Read some of Alexander Lowen's books, he talks about how posture can actually be an indication of something going on emotionally in the person. When people clench their jaw they're said to be grinding through life.
Ok but that can still be true (blonde hair, blue eyes) while there still being much more variations in the white population than in the black population.
I'm curious how many white people there are on earth vs how many black people there are, and other races. A couple google searches didn't give me any easy finds
It's a huge lie that once you've achieved the "american dream" (which I don't think is the real american dream anyways) then everything will be sorted out. yes your life will be more amazing, and it's 100% important to reach this place, but once you've hit that place you'll lose a lot of motivation and energy, cause now lack of money, lack of family, lack of anything, doesn't kick your ass during the day. so you have a huge new challenge on your hands, and that is to re-invent yourself and discover what can move you now. you're embarking on a set of veryyyy difficult questions around what's the purpose of all this, what's the point of this, what the heck should i do with my days now. just know that you've been put on this journey for a reason and there's a way out and listen to your heart more than anything else. trust yourself. and be patient. there are answers out there and they will make you more fulfilled than you can imagine. the worst thing you can do is turn a blind eye to what your heart is saying and dive back into work and whatnot. you're doing the right, difficult thing by sitting patiently and staring right into the eye of the storm, so despite it appearing you're doing nothing with your life now, you're going through a lot of inner changes that will ultimately lead to a lot of outer changes.
There's one from NYC that says: "A police officer forcefully pulls off a protestors face mask and pepper sprays him. The protestor had his hands up in surrender when this happened."
If you look at the video though the guy was pushing towards the officer against the officer's hand. What do you expect to happen when you decide to aggress on an officer instead of back away?
I did a coding bootcamp in Austin TX at the age of 18, instead of going to college, and got a job right after at a startup making $40k USD/year, which became $50k USD/year in a few months after getting a raise, and then after working there for a year I switched jobs to a top tech company many of you know, and by 21 I was making $75k USD/year
I got a lot of socializing at both companies, got to hang out with guys my own age and guys older than me, got to have some fun (maybe not as much as my peers in university), got to grow up, etc.
I think university back in the day used to mean a lot more, and I would have enjoyed it, but now it's so watered down cause everyone goes, and political / cultural movements have made the university programs require much more effort and much less thought
Just my 2 cents
Edit: also, to add to this, at the same time I also learned a lot of stuff completely outside of the domain of software through books on my own. philosophy books, history books, sociology books, etc. etc. I really liked that I was able to carefully select the authors and books and topics to the ones that grabbed my eye.
edit 2: oh ya! i also got a lot of fun socializing at the bootcamp too.
It's sad you think humans are just drones only influenced by ads
Trucks are more powerful than cars, more power equals more freedom and independence
If society came to an absolute abrupt stop and everything we take for granted today no longer was available (I'm talking worse than this quarantine) a truck would be useful in many ways a car couldn't be
if it's expressive evocative emotional physical activity, i agree. like a fun soccer game, a good dance, etc. anything that releases tension in the body and helps you to breath more fully and in a more relaxed happy way
if it's physical activity using will (like a droning gym routine) or meditation, i actually think it can lead to more stiffness and weirdness and awkwardness in a person's psychology
the body is not meant to be controlled by the mind
the objective is just to simply connect with the body more, not yell at it