oh yeah this is an uncomfy belief i often ignore but accept- that sustained effort is more important than creative talent https://x.com/visakanv/status/1725300948627771836
another thought that bothers me- minimum viable suffering- that pain and frustration and all of it exist to keep us alive... plus hedonic adaptation, that awareness of improvement fades back to baseline...
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Reply · Feb 7, 2024if there's one message from the jhana posting it's that ppl don't necessarily want endless bliss i still wonder if there's minimum viable suffering…Reply · Feb 16, 2023@machinegod @profoundlyyyy @BasedBeffJezos I see pain at least being a critically important feedback mechanism for ongoing adaptation to a changing…Quote tweet · Jun 7, 2024@triviasOnX @beffjezos i think it is actually necessarily painfulReply · Jun 6, 2024@nobuhojimichaan @rinadalanakrih it feels like a mental adjustment to accommodate excruciating awareness of suffering