hey Dan, isn't it inevitable that over 90% of society won't be able to achieve material success or whatever their definition of success is? after all, human civilization was built upon a rigid social pyramid of economic and social inequality. it's impossible for the majority to achieve material success. the systematic inequality exists for a reason and likely won't change in the near future.
All these pretty words with the end goal of simply trying to sell a slightly different plagiarism robot to the masses than the bigger ones everyone already knows. Now with even more sophisticated plagiarism features than the big guys! Can I agree with you on almost everything you have written here and still be disgusted with the reason you are writing it? As a systems thinker myself, the disingenuous nature of all of this is really depressing to behold. How can you simultaneously claim to be a champion of the human spirit and so aggressively promote the use of the only technology ever invented specifically to diminish and permanently destroy it? Can you not feel the contradiction in your very soul? I feel genuinely sick even typing a prompt into these things. This isn't something you can merely have a difference of opinion on, you are either pro humanity or you aren't. We all know where the sociopathic billionaires behind this tech fall on that spectrum, these things only exist because they intend to use them to further enslave us all. Watching you twist genuinely useful psychological information and esoteric wisdom towards this perverse end goal is utterly baffling to me. I cannot wait for this mass delusion of AI to collapse in on itself. I have been feeling lost and unsure about what to do with the rest of my life for a while now so I must thank you in a way. After reading this, my new life's purpose is to do everything in my power to ensure you self deluded silicon valley types do not succeed in destroying whatever is still left of what was once a a messy and vibrant human culture under a mountain of AI generated bullshit such as this post.
This newsletter opened my mind and made me see exactly where I am, where I want to go, and what I need to do to get there. Thank you so much for that, Dan.
With all due respect, I was disappointed by “it's not the internet marketers fault you can’t control your own mind.” What many marketers do to people’s minds and emotional states would be considered barbaric if done to another human beings body.
I hear your point, but I don’t think it’s fair to assume most are sophisticated enough in advertising to spot manipulation.
I predict the same people who succeeded on “if you can’t beat em, join em,” will also be the ones reaping what they sow, in the end. @DAN KOE
This is such an important distinction, especially the emphasis on learning to think strategically rather than simply collecting tactics.
If you’re looking for somewhere to start putting this into practice, my work explores this through daily pattern recognition: examining how you( and humans in general) think and behave, understanding why those patterns formed, and building your interiority from there.
The aim is to bring transformation, expansion, alchemy, and systems thinking out of the abstract and into everyday life.
If that’s the kind of work you’re looking for, I invite you to follow me here or on X: @redPanther444.
Love this. There’s a reason why fortune tends to favor the bold.
hey Dan, isn't it inevitable that over 90% of society won't be able to achieve material success or whatever their definition of success is? after all, human civilization was built upon a rigid social pyramid of economic and social inequality. it's impossible for the majority to achieve material success. the systematic inequality exists for a reason and likely won't change in the near future.
Irrelevant. What life do you wish?
All these pretty words with the end goal of simply trying to sell a slightly different plagiarism robot to the masses than the bigger ones everyone already knows. Now with even more sophisticated plagiarism features than the big guys! Can I agree with you on almost everything you have written here and still be disgusted with the reason you are writing it? As a systems thinker myself, the disingenuous nature of all of this is really depressing to behold. How can you simultaneously claim to be a champion of the human spirit and so aggressively promote the use of the only technology ever invented specifically to diminish and permanently destroy it? Can you not feel the contradiction in your very soul? I feel genuinely sick even typing a prompt into these things. This isn't something you can merely have a difference of opinion on, you are either pro humanity or you aren't. We all know where the sociopathic billionaires behind this tech fall on that spectrum, these things only exist because they intend to use them to further enslave us all. Watching you twist genuinely useful psychological information and esoteric wisdom towards this perverse end goal is utterly baffling to me. I cannot wait for this mass delusion of AI to collapse in on itself. I have been feeling lost and unsure about what to do with the rest of my life for a while now so I must thank you in a way. After reading this, my new life's purpose is to do everything in my power to ensure you self deluded silicon valley types do not succeed in destroying whatever is still left of what was once a a messy and vibrant human culture under a mountain of AI generated bullshit such as this post.
This newsletter opened my mind and made me see exactly where I am, where I want to go, and what I need to do to get there. Thank you so much for that, Dan.
With all due respect, I was disappointed by “it's not the internet marketers fault you can’t control your own mind.” What many marketers do to people’s minds and emotional states would be considered barbaric if done to another human beings body.
I hear your point, but I don’t think it’s fair to assume most are sophisticated enough in advertising to spot manipulation.
I predict the same people who succeeded on “if you can’t beat em, join em,” will also be the ones reaping what they sow, in the end. @DAN KOE
The best article ive read on substack. Huge insights and value
This is such an important distinction, especially the emphasis on learning to think strategically rather than simply collecting tactics.
If you’re looking for somewhere to start putting this into practice, my work explores this through daily pattern recognition: examining how you( and humans in general) think and behave, understanding why those patterns formed, and building your interiority from there.
The aim is to bring transformation, expansion, alchemy, and systems thinking out of the abstract and into everyday life.
If that’s the kind of work you’re looking for, I invite you to follow me here or on X: @redPanther444.