Matthew Sparks
@sparksm
BS Behavioral Neuroscience: addiction and addiction treatment armchair-expert with a past toxic relationship with opioids. Aspiring terminal degree holder. Lifelong musician, metalhead, tech nerd and PC gamer, and open-mic night standup comic. Accidentally blew up on YouTube for screaming in my car.
Motivation and Humor
1000 IQ crippling self-doubt ENGAGED.
Knowing is not enough. Knowing too much can encourage us to procrastinate. There's a certain point when continuing to know at the expense of doing allows the mess to grow further
This is a mess I have both birthed and been consumed by, and now I am watching it consume others from the other side of the fence. They’re too defensive to be heard, but I keep the Faith that they will figure it out. Unfortunately, it’s just a matter of waiting.
I think productivity is really a race to the bottom um it's I think that the that a lot has been said about how humans uh or machines are trying to be more human but I think less has been said about how humans have for decades uh been trained to be machines
and we have a lot of unlearning to do because if we focus on efficiency and optimization and
... See moreAnother important point about not just our cultural obsession with these vague notions of achieving great productivity and efficiency: these sorts of things move us further from our unique human nature and closer towards that of sorting machines.
This applies to PKMS design as well: If you are spending more time doing the robot part of the work instead of learning or applying, the application is not helping you. IT’S DISTRACTING YOU.
Another day dragged on into sleepless nights
I wish I knew no stars when the sky grows dark
Each one a reminder of all that we are (All that we are)
And how it fell apart
Monument to every meaningless goodbye
And a purpose I have yet to find
A pale light lingers no matter where I hide
Are you ready for truth and pain to be the same?
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This is absolute garbage. If you search “marriage penalties and federal welfare programs”—which is in their Project 2025, this trash is the first result.
Dr. Marc Lewis promotes a model for addiction based around deep learning—the process by which our brain deeply integrates thoughts, beliefs, and actions when doing or experiencing something impactful, over and over again, or both. This model stands in contrast to the idea that addiction is brain disease, unable to be cured—only treated—and that demands indefinite abstinence from all mind altering substances.
