Have you tried any of the Agonists? Did they work for you?

The reason no one seems excited to work on this is that very few people, who didnt initially sleep way too much, report they managed to substantially reduce their need for sleep without side effects. Everyone already knows about common* stimulants like modafinal and amphetamine. People also know about sleep hygeine. Both work. But neither radically reduces the need for sleep in healthy people. When people use stimulants in high doses for a long time to reduce sleep they commonly reprort severe adverse effects. 

But anything is possible and orexin agonists are not commonly discussed at all. So maybe they work. So im quite serious when I ask if you tried them! Historically much science started with n=1.

You know I. The traditional story the Buddha de facto abandoned his wife and young child...

I feel like people are getting into Buddhist practice without any agree lme t with its underlying philosophy 

It is probably difficult or impossible to permanently reduce all your "negative" emotions to zero. It is definitely not possible to reduce their strength in any kind of uniform way. But in my experience you can most certainly reduce the intensity of your negative* emotions. The effect is uneven but it is certainly not small. 

Im not sure we should do anything in particular. But I don't personally desire to suffer. I don't think it adds any beauty to things. Nor does it make me a kinder or more beautiful person. Many hamrful behaviors are downstream of clinging tightly. Thats my perspective anyway. 

I am personally content with whenever my own story ends. I had an interesting life. There is a limit to my equanimity. I would pretty strongly prefer not to get tortured badly. But otherwise I am fairly happy with any ending. 

I would prefer to experience no mental pain upon learning Titania, my partner of eleven years, has died. I honestly don't think I would be very sad. When I consider the situation, I imagine myself thinking: 

Titania was wonderful. She was brave and tender and beautiful. It was a gift to have known her, to have spent so much time together. Many things hurt her so badly but she pressed on bravely. She was funny and clever and sexy. She lived a beautiful life. All things pass away, and this world is less bright for her passing. Im sure one day soon I will want to casual say hello and talk to her. To give her a morning cuddle. And I will remember she is gone, and I will miss her. But she was so wonderful, it makes me smile to think of her and our life together. It was a gift. The wheel turns on. Tomorrow awaits

Of course there is some sadness mixed in. I experience a bit of sadness writing those words. Even the time we have already had together is wonderful. How much more wonderful will things be, by the time we say goodbye? The Dawn too is beautiful. I look forward to seeing what Tomorrow holds. 
 

Id guess its more likely to be good. The logic of "post scarcity utopia" is pretty far from market capitalism. Also China has been leading in open source models. Open source is a lot more aligned with humanity as a whole. 

It varies a lot. I climb and do calistenthics (pullups, wall handstand pushups, Vsit, etc). I also do like 1-2 sessions of bench/OHP/weighted dips. But really varies. I just do whatever im feeling up to and wanna try that day. I also grip train any day my fingers feel good. 

I haven't taken any in a long time. When I quit my body fat was much higher. GLP Dosage ramps up a lot for many people. Definitely did for me. Its not exactly cheap, and if supply is disrupted you might not even be able to get it for current prices. 2.5mg a week of a GLP-1 agonist is not something I want to pay for. So I decided I didn't want to depend on it and quit.

The seemingly small differences might matter hugely. See the long debate over what caused scurvy and how to prevent/cure it. 
 

When the Royal Navy changed from using Sicilian lemons to West Indian limes, cases of scurvy reappeared. The limes were thought to be more acidic and it was therefore assumed that they would be more effective at treating scurvy. However, limes actually contain much less vitamin C and were consequently much less effective.

Furthermore, fresh fruit was substituted with lime juice that had often been exposed to either air or copper piping. This resulted in at least a partial removal of vitamin C from the juice, thus reducing its effectiveness.

The discovery that fresh meat was able to cure scurvy was another reason why people no longer treated the condition with fresh fruit. This discovery led to the belief that perhaps scurvy was not caused by a dietary problem at all. Instead, it was thought to be the result of a bacterial infection from tainted meat. In fact, the healing properties of fresh meat come from the high levels of vitamin C it contains.

Finally, the arrival of steam shipping substantially reduced the amount of time people spent at sea, therefore the difficulties in carrying enough fresh produce were reduced. This decreased the risk of scurvy so that less effective treatments, such as lime juice, proved effective enough to deal with the condition most of the time.

TBC the scurvy story was very complicated. Im not actually sure the above summary covers it completely accurately. Though it illustrates some of the factors. Conceptual lumping was a real impediment to figuring out was going on!

Different framings of mathematically equivalent paradigms can vary wide in how productive they are in practice. Im really not a big of rounding.