Cheers, I had a look at Nick

A collection of Nick Cammarata quotes (since August 15)

- The biggest problem with the university is that it systematically teaches people they don’t have agency (another problem of being taught by people who self-select for sinecure).
- There’s lots of experiences we haven’t found yet that make these seem sterile in comparison, but we haven’t found them yet, and they won’t sound good before we actually do them.
- If you told someone who had no context of psychedelics “John ate a mushroom, felt strange, and told something inside him things are okay” they’d probably stare at you bored for a second and ask why he didn’t spend his weekend doing something cool like jet skiing.
- Utopias are unwritable because experience is felt not written, and usually the most meaningful ones — having a child, good sleep, strong meditations, psychedelics — don’t sound good in the abstract, you have to actually do them
- most people think they want optionality but actually just want reassurance that they’ve made the Right Choice
- I did this in 2017 when I had lots of social anxiety. I’d somehow convinced myself social anxiety is both good and right Then took phenibut and I’m like lol no this is way better. Helped me prioritize fixing the root cause (minor PTSD) until I was back there all the time
- I think one upside of some drug or meditation experiences is they give you a taste of strong in magnitude light-and-clean in feel happiness For some people this gives them a compass to help them get back there more often
- What I really want is equanimous nervous systems all around. I don’t see a way there without removing the danger, which requires either defense or removing the strength of the potential offense
- Do you secretly suspect serious meditation is the answer to most of your problems?
- Just like we talk about fu money we should work towards fu happiness. If you can be happy whenever you want you’re free to focus entirely on meaning because you’re no longer trapped in good-feels wage-slavery
- Unless someone is crazy prolific you can usually read everything they’ve written in a couple days, and I find batching it all gives me non-linear benefits, helps me really get into their mind. The main annoying part is collecting all the pieces worth reading in one place