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“How do parts form a whole?”
The question on my mind for the past 2y.
Nov 26
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Chris Lakin
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“How do parts form a whole?”
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Locally optimal psychology
There’s no way that chronic depression, self-loathing, poor agency, or muscle tension could be optimal… right?
Nov 23
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Chris Lakin
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How do you run an event where strangers feel safe sharing their most cancellable beliefs?
Plausible deniability!
Nov 16
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Chris Lakin
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How do you run an event where strangers feel safe sharing their most cancellable beliefs?
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What if muscle tension is sometimes signal jamming?
Why do we often experience feelings as in the body? For example, why do I feel anxiety in my chest rather than just “knowing” I'm anxious?
Nov 4
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Chris Lakin
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October 2024
Blog posts can be living creatures + reflections on writing
I don’t make this obvious, but most of my blog posts are actually living creatures. They get improved constantly:
Oct 26
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Chris Lakin
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What is autonomy? Why boundaries are necessary.
Here I define autonomy as not having your insides controlled by your outsides.
Oct 21
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Chris Lakin
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Learning to do *real* empathy
I lay there, eyes closed, trying to recall a time when I really felt. The question that had been nagging at me for months hung in the air: “What bad…
Oct 16
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Chris Lakin
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Why I focus on helping key figures in AI
Status: It’s complicated, no longer directly endorsed.
Oct 15
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Chris Lakin
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Feeling part of a greater whole
Have you ever felt deeply connected to the world around you? Like your effortless existence makes a positive difference?
Oct 9
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Chris Lakin
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What is it like to be psychologically healthy? Podcast ft. Damon Sasi
Damon Sasi is a mentor of mine, and he is also a therapist who claims to be very psychologically healthy.
Oct 5
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Chris Lakin
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What is it like to be psychologically healthy? Podcast ft. Damon Sasi
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September 2024
Eye contact is effortless without emotional blocks
So I wanted to run a fun party, “Make 100% eye contact or get sent to jail.” But I didn’t want eye contact to be forced, I wanted it to be genuinely…
Sep 27
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Chris Lakin
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Pay-on-results personal growth: first success
A few months ago I made the claim “Radically effective and rapid growth [motivationally / emotionally / socially] is possible with the right combination…
Sep 11
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Chris Lakin
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