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What Can AI Tell Us about the Human Mind? with Joscha Bach
Deconstructing Yourself
The Illusion of Meaning and Evolutionary Fitness
Disidentifying with the self can lead to diminished motivation, as identifying with the mind that creates reality makes it difficult to be motivated. By changing your relationship to the universe and not jumping through all the evolutionary hoops, you define awakening, where the illusion of meaning is used to make you care about things. Awakening makes it harder for the organism to compel you to have kids, leading to a shift in motivation and understanding.
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