Roman Yampolskiy

Well, my simulation is fucking weird.

It's weird.

But through whatever this process is, I have been able to understand what's valuable as a human being and to not get caught up in this bizarre game that a lot of people are getting caught up in because they're chasing this thing that they think is impossible to achieve.

And then once they achieve a certain aspect of it, a certain number, then they're terrified of losing that.

So then they change all of their behavior in order to make sure that this continues.

And then it ruins the whole purpose of getting there in the first place.

It's not fun.

Right.

Then you go Elvis and you just get on pills all day and get crazy and, you know, completely ruin your life.

And that happens to most, especially people that get wealthy and not just wealthy but famous too.

Fame is the big one because I've seen that happen to a lot of people that accidentally became famous along the way.

Certain public intellectuals that took a stance against something and then all of a sudden they're prominent in the public eye and then you watch them kind of go crazy.

Well, why is that?

Well, it's because they're reading social media and they're interacting with people constantly and they're just trapped in this very bizarre version of themselves that other people have sort of created.

It's not really who they are.

And they don't meditate.

If they do, they're not good at it.

Whatever they're doing, they're not doing it correctly because it's a very complicated problem to solve.

Like what –

What do you do when the whole world is watching?