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New comment by verygoodnotbad in "I am rich and have no idea what to do"

verygoodnotbad — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 08:05:51 +0000

I am afraid to be judgemental.

> The article author hasn’t figured out that he got to where he is because he was lucky, not because he was special in some way.

It seems like a lot to assume that suggests the author is not a fast technical learner and builder.

> Hey author if you are reading this, try doing something positive like help people. Volunteer. Everything you have tried so far has been self-centered.

That sounds like good advice for me, but not to the author. I sometimes follow orders from random people for fun, but I infer that the author does not.

The author traveled off the paved path. Reality gave him with wealth and time, but unsatisfaction instead of satisfaction. His role is now to figure out a path back to satisfaction, perhaps it will be a short path or a long path, a common one or a one the world hasn't seen before.

New comment by verygoodnotbad in "Deepseek: The quiet giant leading China’s AI race"

verygoodnotbad — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:42:20 +0000

That sounds true to me. It seems like the CEO is pretty focused on truth.

So maybe he also understands that the US has good reason to tariff and restrict Chinese investment. It is not only for the benefit of the US people, but of the world and the Chinese people. It is not out of emotional fear, but morality and responsibility, which are obviously trans-cultural.

New comment by verygoodnotbad in "Pyongyang Says It Will Send Troops to Ukraine Within a Month"

verygoodnotbad — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 03:40:01 +0000

> It's pretty common knowledge that the north koreans are educated to believe that America is an evil empire out to eradicate them and that their leaders are basically god on earth. Similar to the pre-war Japanese indoctrination model. Called Juche. The ideology was purposely designed to keep the population under control.

I think you are taking this "knowledge" at face value too much. The reality of the situation could be that most people don't give a shit and just go along with the local village leaders, who often don't give a shit either. As long as they get to drink some alcohol every weekend who cares.

> north koreans are educated

It's a big assumption to assume that North Korean mass education works that well. If they can't even get everybody to read normal books, how would they get everybody to believe crazy shit about America to the point that most people would actually sacrifice their life.

> If that's not brainwashing I don't know what is.

I agree with you though. The government of North Korea aims to brainwash their citizens, to have a world-view where they prioritize the goals of the government over other things, but it's probably not as effective as people think.

> America is an evil empire

This is objectively not true. I don't know much about the world, but I am confident that America is better than the others. That is the mindset I keep as a good citizen.