The red pill won't save you

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Some people dive into the red pill, take what they need, and leave. Others stick around. The latter group seems to be there not to better themselves but because they find some solace there. But how could someone find solace in a place designed to be harsh? For the same reason people pinch their arms to distract from the pain in their knee.

The red pill has swept popular consciousness amongst young men in the past few years, and it's fair enough. We are a lost generation, so anyone claiming to possess total solutions to perennial problems is naturally very attractive. But I've seen many men my age become MORE lonely and MORE annoying since festering an obsession with the red pill.

As with all pills, the poison is in the dosage. And if you find yourself chugging down bottles of red pill content on the daily, there's likely some internal undercurrents of resentment that the red pill is cathartically connecting with.

Embedded in that distraction is a pleasant self-deception, which is, ironically, the original meaning of 'blue pill'. And what's even more ironic is that the more you obsess over red-pill ideas, the more you resemble a blue-pilled social justice warrior.

Same coin. Different side.

Channel overview:

A few years ago, I was stuck in bed, hating the universe for subjecting me to the 'sick and twisted game of life' without my consent. I was pathetic.

It was only after I realized something very important that things began getting better... life didn't suck; I did.
In the absence of friction, my mind was conjuring its own, so life was hard, yes, but it didn't have to be. The suffering was unnecessary. After a few years of incremental progress, I'm having the time of my life. I've never been in better shape, my mind has never been sharper, I've never experienced so much happiness, and it's all rooted in a deep sense of meaning that was once absent.

I had to shake myself of lots of old beliefs and patterns to get to where I am, and I believe there are millions of other people who feel stuck and could learn from my mistakes. So that's why I'm starting this channel: to share some of the insights that formed the foundation of the psychological habitat I now occupy.

I don't know exactly how the channel will develop, but I'm going to start by posting my raw ideas, as that's the only thing I can consistently do at this point in time.

I hope it helps!

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