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#212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness
Lex Fridman Podcast
Getting to Your Life Without Low Points
People experience low points and despair in life, but it's essential to realize that the notion of a person is a fiction. Memories and expectations often make us unhappy, and the present moment is where we have the power to choose how we feel. When we zoom out from personal attachments, what's left is a state of being conscious, which is a software state without identity, following the physical law. Being randomly instantiated in a suitable substrate, we eventually have to deal with the individual we are stuck with.
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