fincycaden

I'd just like to say that I feel you and understand you. I'm a university student as well, feeling a similar way. I'm in Electrical Engineering, and I feel disillusioned with the way society is degenerating. Best of luck, friend. There still are good people out there. We may not be able to cure or fix society or even stop it from degenerating, but you can always build a life with loved ones and create your own world <3

Interestingly this is Ted Kaczysnki's argument for what will inevitably happen with genetic engineering of humans

Absolutely. I began thinking this way when I was the guinea pig, and suffered a permanent life-alerting effect from a medication, which was anecdotally reported despite there being no official correlation or link by the "science"

That's the fault of the media, not the government.

What a strange argument. No matter the economical situation, companies will still want to maximize profits. In the case of the media, drawing the most attention, which results in depressing doomsaying, regardless of reality

"But the power process is just a game, or perhaps more accurately a built in biological addiction to games that caused us to pass on our genes in the past. Why is it truly metaphysically better than, say, racking up Reddit karma?" Because it gives us psychological fulfilment. We are conditioned through millions of years of evolution to find it psychologically fulfilling. That's the point. His argument is that living a life that may be less physically secure, but psychologically fulfilling is a better life to live. That's why it's better.

"But why is the struggle for survival better? Isn’t it just another game?" The reason why the struggle for survival is better is because that is what we are psychologically predisposed to be fulfilled by. Millions of years of evolution have created reward pathways and we get deep fulfillment from these goals, and community. Not all games are the same when it comes to how it affects us psychologically.

The fact that he is a murderer is completely irrelevant to the discussion, nor was he insane. A genius mathematician, actually

I think another aspect is that many things that are within someone's control that positively affect attractiveness require patience and long-term thinking. Working out, brushing teeth regularly, eating healthy, etc, are not enjoyable in the short-term, and people with higher IQ / more successful tend to be able to better control their impulses and have longer-term vision.

Ted Kaczynski was so right