lol didn’t even notice

You’re right, but then I would have had to assume everyone believed the same as I do. I thought the more vague idea was better, I’m happy with the variety of answers I’m getting . Congrats on the B tho hehe

I think the metric is different per individual. Progress. I have settled, after years of wonder and experiencing, that we are indeed in a the most incredible classroom. An experience machine. We Temporarily inhabit a meat suit perfectly designed to navigate the machine and initiate the types of experiences that bring about the lessons we have opted to learn. Amnesia of self leads to fear of the unknown, which in turn manifests as a fear of death. It keeps us in the classroom, because if we remembered who we are we would leave at the first sign of discomfort or struggle, and fail to learn anything. Because where we come from is pure satisfaction with no duality, and doesn’t suck. The story of the meat suit is evolution, at some point we just hop into one.

Do you think we have that much effect on the universe?

I enjoyed reading that. Question, do you believe in a god/ architect/ creator? No obligation to answer, I just want to know if someone as rational as yourself believes in the seemingly irrational ( for now)

The designer has a dark sense of humour. First let’s make a thing, then let’s make the best place ever for that thing. Then let’s test the thing to see if it deserves the best place. But before that, let’s make the thing attracted to all the things that will make the thing not deserve the good place. And just to top it off let’s not tell the thing anything about it…. Now we watch.

I don’t even know what that means but I like it.

You’re absolutely correct, but there is no metric. So go on gut feel.

Poetry

I imagined that most would take a look at the carnage spewed out on media channels and decided to vote more negatively. But the fact that we are still here and still progressing (however slowly) must mean that we are winning somewhat

I’d put him up there with Bob Dylan. Do you know his story?