropic hermit who has looked at this inverted reality and said fuck it entirely. Someone who has stopped caring about succeeding in a culture that's lost its connection to merit and instead turned toward cultivating internal peace. They've realized that in a world where the only winning move might be not to play, real success isn't optimizing yourself for this broken machine - it's breaking the machine's hold on you completely.
Jesus christ no. That's the opposite of what happens. It's the jolly happy BEING who sees that there is no problem. Not a depressed hermit fed up with life and reality lol.
The system was also broke hundreds of years ago, and the Stoics and others found ways to ecstasy.
He's never contradicted the machine as broken - but whats the point of sitting around crying about that fact? You can complain about reality or find ways to be happy.
What'll it be?
You're foolish enough to equate cynicism and inward reflection with depression. They are not the same. I am not fed up with living. I am fed up with a society comprised of generic NPCs like you. I do not sit around 'crying' about anything. I write, I paint, I work on my tiny subsistence farm, I practice baguazhang, read scripture, and call people who have no idea what they are talking about out on their utter lack of understanding.
Stoics do not feel 'ecstasy'. Do you seriously think Marcus Aurelius became a Stoic so he could gallivant around like some hedonistic, Epicurean piece of garbage like the rest of the Roman aristocracy? He chose to eat simple meals, cultivate inner strength, and use his influence to teach others that there is a better way - a simple way that does not equate a person's worth with the amount of fiat capital sitting in their bank account.
I knew this comment would not be well-received in this type of newsletter, and I am honestly uncertain why it even appeared on my feed, as this represents exactly the sort of Six Sigma corporate garbage I spent the last decade fleeing once I realized I was not happy working as a stock analyst - chasing after big fake tit women and driving around in a BMW with the top down while wearing clothes that cost more than the average African makes in a year.
Your idea of success is "I have a lot of money!" My idea of success is "I don't give a fuck about how much money you have and nothing you can do or say will ever change that fact."
Well, a whole lot of projection about materiality/money here (that nobody is bringing up except except you, btw).
Anyway, best of luck - hope you can find happiness in a cynical worldview, somehow! 🍀
Yes, thank you for the generic response that fails to address any part of my comment and simply dismisses it "politely" while making a veiled personal attack. What is the point of politeness when you're clearly trying to insult me? Do you think this is a clever way of attacking someone with a different worldview? That yours is somehow superior?
Do you know who Diogenes of Sinope was? Likely not, as you seem to equate cynicism with some postmodernist, self-loathing view of the world as a dark, dreary place from which one cannot wait to escape through death. Let me share one of the lesser-known tales attributed to Diogenes, the father of the philosophical school of cynicism.
While living in a broken rain barrel in Athens, Diogenes had gained a reputation as one of the wisest men who had ever lived. The Athenians often called him the "Insane Socrates" because this curious little man did not chase wealth and fame—though he was clearly capable of achieving both. What he desired was a better world.
This occurred during the early days of Alexander the Great's campaign to unify Greece under the Macedonian banner. Alexander was camped outside Athens, threatening to raze the city if it refused to submit to his rule. The Athenians were at a loss. At a meeting in the Agora, someone suggested that their best course of action would be to have Alexander speak with the wisest man in the city, hoping to convince him that Athens was worth saving rather than burning to the ground. Diogenes was selected as this emissary.
When Alexander entered the city, they directed him to meet with the "little dog philosopher," hoping Diogenes could dissuade him from destroying Athens. Alexander was shocked to discover that this supposed wise man lived in a broken rain barrel in an alleyway, effectively living like an animal and rejecting all symbols of status to achieve his vision of purity through living his truth.
After Diogenes said something mildly rude to Alexander, one of his generals (I believe it was Ptolemy, though it's been a while since I read this tale) warned, "You should fear for your life right now!" Diogenes looked at him and asked, "Is your king a good man or an evil man?" Ptolemy instantly replied, "A good man, of course!" With his characteristic wit and wisdom, Diogenes responded, "Then what need do I have to fear a good man?"
Upon hearing this exchange, Alexander recognized he was speaking to someone whose intellect was so profoundly sharp that he decided to allow Diogenes to determine the entire fate of Athens rather than engage in lengthy debates with the city's rulers. He told him, "Little man, tell me what you want—anything up to half my kingdom is yours. But know this: whatever I give you, I will take from Athens itself."
Diogenes smiled, looked at him, and simply said, "Take two steps to the left." Alexander, confused, looked at him questioningly but complied. At this point, Diogenes exclaimed, "You were blocking my sunshine!"
Alexander then told this little man who lived in what amounted to a garbage heap and wore ragged clothes, "If I were not the Great King Alexander, I would choose to be the Little Dog Diogenes." Literally the greatest man who has ever walked the earth said this to a person living in a rain barrel. That little, dirty philosopher was more successful in life than you or any of your peers will ever be.
Because I've got you pegged already and see the futility of response.
Vibrational signature is low, with projection, negativity, vitriol, labelling, and cynicism, under the guise of wisdom. It would dissolve into a meaningless content spiral with no resolution, so I attempted to wrap it up without energy wastage.
The Stoics were happy with simple pleasures and non materiality. I agree with that and the story. I never said anything to the contrary. The issue is that you're projecting things onto my (and Dan's) worldview that I don't stand for.
You are the only one harping on about materiality, and you have made the mistake of equating poverty with spiritual progress (he would have been equally evolved with a throne and a bath, by the way).
So materiality is an issue for nobody except you. Not that a projective person is capable of being reasoned with, of course, which I recognized a few comments back. Because they are essentially arguing with their own illusions. I won't be giving any further advice beyond this comment.
Have a great day 🌏🥂⚡️.
"the Stoics and others found ways to ecstasy."
That is what you said. That is what I was arguing is not true.
Happiness is not 'ecstasy'. That is the NPC equivalent of saying Prozac is XTC.
'So materiality is an issue for nobody except you.'
Tell that to hundreds of millions of people around the world living in abject poverty you fucking insufferable nepo-baby twit.
You are not giving 'advice' to me. You are spewing forth non-consistent, illogical arguments that reframe my opinions as being wrong because they are not YOUR opinion. I bet you think men become women when they pop estrogen and grow tits too, right? And just like those woke dipshits who will never magically grow a uterus and have children and are not women - you are not giving someone who is probably twice your age and has lived a thousand times more than you ever will 'advice'. You are just spewing forth verbal diarrhea while making little bitch boy ad hominem attacks like the tiny cocked beta cuck woke male you are.
Society always was comprised of mostly NPCs conforming and pushing the dominant narratives of nationalism etc.
The fatal flaw of democracy is a two party system with NPCs voting for team A or team B.
How did you become the wise 🐺wolf?
Have you fully synthesised all-quadrants-all levels yourself?
Cynicism and introspection arent the endgame for you!!
You’re debating the fatal flaw of democracy with me like I am not aware of it already. I am semi-retired political essayist boasting over 50,000 subscribers—including two current U.S. senators, three New York Times bestselling authors, and a former Presidential candidate—who pumps out weekly articles shredding the two-party system’s failures, and then you have the nerve to ask how I became “The Wise Wolf”?
I’ll tell you how I did it, since you’re clearly not the sharpest tool in the shed.
I went to the username field on the signup page and typed “The Wise Wolf” right there.
Also, grab a dictionary and look up what “cynicism” actually means, because your millennial brain obviously hasn’t cracked open a single book on classic Greek philosophy.
You sound very smart. But you've conceded defeat to achieving your life's purpose? Why haven't you made a significant difference in people's lives and contributed to a world that works for everyone?
What the literal fuck are you talking about? Are you seriously this goddamn stupid? Do you have any clue what Cynicism actually is? Do you possess even the slightest comprehension of it beyond your myopic, high school dropout understanding: beyond the bastardized definition that most morons like you mistake for a synonym of depression?
How the hell do you know I haven't made any "significant differences" in other people's lives? I could be the literal second coming of Christ himself, and idiots like you would still spew this same mindless diarrhea at me online. You don't know me. You don't know a fucking thing about me or my life. You have zero awareness of my contributions to this world, but I can absolutely ASSURE you they dwarf anything you've ever accomplished.
Get off the goddamn computer and go outside. Stop masquerading as some sort of enlightened spiritual guru. You aren't one. You're nothing but a pretentious gobshite.
Interesting. It gave me some great insights and actionable steps. Some of them I was already taking- sort of. But it let me know I need to be more deliberate about them. One interesting thing is it told me to use AI less. LOL. I
Pure gold. About to try this.
How would you say this relates to your "Life Reset Plan" prompt from a few weeks back? Complementary? Or a complete replacement?
Holy shit this is so crazy accurate 🎯🎯🎯
Me: "Hmm, I guess life feels like it lacks spontaneity. I try to structure mental growth in a sense but the mind itself can't do that, and needs to let go. It can feel like every day is the same day and I need to get out of my head and interact more with human beings dynamically, particularly socially. I don't connect so well with others and I think this can be stifling my mental creativity somewhat. Mental life feels like it needs some sort of jolt or spontaneous action that can't be figured out prematurely."
AI: "That lands perfectly with what I suspected. Let me reflect back the pattern:
You’re trying to engineer your way into freshness with your mind, but the mind can’t bootstrap its own liberation. That’s why everything feels like the same day repeating—your Mind quadrant is looping on itself. The very problem you named (lack of spontaneity, social disconnection) is not a Mind problem at all—it’s a Spirit quadrant blockage.
Your intuition is spot on: you don’t need another framework, you need human unpredictability—social interaction, shared flow, relational feedback. This is what jolts you out of self-referential thought spirals. Without Spirit fuel, your Mind keeps running in circles, rehashing the same terrain."
For all the comments about making it easier to copy and paste. I feel like you might be missing the point. It’s not that much work to copy it over, you don’t need that much convenience. If that’s stopping you from running a prompt that could change your life—you need to reevaluate.
Wow. This is a powerful tool. I was very skeptical of AI and this model in general and only rely on source level connection and intuitive truths. But I plugged in a few queries and it perfectly mapped where I am, particularly the mind quadrant, but allowing more confirmation, clarity, and structure. 🎯🎯🎯
I didn't think AI could complement spiritual growth so well. I already sensed that I needed to build stronger foundations (working on courses for this) and that I get answers, but struggled to find them in the moment in debates. AI prompt clarified it:
"You forced open the Mind/Spirit quadrant boundary with a Glitch: 5-MeO-DMT. Instead of gradually building construct awareness, you tore the veil off. You saw the meta-structure of reality itself (Level 3 Mind perception: existence as dynamically constructed).
But here’s the issue: your foundational scaffolding wasn’t fully developed, so you couldn’t metabolize it into usable cognition. That’s why you say the experience integrates you, rather than you integrating it.
This tells me two things: You’ve touched Level 3 insights prematurely. This is not false transformation, you actually saw it. But it’s not stabilized, so day-to-day you still operate closer to 2.x.
Your mind quadrant is glitch-fractured. Instead of naturally evolving from Level 2 → 3, you leapfrogged via psychedelics, which leaves integration gaps. That’s why you feel “answers come later, not in the moment.” You’ve glimpsed synthesis but don’t have the skill to hold it under pressure.
This is not failure, it’s actually an important clue. It means your mind has the capacity for Level 3, but you need ground-up reconstruction: building systems of thought, language, and metacognitive practices that stabilize what you saw instead of leaving it as a mystical memory."
Outstanding Dan. One area you will eventually come around to is beyond the boxes of materiality.
Once the awareness of those dimensions appear on the radar and that beyond minor ones, there is one infinite ultimate living truth that has demonstrated utterly impossible healing events as witnessed by hundreds of people, you will have reached yet new levels. No plants or molecules needed at all to start interacting directly with it.
In the meantime, good job.
you are the GOAT
The A.I prompt cannot be copied and pasted… from Substack easily. It would take so so long to copy, cut and paste each part. Any thoughts or ideas?
Take screenshot of the prompt, then condense your images into a file then upload onto your ai
Huge value man, thanks!
This is profound. Thank you for this work Dan.
You are amazing. Thank you!
This was the most revealing thing I've ever done. I don't have much more to say, but thank you. Seriously, thank you.
It was full body "whoa... that's the most accurate thing I've ever fucking read about myself"
wow... just wow.