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This is amazing! So insightful. Can I talk to you sometime via email? I'm interested in your thoughts about how to bring people together and be less lonely. BTW why can't I follow you on quora?
Sure, feel free to email me. I don't know why you can't follow me on Quora.
>In operations performed to relieve chronic pain, doctors have lesioned, or disabled, the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex. After the surgery, the patients report that they can still sense where the trouble comes from, but, they add, it just doesn’t bother them anymore.
So there is a surgical procedure that removes the negative feelings of pain, without removing the actual feeling? What are the downsides to this procedure? I'm sure I must be missing something, but as described it sounds like something some, or even a lot of adults without chronic pain would want to get voluntarily. It seems perfect for people that need intense physical therapy in order to walk. Also for people like elite military operatives that may have to undergo extreme circumstances like torture. Would this surgery just make people not care about torture? Also for athletes, who could now push themselves to the physical limit due to now being able to endure great pain without being bothered.
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stop being a pussy and listen to Roth-era Van Halen. or... 2 chicks at the same time, man. ;)
Temporary jollies don't get rid of the great chasm of loneliness. When they're gone, it remains.
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1. Your subjective view of your own situation is very negative - "done myself in", "a life of doom" etc. 2. At the same time your situation is objectively good - you have a good profession and a good job, you're not complaining about health problems other than alcohol dependency, and you kicked the alcohol for two months now. Even if you went to jail you're out free now. The whole life is in front of you. Given the o…
Thanks for the reply. The PI charge can be expunged next year so really I'll only have the 2 duis (one of which is ongoing but the nature of DUI laws its pretty much going to end up a conviction). Even before the first sight of legal trouble I was considering therapy but ive been afraid of being subscribed medication that may disconnect me even further or the social stigmatism of needing mental health help. Having yo…
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Temporary jollies don't get rid of the great chasm of loneliness. When they're gone, it remains.
It's a reference to a similar topic of conversation in the movie Office Space.
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>Something the article does not touch on is accepting the reality of alone-ness: we're all alone together (quote from an old friend). I don't think this is the same thing. Some people are demonstrably more alone than others, such as closeted men during the AIDS epidemic.
Agreed, but doesn't change the fact that we're all alone together. Even connected people, with friends, family, and lovers by their side...exit stage left alone. Loneliness is a layer thrown on top of fundamental alone-ness. Obviously life is more enjoyable when feeling connected, belonging and so on, but for many that's simply not in the cards. If everyone felt accepted and loved, would it be life? Sounds more like…
YES.