How I Tricked My Brain To Like Doing Hard Things (dopamine detox) by Aureus in FoundationGuide

[–]filbs111 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Video unavailable, but there are a huge number of similar videos to be found by searching the internet for the title of this post. I wonder why. Generally decent advice. In short, go cold turkey on high dopamine activities so boring stuff becomes appealing. I'll give it a go.

Trouble getting motivated? Check out the new Foundation Guide wiki! by Aureus in FoundationGuide

[–]Aureus[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

First off, I highly appreciate the feedback. This is exactly what I'm looking for.

What you need is an active community to start collaborating on more in-depth sub-guides on the wiki, otherwise you'll need to dump hundreds of hours into research.

I plan to cover just the basics to start (although I will eventually be expanding into more advanced subjects) so I hope it won't take too much research. I also want to take guides that have already been written and are well-formatted and supply those as additional resources, as I've done in the Grooming article. No point in covering territory that's already been explored.

I totally agree with your assessments for a platform. You're right, on SaidIt and Ruqqus I'm having a hard time finding people who would be interested, even though I find the culture generally better than Reddit. I think 4chan could be very receptive, but unfortunately they do tend to ban self-improvement threads. For now I'll stick mainly to Reddit and stay on the less swamped subs.

Btw, would you be interested in contributing to this or sharing it?

Trouble getting motivated? Check out the new Foundation Guide wiki! by Aureus in FoundationGuide

[–]Nemesis 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think that depends on your goal for the project. The articles are good - concise and well-written, but they're clearly starting points for people that want to make a change. Seems like you just about have a complete one-stop primer for people who have hit a low point. Solid product, and a huge swath of the internet is a receptive market. This seems like phase 1 of the project, since this is doable solo. Finish or delete any blank pages, and make sure wiki advertises this is more than a guide, its an evolving communal creation that's driven by each individuals unique expertise and experience. What you need is an active community to start collaborating on more in-depth sub-guides on the wiki, otherwise you'll need to dump hundreds of hours into research.

The highest impact move is pick ruqqus, saidit, or reddit as the keystone of your foundation. Then start evangelizing. 4chan and reddit both love self-improvement, full of lost people that don't know how to move forward. None of these three websites have an organic path to a front page. Until you reach a large enough user base to grow by word of mouth or social media, you have to find users by hand. /pol/, /r9k/, and /fit/ are infested with people perpetually bitching about their lives and the fact that 4chan's mods and Jannies routinely ban self improvement threads. High demand, artificially low supply = opportunity. Reddit, I'm sure you know some receptive subs, where miserably people have been fed a diet of motivational quotes and empty platitudes as the solution to their problems. I think saidit is a good host, but users here are mostly political refugees from reddit, they use it as an intellectual asylum rather than for lifestyle or self improvement.

Trouble getting motivated? Check out the new Foundation Guide wiki! by Aureus in FoundationGuide

[–]Nemesis 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

/sig/ vibes, I love it

The Richest Man in Babylon | Financial advice through a collection of parables set 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylon by Jesus-Christ in FoundationGuide

[–]Aureus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Great recommendation, thanks!

While we're suggesting books, Influence: Science and Practice by Robert Cialdini is a great one. by Aureus in FoundationGuide

[–]Nemesis 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Love this book, definitely second this recommendation

The Foundation Guide: a collection of guides to Dating, Socializing, Diet, Grooming and more by Aureus in FoundationGuide

[–]whistlepig 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks. I has assumed that TOR was encrypting from your computer to the next layer in the onion which would be on the other side of the VPN, but apparently I misunderstood. Thanks for the link. I'll read up on it.

The Foundation Guide: a collection of guides to Dating, Socializing, Diet, Grooming and more by Aureus in FoundationGuide

[–]Aureus[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Using both means that your VPN can see everything you do through TOR. It kind of defeats the point; you might as well just use one or the other.

There may be another way to configure it, but if you're not savvy, it's best to just use TOR (or a VPN depending on your needs).

Here is a good resource: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorPlusVPN

The Foundation Guide: a collection of guides to Dating, Socializing, Diet, Grooming and more by Aureus in FoundationGuide

[–]whistlepig 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

TOR+VPN is actually less safe than just TOR (usually)

Anyone can explain or point to an article that explains why this would be?

"How to be Invisible" J.J.Luna - good book on privacy basics by Nemesis in FoundationGuide

[–]Aureus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

These look great, I'll have to check them out! Thanks again!

"How to be Invisible" J.J.Luna - good book on privacy basics by Nemesis in FoundationGuide

[–]Nemesis[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

this is the main thing I was thinking of, probably supplemented by this and this, with further grounding in this for management and administrative restructuring. Last one's dry but I think you'd find interesting since I think you're also interested in the nature and application of power. Haven't read all of these yet, just word of mouth, so I can't vouch for quality, but interesting nevertheless.

"How to be Invisible" J.J.Luna - good book on privacy basics by Nemesis in FoundationGuide

[–]Aureus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A book club could be interesting. I feel like nonfiction would be more relevant, but short fiction could work if it would help get people onboard. Personally I think articles would be best though - I have a ton saved up I think are really important and useful, and articles are a lot easier for people to read than whole books.

guides to make a small town completely self-sufficient

Do you have a direct link to this? This would be awesome

"How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie by Nemesis in FoundationGuide

[–]Aureus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks, this is one of my top recommendations as well! I had no idea it was on the archive.

"How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie by Nemesis in FoundationGuide

[–]philosopher 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is a great book. Don't be put off by the silly name, it's full of stuff that will stick with you for life.

"How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie by Nemesis in FoundationGuide

[–]Nemesis[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Extremely useful guide for developing networking/social skills, read by almost everyone in EQ intensive work like sales, lobbying, marketing, etc. Will give you practical advice that you can immediately apply to your life, cannot recommend enough to anyone interested in advancing their own interest.

"How to be Invisible" J.J.Luna - good book on privacy basics by Nemesis in FoundationGuide

[–]Jesus-Christ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for suggestion, reading tonight.

"How to be Invisible" J.J.Luna - good book on privacy basics by Nemesis in FoundationGuide

[–]Nemesis[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

depends on what your interest is, I think most of Napoleon hill's stuff is free on there for general self improvement. Go to folkscanomy, they have everything by category, from there you can some crazy stuff, British ww2 self defense manuals, guides to make a small town completely self-sufficient, the usual anarchist cookbook type pdf for making guns and ammos with scrap and pipes, involved guides on music, math, coding, fascinating stuff for cultivating rare skills.

For this sub, though, there are a lot of classics on there free, legal(?), and literally two clicks away, less involved and sketchy than the typical free .pdf online hunt, we should find something interesting on there and do a weekly or monthly bookclub on this sub. No better way to self improve than having routinized intellectual effort. E.G. a nice scan of Nietzesche's "Will to Power" is on there, love or hate the guy he has ideas everyone should tangle with, it would be fun to find 5 to 10 other users on here and start a discussion, the book is saturated with topics that have never been more relevant. But we could start with something lighter as well, some light sci-fi that's easy to read, then discuss the message or big idea at play

The Charismatic Man: The 3 Elements of Personal Magnetism by Jesus-Christ in FoundationGuide

[–]Aureus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for posting, I'll have to check this out!

"How to be Invisible" J.J.Luna - good book on privacy basics by Nemesis in FoundationGuide

[–]Aureus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for posting this here! I've heard a lot of good things about archive.org. Any other good books you've read that you recommend?

"How to be Invisible" J.J.Luna - good book on privacy basics by Nemesis in FoundationGuide

[–]Nemesis[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

archive.org has an entire library of pdf books that will teach you any skill you wish, how to farm, garden, lock pick, circuits, knife fighting, self defense, tradecraft, surveillance, tons of history books, an extremely interesting resource for anyone interested in self-cultivation. Includes many books you can no longer obtain in print easily.

The Foundation Guide: a collection of guides to Dating, Socializing, Diet, Grooming and more by Aureus in FoundationGuide

[–]Aureus[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That looks interesting, could I get a quick rundown on what it's about?

The Foundation Guide: a collection of guides to Dating, Socializing, Diet, Grooming and more by Aureus in FoundationGuide

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)