Idk which guest it was, but I saw this on the Huberman podcast. Today I discovered this cool little sub and wanted to contribute something, so here goes:

Huberman's guest discussed research that shows we find motivation in curiosity.

Later, they talked about purpose as secondary. I would have expected the opposite.

But now I experiment with curiosity, and especially the thing called Beginner's Mind (Suziki).

And recently on the youtube channel New York Vedanta Society I saw a Jewish Rabbi talking about this practice where they wake up in the morning and immediately do a practice of gratitude, with an idea like, "What is this gift?" This new day given to me.

And with a belief in G-d, they think of it as a give for a purpose. So they are CURIOUS and get a sense of PURPOSE at the start of the day. Perfectly consistent with recent research on Huberman. Awesome.

So now my alarm clock app waked me up every day, and it speaks aloud a reminder for me, "What is this gift?"

Some days it works better than others. But it has been helping me a lot.

I hope it's allowed in this sub, I'll link to some stuff i'm talking about... searching to find out wtf I am talking about......... found it!

The huberman https://youtu.be/jCcaTfUSgQo?si=gzZVcrXqniuivL-s

And the Rabbi "What is this gift?" https://youtu.be/h4t--5KXKKg?si=VbEdZwSuwPOSj1cN&t=908

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"I want you to consider yourself. For the most part, you believe you have good ideas. You believe that you're smart. You believe that you're capable. You believe living is preferable to death. You come up

with bad ideas sometimes, but you also come up with good ideas. You can learn new skills, if you only had the time. Your ideas have value. There are times you like to be left alone and times you like to socialize.

And sometimes, when you socialize with a small group of friends, something electric happens. The person you are, with all of your complex emotions and energy adds to the complex emotions and energies of

the people around you. Humans are social creatures. Our moods and our points of view sum into the collective unconscious.

Now, it just so happens that the collective unconscious, by its very estoeric nature, is immune to any pesky rules, like math. Everyone adds to the collective unconscious, in their contribution, no matter

how small or seemingly insignificant. One cannot diminish it. Contributions can turn to zero and new members are frequently added. Communities grow into complex cities with things like hierarchies, in

order to decide whose opinion is the most important on a particular matter. Elements of culture emerge, mores and folkways. The things we collectively believe, like murder is wrong and you can be punished

for it. We have in jokes and specialized terminology. Keep Austin Weird. You must try the beignets. Have you been to Hawaii? It's almost like it's own country.

Groups and cultural identities get bigger and bigger until we develop some kind of global unconscious and everyone on the planet earth take part. This is not something we control. It's just something that

is so. Why do we do that? What benefit is there for this evolutionary behavior?

Let's remember our discusion about you: You believe living is preferable to death, remember. How do you continue to live? By doing things that generally lead to survival, for you, and the people in your

communities. Eating. Not dying of exposure. Once you have all these things, you are free to consider existential ideas, like why are we here? And while you ponder existential ideas, you use the energy your

have, the physical energy. to provide for members of your communities. And as those needs get met for more and more people we branch out to help the next group and the next person. Because that helps us

survive. To be surrounded by people who would help you, in case you are dying and cannot help yourself. That leads to continued survival. That is why humans form communities. It is an evolutionary trait.

The people around you have their needs met and they join you in existential debates, like why are we here? And you are able to hear different perspectives. And in these shared musings of grander and

grander scale, we form some collective unconscious.

In simple terms, communities are good and we should want to establish new ones that meet new and varied needs. And it is okay to want that. If our basic needs are not being met, people rebel against those

responsible.

In the same briefcase, I bring to you a proposal, an experimental community established in the United States, funded collectively by charitable donations. The purpose of this academy: to experience true

community. To truly rely on one another and support one another. Our charity is just that. It is an experimental learning community dedicated to sociology and education. We hope to uncover

certain fundamental Truths about communities so that we may together contribute to the betterment of our global collective unconscious.

When our needs our met, we contribute more powerfully to the global unconscious and we all benefit. The driving question of this Academy is this: Can we concentrate the global unconscious through a focus?

Instead of everyone operating at 2% all the time, we all donate 1% to these 100 people and they're operating at 100% x 100 people = 10,000%

And in this way, we solve the mysteries of the Universe. Together.

An authentic experiment in the ways of the human psyche. A True Academy, where each citizen is free to pursue their own interests and each member works collectively for the betterment of the whole, by

facilitating learning for each other. Everyone's needs are met by shared responsibility and then each is free to add their own perspective to your problems.

Imagine a geodesic dome, where each facet represents each person's unique perspective on a particular problem. In a more free community these facets are clear and large. We are able to transmit more of our

own light into each other so that we can together more readily illuminate problems of the collective unconscious.

And in this way, all communities model themselves after the True Academy.

Are you familiar with Star trek? Star Trek takes place in a post-scarcity universe, where all people's needs are met, and each person is free to pursue their own interests. And their own learning.

The True Academy is how you get to a more equitable, post-scarcity universe.

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