Maybe I just watch a lotta matt vlogs, but the thoughts always come back to me. It’s like my conscious mind can step back from the controls and watch my subliminal mind take over on auto-pilot. Without thinking about it, my body is taking care of my material needs, my space, keeping me fed and comfortable. That subliminal force is there all the time though, I just don’t notice it. It has to be that way for everyone too right? 95% of our personal decisions throughout the day were based on subliminal thought & behavior patterns to keep us comfortable. Even the most spontaneous and erratic brain can only make a %5 sway on the ships course.

It’s probably a politically self-interested affirming idea that weed unlocks the Marxism in all of us lol. But it feels nice to have a physiological experience resonate with my beliefs.

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    1 year ago

    Acid does that for me, although usually with more emphasis on the dialectical or "complex systems* part of diamat.

    The 95/5 ratio is probably reasonable, but worth noting that the 5% active decisions can have a disproportionate impact. It’s that 5% that allows us to interact with our material environment, which then shapes our passive decisions, the 95%. Zoom out from the individual and there’s parallels at different levels, perhaps an argument for a vanguard party in some contexts.

    Like using your ship metaphor, a ship is 95% at the whim of the ocean and wind. But the small tweaks and choices meant ships could, on average, fairly consistently, get roughly where they wanted to go.