I was misleading and probably caused harm by being polite and indirect instead of saying “this popular thing looks bad to me” explicitly. I regret this and intend to be less polite in future. But the opposite error is also harmful…
https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1356060132065464323
Many turn to meditation as a less grueling, less expensive, more popular alternative to psychotherapy or psychedelics. And in small doses it's usually beneficial.
What no one tells you is that the mainstream meditation methods were explicitly designed to turn you into a zombie. That's what their inventors said they wanted. And if you practice them seriously, that's what happens.
https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1354277881640173570?s=20
Many para-religious systems are good if taken lightly, but harmful if taken too seriously. How to respond?
Their leaders say "yes, we know our predecessors left piles of skulls, but we have good intentions and are doing it differently."
slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/07/yes…
Their leaders say "yes, we know our predecessors left piles of skulls, but we have good intentions and are doing it differently."
slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/07/yes…
If you wander around Berkeley, you can't help occasionally noticing a freshly-severed head in the gutter on a back street.
It's really sad, but people do sometimes cut their heads off. I mean, it's not my problem, right? And it's not a pile of skulls. It's not anyone's problem.
It's really sad, but people do sometimes cut their heads off. I mean, it's not my problem, right? And it's not a pile of skulls. It's not anyone's problem.
"Well, yes, we do recommend removing your head," Berkeley thought leaders say. "But only for advanced practitioners, and only under medical supervision. We firmly oppose this sort of back-alley decapitation."
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