I am sperg, which is arguably an uncommon shape of attention. And I meditate. Which is all about doing certain stuff with attention (and studying it, unavoidably philosophizing about it, etc)

Which is an uncommon perspective, maybe. But surely other people study it too. (So many of us are enmeshed in it after all, and depend on their facility in it for their profession. )

And yes, it’s a big deal. A very big deal. An elephant in the room.

But that isn’t what I said, now is it.

Why not call it a magic trick. I mean, technically it underlays science. So it’s transcendent to our scientific way of making sense of stuff. Which is a pretty good definition for magic.

Did I say that it is mind-blowing?

That 3 problems in a row for you. 2 of them misrepresentation of the words.

Maybe the problem is on your end. Try thinking about it a bit and then get back to me.

You could say that people with this personality trait are inclined to become artists, scientists and engineers.

And you could call this personality trait a magic trick.

I’m describing a way of using attention. To put it entirely in one place and to completely remove it from everything else.

And then the place where you put your attention blossoms and everything else rots.

It’s more of an ensemble of virtue-signals denoting membership in a certain tribe. Same people tho.

Try reading the post again then.

But that isn’t what I said

Hmm

This is a post-joke society

It’s more of a shallow, faux-woke pandering

Actually yes, they changed. Dr Who literally changed sex and race.

Woke sells product.

I can manage color and direction being illusory, but distance, that’s jarring.

That sounds pretty good.

It’s so easy to mistake dreams for reality tho. That’s key.

Intentionally getting sucked in is the number 1 recreation on earth.

Unintentionally, well, it’s so smooth, practically first nature. Ubiquitous and all-dominating. It bears discussion.

It’s all about getting sucked into dreams. Once you’re sucked into a dream, win or lose, you’re still in the dream.

This is where Vipassana comes in.

What if your achievements are mediocre and your views conform to the most popular, for your whole life.

Is that worthy of damnation?

JK Rowling.

(I meant this satirically.)

Me too. I have become very particular in my age tho. 90% of them I quit around chapter 1.

Are you familiar with royal road? The works of DWinchester?