Niko Adjan

I toyed with the idea a few weeks ago. App store results for bio energetics = 0 feels like stars are aligning. Flow could be rather simple. 3d bodymap, touch areas that feel tense, give user personalized tools to release tension, observe progress over time. Make reich and lowens work blow up on tiktok & plug app in the end.

It's a brilliant idea for sure and I gave it lots of thought. I'm just not sure how much "being in the presence" of someone, being attuned to, having a container, etc (all these things you get in a group or in therapy, etc) translate well. It's not purely about the exercises or theory in itself, it feels like. This is why the worst therapist following the "guideline" perfectly can cause zero effect/change, while talking to the most illiterate but emotionally attuned/healthy person about the weather can have a directly observable (and sometimes even lasting) effect on us. The observer effect is real, there's something about it.

Anger is the least socially acceptable emotion, there's almost no safe container for majority of people to express it in, and almost no one knows how to process it. Everyone talks about "solar energy farms" and stuff but if we could get some % of the population to unblock their anger safely and integrate/channel it, it'd lead to truly transformative results. Wouldn't be surprised one bit if it had a direct impact on the economy, too, let alone happier and healthier people. It's mind boggling to me how "humanities" people are writing essays all day every day about random things but they're so castrated and useless when it comes to stuff like this. Who is working on something about emotions + society, integration, projects/applications of this? Where are all these people for God's sake

@CEOLandshark lmao, I might have to build the first bio energetics / reichian therapy app

"CEOLandshark calls for mass riots" hahahah NO. That's anger gone wrong. That's a temper tantrum in an adult's body. Rage rooms ain't it, too. Once I become a billionaire I'll fund all the Reichian therapists and cooky Californian bodywork types Thiel style, causing great havoc (before paradise). We need to upgrade the consciousness of the world. First ourselves, then the world. Teilhard de Chardin knew it.

@CEOLandshark What leverage do these apps have that makes them hard to compete with?

It's not rare that I scroll Twitter and see a "this app makes $2M/mo!" thread. Then you click and the app in question is something like Headspace or Noom or some 10 year old fitness app. It's just like calling FashionNova or grüns a "Shopify store" (funnily there are also guys who post shit like that). Or calling Starbucks or H&M a "store" or something. I get that it's about getting quick clicks and make people feel like "wooh, if that dumbo app can make monay, I can make monay!!", theoretically you definitely can (if you have the same leverage), but that thread for you is ultimately just useless. Your focus needs to be on applying the absolute basics perfectly (that makes you a good living) and THEN find hidden edges, moats, special sauces, etc to apply (which makes a great living). We're all still learning but that's the truth.

@zaidkdahhaj What is the advantage of these over random smart lightbulbs like Philipps Hue?

Found this German company called LICHTBLOCK that offers these, and I have never been more pissed that a company doesn’t offer international shipping If you own a photobiomodulation/circadian company, you need to be making these immediately Send me a DM if you are I want everything to do with these

u love the idea of becoming ur best self because it feeds ur ego. u self-sabotage because u're scared of reaching it and finding out it's less than you dreamed to change u must kill the arrogant ideal u built and face who u really are

@amasad gotta hit farmers market or it‘s over for your t levels

Whole Plastics: “nice testosterone you got there, be shame if something were to happen to it”

All answers and explanations ur struggling to get to are banal. Ur not looking for banal enough. Look for more banal.

@yacineMTB Being inscrutable is a popular moat. Most things are just really easy, and they don't want you to know.

Good morning. Just build your god damn company.

a lot of younger people have been reaching out asking me about “advice” on what they should do. don’t live a deferred life plan .@sama put it best. don’t live halfassing something whatever that thing is. you should do it with 150% effort and determination.

Jordan Peterson explains why not pursuing your interests is actually a sin

You need to be vocabulary maxxing because there are some thoughts you'll only have if you have the words for them. Nietzsche: "We have only the particular thought for the words that are present in our minds." Knowing more words means giving more clay to your mind to sculpt ideas

first time founders care about product second time founders care about distribution third time founders care about retention

> humans suffer from a recurring problem > eureka! solution found > solution becomes a "tradition" > future generations dont have the problem > as they cant see the problem, they think the tradition is useless > tradition thrown away "muh efficiency" "muh progress" > problem back

When shit goes down Don't ask yourself: "How do I minimize the damage?" Instead ask yourself "How do I turn into a astronomical win?"

A novice stoic feels anxious. Frustrated and disappointed about feeling anxious, he gets upset.

Don’t be the “wasn’t my fault” guy. Own your decisions, even the wrong ones. Bold decisions are bold because they can go wrong. Right or wrong, every decision trains your intuition. Negative data is as valuable as positive. No decisions = no progress.

Do not dismiss a valuable message because you dislike the messenger.

When somebody tells you something can’t be done, ask: “Does it defy the laws of physics?” The human brain is a question answering machine. If you ask it: “What is good in my life?” — it will find answers. If you ask it: “What is bad in my life?” — it will find answers. If you ask it, “Does this defy the laws of physics?” — it will reply with “No” — and start creating all the ludicrous ways this could be possible. The limits of your questions are the limits of your world. The modern philosopher Liam Gallagher once sang: “Questions are the answers you might need” “Does this defy the laws of physics?” forces you to wipe your mental whiteboard around the problem and start from first principles. If the bouncer on the front door says you can’t get in - a low agency trap to fall into is to accept this social statement as reality. Instead ask yourself: "Does getting into this venue defy the laws of physics?" In order to get into the venue — do you need to defy the laws of thermodynamics or break Newtons laws of motion? This question sounds absurd — but it’s powerful because it debugs our social code. The social code of accepting what other people have said. The irony is that these rules only exists in other people’s head — because it exists in other people’s head. A lot of social rules are like a giant Ponzi scheme — they only have value because people think they have value. And the grandkids of the people that enforce them often look back with condemnation at the grandparents for following them — because they’ve moved onto a new set of social rules. The bouncer may have said you can’t get in tonight — but if you work from first principles -- there's lots of ways you could still get in: • Bribe the bouncer, • Get in through the back door • Contact the owner of the venue • Disguise yourself in a new outfit • Get your friends to bring a full camera studio and pretend it's TMZ caputring the club denying entry to an A-list celebrity If it doesn’t defy the laws of physics, you have some agency over the situation. Ask the brain that question, and watch the answers it produces. To steelman this argument — let’s present an absurd example: Will your 1 metre friend who’s never played a game of basketball in his life make it in the NBA? It’s extremely improbable — but it doesn’t defy the laws of physics. Does it defy the laws of physics one day that my friend will be able to edit his genetic code and download the Deep Blue equivalent for basketball to his consciousness? Not necessarily. We just haven’t figured out how yet. This metaphor sounds absurd because of our social constructs about our current form of reality. If you told a person from 5,000 years ago about the car, smartphone, airplane, antibiotics, nuclear weapons, helicopters, Zoom — it would appear just as absurd. Warning: If you ask this question regularly — you will look like an absolute lunatic to everyone around you. You will be socially false — but historically correct. “Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those that could not hear the music” - Nietzsche If you ask: “Does this defy the laws of physics?” — you can hear a soft sound of music coming from a future room. ---- If you enjoyed this, it's taken from my newsletter. Get my best ideas when you sign up. Link below.