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[–]Entropick[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Hey, that was really interesting to read. I'm down for a solid chat with you on this, as opposed to a formal reply here, like this. I can speak better in real-time, faster and more specifically accurate. You always seem to suggest you "need a life" or whatever, so I have some opinions on that, possibly. We've been hanging out here for a while man, I do anything I could to help you. I'm into the discovery part of it myself. it's been helpful for my mental health and those around me. I'l chat with you soon and thanks for the long reply. I think you are a seriously cool dude.

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

Appreciate the appreciation. Backatcha. I have "preference friended" only the select few that I agree with on most things, you among them. I don't know what that actually means in the grans scheme of things on SaidIt, but to me it's just a little red F beside your name that indicates someone worth reading first among the noise of the riffraff.

I say I don't have "a life", partly as humility, partly in stark contrast to my life before and in youth, and partly because "a life" as the mainstream would have us believe is not what I'm after. I'm actually far more zen away from mere mortals and like my little hermit life connected to the world by the internet. Yes I would like to find love and money and good times again, but those are not priorities to me now, though maybe the should be, if only a little more.

My top priority and then I can die, or do more projects, is to finish getting my /s/BittersweetSeeds story out of my head, written down, illustrated, published, and maybe more. My dozen or so other big projects either support BsS or are just nice entertainment. BsS is the most meaningful and important work I can imagine. I aim to be on the level of 1984, Brave New World, 2001, Children Of Men, Neal Stephenson, etc. and firmly believe I have that, if I can just execute it well.

If you want to help me with my life, you can persistently ask me about progress on it and/or specifics about it. I don't have the disciplined focus necessary to force it out of my head and through the keyboard. The illustrations will be vastly easier for me. Having someone to talk it all over with would certainly help.

And perhaps this might be up your alley too: I've considered my story from as many angles as possible. I don't know how, but I wouldn't object to trying to include some shamanic kinda woo on some levels, where applicable. Not woo, so much as, "discovery" - especially as it pertains to artificial intelligence and transhumanism. To really understand what I mean, you'll first have to draw out the story from me so we can be on the same page in the same fictional near future. Something to consider.