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Seriously, though, I’d rather be blind than deaf.

Woah, I almost wanna say the same too, but on second thought, I’d rather be deaf than blind - that’s because I think eyes are the windows to a person’s soul, and I can peer into anyone’s soul just by eye contact. Too bad my eyesight is aging faster than the rest of me.

Using a similar but different word?
It’s likely / mostly / rather possible / necessary.

Individual freedom is of utmost importance to us, but on our own, we feel lost & lonely. So we seek connection and comfort, but that binds us, so we run back to freedom. This is the see-saw or the yin-yang that applies to all life. Your cats for instance enjoy watching you from a distance, but stare back at them, and they will feel uncomfortable enough to walk away.

1. I will make infinite copies of myself, then 2) I will physically manifest myself in reality in all the different shapes, sizes, & colors I can imagine, then 3) I will experience life through the perspective of each of those infinite copies, one day at a time, one life at a time, 4) remove all memory of being God so the only memory I have in all of my life forms is the lived experience.

WAIT, I AM ALREADY DOING IT!

A goalkeeper in soccer or similar. It’s a thankless job, you save 10 shots, nobody notices. But you miss one and you’ll be called a bum by your own fans. As opposed to a forward striker, who might miss 10 shots, nobody notices. But you make one and you’ll be a hero being paraded on shoulders.

Market socialism, aka worker cooperatives, consumer cooperatives, credit unions, open source, fediverse etc are still part of capitalism, but are not profit first. All enterprise exists to create value for, and serve the community, profit doesn’t have to be the driver. When refugees move to a new city / country, they setup ways to share food, clothes and other goods in order to serve the community, it’s not profit first. In essence, when community is more important than commerce, then the enterprise won’t be profit first.

Enshittification is a result of a company trying to squeeze more out from their customers this quarter than they did last quarter. That is because the line must always go up, so any wall St or investor first company becomes a profit first company. This is the westernized flavor of capitalism. Not all capitalism is profit first.

AI art -
For someone who creates art - AI art is meaningless because art really is about how the process of creating art itself makes us feel, how each brush stroke fills us with joy as the whole picture comes together more beautiful than we imagined. Even in misery and failure, it really was about the experience and living through those moments.
For someone who just appreciates art - AI art is soulless because there is nothing authentic about it, nothing relevant or connecting you to any story or person. I can’t imagine anyone even putting AI art on their walls.
For someone who previously had poor access to artistic expression simply because they lacked the artistic skills - AI allows them to express themselves freely unlike ever before. For advertisers and slop generators - they were gonna automate it anyways, it’s still a useful tool to create digital campaigns if you’re into that, but with all the slop out there, AI will only accelerate humanity’s move away from attention economy to sustainable economy.

I am the universe, and therefore the universe has a purpose in giving me consciousness for a lifetime. We get a lottery for what life-form we get created in (whether we’re a human or a fish or a leaf) and most of that life will go just chasing the continuity of life (consuming energy, burning energy, reproducing), the rest is all made up rules of engagement in society (school, work, career, politics), all of which is “Leela” - a very believable illusion, like a game of monopoly or a very engaging play or a movie - believable, but not absolute truth. So back to the universe and why it gave me consciousness in the first place? It’s just so that I can experience the universe, and see the beauty and oneness of all universe - not just the stars and the planets, but also the living forms of it - the flowers, the bugs, the pets, the wildlife, and all of the other humans on this planet, each one a unique fucking marvellous magical version of the same universe.