Steffan Bard

Thou shalt be on the internet but not of the internet.

Very nourishing, poetic and deeply relevant podcast episode by The Emerald on the over-psychologization of our public discourse, activism, approach to ritual, and approach to yoga, spirituality and debate. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Talent hits a target nobody else can hit, genius hits a target nobody else can see.

@RealVisionBot @RealVision Curious what others think about how adoption of CBDC(s) would effect LUNA.

Biggest loser in the @RealVision Exchange #crypto portfolio this week: #Terra Will #terra make a comeback? What do you think?

It’s not virtuous to suffer. It’s virtuous to learn from suffering.

@AaronMcCollough @elonmusk The burden ought to be on the government to convince us seatbelts or EUA vaccines are safe & effective rather than telling us they safe & effective while censoring any data that suggests they may not be. Can’t have informed consent if data is left out or we can’t talk about it.

@elonmusk Serious question. Are seatbelt laws an appropriate analogy to vaccine mandates? Both are minor inconveniences that save lives. Did enacting seat belt laws put us on "a path to tyranny"? I'd suggest that no everything is a slippery slope.

If you scare people enough, they will demand removal of freedom. This is the path to tyranny.

@the_boho_gal Jonathan Haidt’s work is hard to go wrong with. Look up his model of moral matrices or read The Happiness Hypothesis or more directly, The Righteous Mind.

@SteffanBard What has most helped you on your journey with this?

“Nothing is as it seems, and everything is exactly as it is.” ~Adyashanti

@SENG_Gifted About 21, still felt too late, but I’m lucky compared to some.

At what age did you learn you were gifted? Share your gifted story with us. #ShareWithSENG

@eschuber8 @RealVision I’m regretfully in agreement

#InvestingTuesday 💵 Scenario: You've been given $1 million with the condition that is must be used in its entirety on 1 short position. What do you short?

When we have made the perpetuation of our side’s story our unconsciously prioritized value over the whole, over ethics, over truth, both sides have already lost.

Traditional media traffic is down over the last 12 months: New York Times: -34% Washington Post: -44% Network television is also down: CNN: -38% Fox: -34% MSNBC: -25% bariweiss.substack.com/p/tgif-omicron…

would then unquestionably be an 'intelligence explosion,' and the intelligence of man would be left far behind. Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make.” -J. Good (1965)

“Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there 1/2

“To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.” -Master Dogen

“To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.”

@mitchwilson random, I know. And yes, I still exist. Saw this and thought of you.

“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.” -Carl R. Rogers

@INF_club INFJ. How to merge my inner values and ideals with being authentic in a world that does not share my values and ideals.

As an INFP, or an INFJ, what's the *biggest* struggle you have, with your personality type? 🤔

Healers, mystics, scientists “knowing is their calling, not-knowing is their job description.” -Kim Krans