Blake

Same thing here. It's like you need more. It's taking a part of your brain and super stimulating it.

Same thing here. It's like you need more. It's taking a part of your brain and super stimulating it.

So, you know, the ancient philosophers would have the stuff they wrote where they would say, you know, moderation in all things. I don't know. Was that literally Aristotle who said it? Like moderation in all things, even moderation? Maybe that's like a fake Aristotle quote. A lot of fake Aristotle quotes out there. But... it's a real concept that they would have.

So, you know, the ancient philosophers would have the stuff they wrote where they would say, you know, moderation in all things. I don't know. Was that literally Aristotle who said it? Like moderation in all things, even moderation? Maybe that's like a fake Aristotle quote. A lot of fake Aristotle quotes out there. But... it's a real concept that they would have.

And I think what often isn't realized is it's very easy to think of that in terms of direct consumption. You know, don't, don't eat too much food. Don't do too many drugs. Don't drink too much alcohol, but they actually would have that conception as well for things that we would think of as like emotional equilibrium. Like you should not overindulge in like a certain emotion.

And I think what often isn't realized is it's very easy to think of that in terms of direct consumption. You know, don't, don't eat too much food. Don't do too many drugs. Don't drink too much alcohol, but they actually would have that conception as well for things that we would think of as like emotional equilibrium. Like you should not overindulge in like a certain emotion.

almost like a certain mental attribute. And I was thinking about that when Tyler mentioned, uh, you know, the way people essentially overdose on politics, that you can actually actively, you can overstoke your ability to get enraged about something.

almost like a certain mental attribute. And I was thinking about that when Tyler mentioned, uh, you know, the way people essentially overdose on politics, that you can actually actively, you can overstoke your ability to get enraged about something.

You can overdo your ability to be, to be angry, to be sad, even like you can, it's really true that you can wallow in too much of an emotion and you have to actively avoid doing that. Uh,

You can overdo your ability to be, to be angry, to be sad, even like you can, it's really true that you can wallow in too much of an emotion and you have to actively avoid doing that. Uh,

I mean, I've seen it as a case like if you like if you suffer, like if you suffer a romantic setback, it's very easy to like you can wallow in that too much when what you need to be doing is finding actively ways to get away from that, to recenter your emotional equilibrium.

I mean, I've seen it as a case like if you like if you suffer, like if you suffer a romantic setback, it's very easy to like you can wallow in that too much when what you need to be doing is finding actively ways to get away from that, to recenter your emotional equilibrium.

And I think social media, it's underrated in how much damage it causes in that regard, because social media is like an endless ability to intensify whatever emotion you are already feeling. And I think we're only at the beginning of fully understanding like the long term hazards of that because we started to see the harms from it almost immediately.

And I think social media, it's underrated in how much damage it causes in that regard, because social media is like an endless ability to intensify whatever emotion you are already feeling. And I think we're only at the beginning of fully understanding like the long term hazards of that because we started to see the harms from it almost immediately.

But now we're getting into our first period where we have people who are grown adults who have spent their entire lives in a world where this is an everyday constant thing. And I think that is definitely a strong driver of all of the like off the charts mental illness that we're finding.

But now we're getting into our first period where we have people who are grown adults who have spent their entire lives in a world where this is an everyday constant thing. And I think that is definitely a strong driver of all of the like off the charts mental illness that we're finding.

So a digital bill of rights to give you a right to –

So a digital bill of rights to give you a right to –

It could be. I think it's interesting. It goes back to – people would always make fun of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the brainchild of the French Revolution. Many problems with him, but one of those terminologies, one of those phrases he had that people always –

It could be. I think it's interesting. It goes back to – people would always make fun of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the brainchild of the French Revolution. Many problems with him, but one of those terminologies, one of those phrases he had that people always –