memetic theory, aliens and creativity - imperfection and perfection on a cartesian gridwe are the puppets - even in heaven, we are fighting the forces of evildo you carry the memory of your predecessors? DNA is memory - you are born with the memory of your previous lives - possible to "clear" people remotely?we are programming ourselves - do we decide what to mimic? - words have our ownthings you have control over: thoughts, speech, response to stimulusno free will - decisions are made before you can think - Machiavelli's prince is a scapegoating manualuse of power = scapegoating - lessons of the dancing manAfghanistan - things left behind degrade - nation-building failure - change must be organic - crisis triggers lasting change?you can cheat yourself - why can't you tickle yourself - armchair self-help - you - me - the modelthere is always a third thing - this is s mediating forceis all of this justification to the masses that Biden needs to goeducation needs disruption, adrenochrome, and kuru
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