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Re: Apple Vision Pro and ADHD

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Post by nunez » Mon, Feb 05, 2024, 11:00 PM UTC

wkat4242 wrote: post #100

nunez wrote: post #96

> I'm currently typing this blog post in a floating window in the middle of snow-covered Yosemite. I am a floating body manifested into the transcendental Tim Cook matrix. I look into the sky and follow the soft clouds as they pass overhead. They slowly part, revealing Steve Jobs' smiling face watching over me from the heavens above. I am merely one more thing. god damn; this is the most dystopian shit i've read in a…

Nah. People will still go to bars. We couldn't wait to be done with the COVID restrictions and I'm still making up for all the lost time, long nights where I roll onto the street at 6am when the last club closes lol. Also don't forget a motive is to meet people and hook up. That won't be as good virtually as in real life for a long time.

The difference between COVID and this is that you can put this device on and be wherever you want to be while, theoretically, "interacting" with whoever you want.

Re: Apple Vision Pro and ADHD

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Post by lawrenceyan » Tue, Feb 06, 2024, 10:47 PM UTC

dpig_ wrote: post #116

lawrenceyan wrote: post #95

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I won’t tell you not to use medication. Most of the world drinks caffeine everyday. Maybe it truly is necessary for some people. But I would really caution its usage. It’s the same as putting a hammer and slamming it against the person’s brain. It’s also temporary and goes away the moment the drug disappears. Meditation has the benefit of bringing permanent positive changes. But more importantly it acts in a way that…

> It's also temporary and goes away the moment the drug disappears. Some meditative insight might reveal that, in fact, everything is temporary. Therapies don't need to be cures.

Why choose temporary dependencies when you can have the real thing?

Re: Apple Vision Pro and ADHD

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Post by lawrenceyan » Tue, Feb 06, 2024, 10:50 PM UTC

mtlmtlmtlmtl wrote: post #121

lawrenceyan wrote: post #94

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Part of the point of meditation in its early stages is training focus/concentration. If you feel bored that’s a good thing! It means you’re giving your brain a good workout basically, and it’s improving.

Eh, sure. But then, as is said, due to the boredom, I stop doing it. This is the problem.

Mmm that's fair. Well just try your best to meditate when you can. Any amount is better than nothing!