No, I am not OK. Mortgage, being sole provider, a heart attack (stress related) three years ago, corporate environment 9-10h a day, incompetent managers, impossible schedules, my own incompetence, family issues, suicidal thoughts. I’ve started seeing a therapist.

I am at loss how is this connected to free will at all. I always though of it this way: If I was born with the exact same DNA and if I had the exact same experience as another person, given the exact same options, would I always make the same choice. If yes, then there is no free will. But it seems impossible to reproduce the exact same situation.

Could someone explain in layman’s terms what does the ability to detect brain signals before action has to do with free will?

The idea is that the signals in the brain before the tapping of the finger were like a preparatory moment before the action so something ongoing in the brain prior to the decision to act hence there being the ability to determine action and thus free will.

It’s short anyway. Imagine the amount of time before your birth and after your death. In two-three generations no one will remember you. Maybe they will remember your name (if you do something important), but they will not remember you. Whatever you think is important, it is not much more important than doing dishes, cooking, gardening... it’s all irrelevant.

I envy you. I’ve been trying to hack my brain into a mode similar to what you described for years without success. Just wanted to ask how you did it?

This scenario is one of my nightmares. It makes me extremely anxious to think about it. I’m absent minded all the time, preoccupied with work even while driving so it is not far fetched. I try to focus but I fail I lot.

And somehow my nightmares always come true. Maybe I attract them with thinking about them. Sounds silly I know, but can’t help feeling that way.

I wonder if anyone else has this feeling

Does anyone know how Angular compares to Aurelia?

It’s a building. Should we not help starving kids around the globe. A billion raised in such a short time for a building. We are disgusting.

No. 2 kids, just took a huge loan that will take 25 years to pay of (I’ll be 67). One heart attack (stress related) under the belt. Working 10-12 a day in a shitty country. Almost no savings.

I see successful guys answering in a “look at me how great I am” style. FU

I guess the “extend” phase is about to begin.