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Visakan Veerasamy

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
576 total appearances

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Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

something's not right. We got to get out. It's weird. We got to get out. And then he gets everyone out. And like a second later, the whole house collapses. He didn't think what's going on. He felt it. And what he felt was, it turns out, he felt that the fire is not going away the way it should. There's not enough smoke for this level of heat.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

something's not right. We got to get out. It's weird. We got to get out. And then he gets everyone out. And like a second later, the whole house collapses. He didn't think what's going on. He felt it. And what he felt was, it turns out, he felt that the fire is not going away the way it should. There's not enough smoke for this level of heat.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

something's not right. We got to get out. It's weird. We got to get out. And then he gets everyone out. And like a second later, the whole house collapses. He didn't think what's going on. He felt it. And what he felt was, it turns out, he felt that the fire is not going away the way it should. There's not enough smoke for this level of heat.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

there must be, and it turns out that the fire was in the basement, so it's way hotter than what they were used to. But that's something he felt. He didn't think it, right? And I feel that similar to that kind of intuition, and that kind of intuition requires domain familiarity and expertise. So it's not the lackadaisical, hmm, I feel like, you know, the world should be more like this.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

there must be, and it turns out that the fire was in the basement, so it's way hotter than what they were used to. But that's something he felt. He didn't think it, right? And I feel that similar to that kind of intuition, and that kind of intuition requires domain familiarity and expertise. So it's not the lackadaisical, hmm, I feel like, you know, the world should be more like this.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

there must be, and it turns out that the fire was in the basement, so it's way hotter than what they were used to. But that's something he felt. He didn't think it, right? And I feel that similar to that kind of intuition, and that kind of intuition requires domain familiarity and expertise. So it's not the lackadaisical, hmm, I feel like, you know, the world should be more like this.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Or I feel like, you know, I mean, having an ice cream, if you want to have an ice cream, go ahead. But like, you know, it's like, I feel that that person is bad vibes. Like, you know, okay, those things are kind of, it varies from context to context, but what I'm getting at is there is, so like going back to the Ted Hughes quote,

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Or I feel like, you know, I mean, having an ice cream, if you want to have an ice cream, go ahead. But like, you know, it's like, I feel that that person is bad vibes. Like, you know, okay, those things are kind of, it varies from context to context, but what I'm getting at is there is, so like going back to the Ted Hughes quote,

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Or I feel like, you know, I mean, having an ice cream, if you want to have an ice cream, go ahead. But like, you know, it's like, I feel that that person is bad vibes. Like, you know, okay, those things are kind of, it varies from context to context, but what I'm getting at is there is, so like going back to the Ted Hughes quote,

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

the amount of feeling that we are able to experience and like surf the waves of because like our education systems and civilization as a whole right to minimize um inconvenience to people because we are all smooshed together in very cramped environments civilization is i call it you know it's like a iterative potty training right like it's at the most fundamental level

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

the amount of feeling that we are able to experience and like surf the waves of because like our education systems and civilization as a whole right to minimize um inconvenience to people because we are all smooshed together in very cramped environments civilization is i call it you know it's like a iterative potty training right like it's at the most fundamental level

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

the amount of feeling that we are able to experience and like surf the waves of because like our education systems and civilization as a whole right to minimize um inconvenience to people because we are all smooshed together in very cramped environments civilization is i call it you know it's like a iterative potty training right like it's at the most fundamental level

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

please don't shit in the street. Don't shit in front of your friends. Like, shit in the toilet, right? And shit on, like, try to do it at appropriate times, you know? So, like, potty training is good. Like, you want people, maybe if you're a barbarian in the wild, you can shit wherever you want, whenever you want. It doesn't bother anybody else.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

please don't shit in the street. Don't shit in front of your friends. Like, shit in the toilet, right? And shit on, like, try to do it at appropriate times, you know? So, like, potty training is good. Like, you want people, maybe if you're a barbarian in the wild, you can shit wherever you want, whenever you want. It doesn't bother anybody else.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

please don't shit in the street. Don't shit in front of your friends. Like, shit in the toilet, right? And shit on, like, try to do it at appropriate times, you know? So, like, potty training is good. Like, you want people, maybe if you're a barbarian in the wild, you can shit wherever you want, whenever you want. It doesn't bother anybody else.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

But, like, it's a public health issue if people are shitting everywhere. So, people need to be potty trained, right? And what that means is you need to be, like, emotionally, like, you need to regulate your feelings. You think you want to go now? No, you got to hold it in and go somewhere else. But okay, so that's potty training. And then you go on to, I'm angry. No, you shouldn't be angry.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

But, like, it's a public health issue if people are shitting everywhere. So, people need to be potty trained, right? And what that means is you need to be, like, emotionally, like, you need to regulate your feelings. You think you want to go now? No, you got to hold it in and go somewhere else. But okay, so that's potty training. And then you go on to, I'm angry. No, you shouldn't be angry.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

But, like, it's a public health issue if people are shitting everywhere. So, people need to be potty trained, right? And what that means is you need to be, like, emotionally, like, you need to regulate your feelings. You think you want to go now? No, you got to hold it in and go somewhere else. But okay, so that's potty training. And then you go on to, I'm angry. No, you shouldn't be angry.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Like you're saying, you get socialized to be less aggressive, right? We need to find ways to express our feelings in healthy ways and in good containers that don't hurt other people excessively or unnecessarily or whatever. But so from civilization's point of view, that's a little bit more complicated and complex than it can manage.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Like you're saying, you get socialized to be less aggressive, right? We need to find ways to express our feelings in healthy ways and in good containers that don't hurt other people excessively or unnecessarily or whatever. But so from civilization's point of view, that's a little bit more complicated and complex than it can manage.