Mike Israetel

There are going to be pills for the brain coming up that deal with a lot of existential angst and all this other bullshit that might just go away after you start taking a pill. And is that really like, yeah, but you should be suffering. Like, I don't know. Should you be, maybe, maybe there's a compelling argument against that, but I,

Oh, that's like people's concept of hell from hyper capitalist abundance. Like, you know, having like, you know, known people who went to Russian prison, I'm telling you, hell's a lot worse than fucking winning a bunch of rounds of fucking models. That's just potential angst. Like, have you ever been beaten by five prison guards daily for 20 years? Like, no, I guess there's levels to this.

Oh, that's like people's concept of hell from hyper capitalist abundance. Like, you know, having like, you know, known people who went to Russian prison, I'm telling you, hell's a lot worse than fucking winning a bunch of rounds of fucking models. That's just potential angst. Like, have you ever been beaten by five prison guards daily for 20 years? Like, no, I guess there's levels to this.

Oh, that's like people's concept of hell from hyper capitalist abundance. Like, you know, having like, you know, known people who went to Russian prison, I'm telling you, hell's a lot worse than fucking winning a bunch of rounds of fucking models. That's just potential angst. Like, have you ever been beaten by five prison guards daily for 20 years? Like, no, I guess there's levels to this.

Well, I'm just going to go back to fucking the strippers. I'm just going to learn.

Well, I'm just going to go back to fucking the strippers. I'm just going to learn.

Well, I'm just going to go back to fucking the strippers. I'm just going to learn.

Joy is also chemically mediated. Maybe. So if you attack the right chemical pathways, you can just have joy all the time. Deep, meaningful joy, just straight up. How do I know that? Ecstasy exists. If you're on ecstasy, you love everyone you see as much as you've loved your mother. You really do feel that. Do you have kids? No, fuck no, man.

Joy is also chemically mediated. Maybe. So if you attack the right chemical pathways, you can just have joy all the time. Deep, meaningful joy, just straight up. How do I know that? Ecstasy exists. If you're on ecstasy, you love everyone you see as much as you've loved your mother. You really do feel that. Do you have kids? No, fuck no, man.

Joy is also chemically mediated. Maybe. So if you attack the right chemical pathways, you can just have joy all the time. Deep, meaningful joy, just straight up. How do I know that? Ecstasy exists. If you're on ecstasy, you love everyone you see as much as you've loved your mother. You really do feel that. Do you have kids? No, fuck no, man.

They don't let a person like me with these crazy views come.

They don't let a person like me with these crazy views come.

They don't let a person like me with these crazy views come.

No, you've been great, Mike. It's just a dog.

No, you've been great, Mike. It's just a dog.

No, you've been great, Mike. It's just a dog.

Yeah, man. Well, you guys are in the Bay area, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Fuck no. I'm never coming out. I'm not trying to step on heroin needles covered in shit.

Yeah, man. Well, you guys are in the Bay area, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Fuck no. I'm never coming out. I'm not trying to step on heroin needles covered in shit.

Yeah, man. Well, you guys are in the Bay area, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Fuck no. I'm never coming out. I'm not trying to step on heroin needles covered in shit.

We're in San Jose. I like the mumbling. It's a little safer here. Don't worry. Thank you so much. Yeah, good talking to you, Mike.