sometimes people say i work hard
i never really thought about it
i just wake up and do things
what i observe in others is their inability to focus
but anyway, why working hard?
because life is nice
in europe people would say "you are stupid" and then "carpe diem" and stuff like this
"you only live once", "life is short"
that's what happen when you are brainwashed
when your main source of knowledge is your natural knowledge (eg what you get when you are born) and the news
which make sense, it's normal to believe that life is short when you're mostly based on natural knowledge and that humans always died in the past
but the past does not necessarily predict the future
coming to the point, one of the reason to work hard is to make life long or forever
if you think this is crazy, you are probably not following longevity research, that's fine, i won't argue here
now you'll say it's egoistic, but, just as in the airplane they tell you to grab the air for yourself first, and then you can help the other, you're more likely to do anything in the world if you live longer
right?
coming to the second reason, once you made yourself live longer, opportunities multiply, you can make others live longer then, seems one of most valuable action
my last point is love
i believe we only experience a very shallow version of what could be possible in terms of inter-relational emotions and experiences, think about this, imagine what it would be like to have sex with a neuralink in the brain, directly sharing your experience with your partner
even lower tech things like traveling in space, increasing the bandwidth of communication between brains using AI, new psychedelics, etc.
let's quantify human experience mathematically
dimensions of human connection (H):
- verbal bandwidth (v): bits/second of speech
- emotional bandwidth (e): emotional states detected/shared
- sensory bandwidth (s): sensory channels × resolution
- temporal bandwidth (t): processing speed of shared experiences
- spatial bandwidth (d): physical dimensions of interaction
current human connection capacity (Hc):
v = ~150 words/min × 7 bits/word = 1,050 bits/s
e = ~7 basic emotions × 3 levels = 21 states
s = 5 senses × 8-bit resolution = 40 bits/channel
t = ~100ms cognitive processing delay
d = 3 spatial dimensions + 1 temporal
Hc = v × e × s × (1/t) × d
≈ 1k bits/s × 21 × 40 × 10hz × 4
≈ 8.4 megabits/s of human experience bandwidth
future enhanced connection (Hf):
v = direct neural transmission = 1 gigabit/s
e = continuous emotional state space = 1 million states
s = full sensory streaming = 32-bit × unlimited channels
t = near instantaneous = 1ms delay
d = n-dimensional quantum entangled states
Hf = v × e × s × (1/t) × d
≈ 1 exabit/s of human experience bandwidth
ratio = Hf/Hc ≈ 10^12
that's a trillion-fold increase in connection depth
like comparing a bacteria's sensing to a human brain
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here's the thing:
1. we work hard because we might live forever
2. living forever multiplies our impact exponentially
3. and the future of human connection is literally trillion times more intense than what we have now
when people tell you "life is short, enjoy it"
tell them "life is potentially infinite, let's make it happen"
when they say "you work too hard"
tell them "you think too small"
because right now we're all just prototypes
early humans trying to bootstrap themselves into something far greater
and every hour of work is a pixel in that bigger picture
we're not just working hard
we're working towards transcendence
#transhumanism #longevity #future
#personal-growth
#philosophy