What's going on with Epik and Rob Monster?

[MapleDots]

I'm catching the tail end of this, seems to be some kind of controversy...

https://domaingang.com/domain-news/rob-monster-off-twitter-after-christchurch-massacre-controversy/

Must be something odd to evoke this type of a response from one of our members.

 

[Rob Monster]

The number of people that view or believe something is not an indication of truth or fact.

First of all, try to relax and control the instinct to post and frantically re-post chaser questions. If you do not get a response within 15 minutes, on a weekend, it does not (per se) mean you are being ignored. People have lives outside of NP.

As for your question, it is so important to vet your sources. Pundits are brands. Their discernment is what it makes it newsworthy. That is why I encourage folks to use their real identity -- the benefits of authenticity outweighs the cost of lost anonymity.

Years ago, the world trusted Walter Cronkite. I have no idea as to whether the trust people placed in this classic newsman was well-placed. He was freemason, and an attendee of Bohemian Grove, so perhaps not. We'll know in eternity.

As for who or what to trust, I think the simple answer is found in scripture:

 

[TCK]

First of all, try to relax and control the instinct to post and frantically re-post chaser questions. If you do not get a response within 15 minutes, on a weekend, it does not (per se) mean you are being ignored. People have lives outside of NP.

I get that. I only post multiple times as opposed to editing the first post (only very few times) if I think it is an important conversation. Sorry to bother you.

 

[TCK]

As for your question, it is so important to vet your sources. Pundits are brands. Their discernment is what it makes it newsworthy. That is why I encourage folks to use their real identity -- the benefits of authenticity outweighs the cost of lost anonymity.

So you shouldn't trust something because it is on the Internet? What recommendations would you offer people to vet sources? There is a lot of false or partisan info spread with people using their real name (or real-sounding names). On the other hand people can work under a "professional name" and be totally honest.

 

[Rob Monster]

So you shouldn't trust something because it is on the Internet? What recommendations would you offer people to vet sources? There is a lot of false or partisan info spread with people using their real name (or real-sounding names). On the other hand people can work under a "professional name" and be totally honest.

I am not going to endorse any particular news outlets, nor any particular pundit. Why? Because too many people are easily compromised with money or intimidation. The trusted voice of today is the pied piper of tomorrow. So, the only solution is to be discerning and to build as accurate a world view as possible based on assimilation of incontrovertible truths.

The end result for me is the conclusion that Satan is real but Jesus Christ is Lord, and He wins in the end. Most news these days is just propaganda anyway just as most markets are rigged casinos. By all means, be aware of them but no need to spend too much time following them. It is much better to spend one's time, talent and treasure to figure out how to lift up more people.

Everyone has a gift, including you. So, figure out how to use your gift in order to be a force for good and do it fearlessly without consideration for who gets the credit while providing adequately for your own family, not holding on to money too tightly. I am 52 years old, with 5 kids.I would give that same advice to my own kids. Lord-willing, some day, I would give that advice to my grandkids too.

 

[Rob Monster]

I am not sure I believe the official narrative of today's "drone strikes":

https://www.apnews.com/d20f80188e3543bfb36d512df7777cd4

All on a full (Harvest) moon, and right before Israeli elections, and right after Bolton is shown the door, and with the Trump/Kushner/Zionist peace plan on deck:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...udes-dividing-jerusalem-shaked-says-1.7841726

By the way, I think this is funny:

I say let the Iranians have their weapons and let Americans have their guns, but let the citizens agree to not enlist to fight stupid wars.

By the way, I have yet to meet an Iranian I did not like. They are right up there with Turks and Norwegians -- they are all cool with me.

The type of foreign invasion I support is (1) orderly legal immigration, and (2) tourists disembarking from cruise ships, airplanes, etc. to enjoy experiencing other cultures.

Meanwhile, Epik is adding lots of ccTLDs and look forward to empowering the citizens of all nations. After all, people with jobs and savings are much harder to enlist in wars.

 

[TCK]

I am not going to endorse any particular news outlets, nor any particular pundit.

The problem is that you post many videos, images and quotes from some unknown sources and claim they are "truth bombs" when in fact they have not been vetted and may in fact be pushing falsehoods or some group's talking points.

Calling those "truth bombs" is dangerous.

 

[Rob Monster]

The problem is that you post many videos, images and quotes from some unknown sources and claim they are "truth bombs" when in fact they have not been vetted and may in fact be pushing falsehoods or some group's talking points.

Calling those "truth bombs" is dangerous.

If you review my posts in context, I do try to distinguish between what I know for sure, and what is something others believe and why they believe them.

The reason for doing this is two-fold:

1. Encouraging an active mind when consuming media. Why? Because an active, thinking mind is better equipped to filter out propaganda, e.g. when a news event is tied to a drastic call to action or policy change such as what happened with Christchurch.

2. Promoting intellectual curiosity when it comes to seeking out the meaning of life, i.e. why the world works the way that it works, and what roles we as individuals, and as collectives, can play in improving the outlook for sovereign humanity.

Domain names are a wonderful equalizer for digital empowerment. As the current top internet brands becomes increasingly censorious and anti-Christian, it will become even more important for resilient, decentralized alternatives to fill the void. And they will.

 

[TCK]

If you review my posts in context, I do try to distinguish between what I know for sure, and what is something others believe and why they believe them.

What is your criteria?

 

[Rob Monster]

@easyDNS on the front lines:

https://reclaimthenet.org/canadian-dns-german-law-threat/

Well-played.

 

[offthehandle]

Anybody want to comment why MD closed his account?

 

[oldtimer]

I am not sure I believe the official narrative of today's "drone strikes":

https://www.apnews.com/d20f80188e3543bfb36d512df7777cd4

All on a full (Harvest) moon, and right before Israeli elections, and right after Bolton is shown the door, and with the Trump/Kushner/Zionist peace plan on deck:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...udes-dividing-jerusalem-shaked-says-1.7841726

By the way, I think this is funny:

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I say let the Iranians have their weapons and let Americans have their guns, but let the citizens agree to not enlist to fight stupid wars.

By the way, I have yet to meet an Iranian I did not like. They are right up there with Turks and Norwegians -- they are all cool with me.

The type of foreign invasion I support is (1) orderly legal immigration, and (2) tourists disembarking from cruise ships, airplanes, etc. to enjoy experiencing other cultures.

Meanwhile, Epik is adding lots of ccTLDs and look forward to empowering the citizens of all nations. After all, people with jobs and savings are much harder to enlist in wars.

All these killings and hostilities are making me depressed, those who use religion to kill, torture, maim, and suppress people in the name of God in one side of the World and those who condemn others to the pits of fire as they themselves live their whole lives in lust and greed on the other side of the World are not serving humanity as this is exactly why we are encouraged to rise above the status quo by ascending to a higher level of existence that is based on logic, compassion and the Universal rights and values that can help us be a force for good.

As far as the attacks on the oil refineries go I have a hunch that they were launched from southern Iraq, but then according to the International agreements those who have sold the weapons can’t be held responsible for the attacks the same way that gun manufacturers are not held responsible for mass shootings so I don’t expect to see any military retaliation by the west (at least not this time). As long as a big part of the World economy is running on selling missiles, tanks, bombs, and jet fighters to others then attacks like this are going to have to be expected as a cost of keeping the same old status quo around the World. IMO

 

[Cal2]

It's good that you want to do something to help the Humanity although don't forget about the Environment as I believe that a Good AI can help us in both areas.

'Good' AI should be a help. But a human created new and good concept, developed using some good ideas, can also go a good ways to helping such as the environment. Eg. 3D ocean farming. Very impressive specs of how such farming can supply us while cleaning the environment.

But creating such good concepts to start with isn't something we've been well trained at doing. Instead, many of our existing concepts were established during periods of ignorance, which then carried on influencing our thinking.

Logic by itself is not adequate, as for example someone might come to the logical conclusion that the society might be better off if all disabled or old people are eliminated to make room for more healthy and younger generations, compassion by itself is not adequate either as it can be considered a sign of weakness in certain situations. Strength of mind is achieved if there is a balance between logic and compassion in a way that they complement one another and keep each other in check to make sure that the decisions made make sense as far as common sense and the Universal rights and values are concerned. There might be certain scenarios and situations that people might arrive at different conclusions as human brain although powerful but is not perfect or they might get confused as to how much compassion they need to have, but that's when we need to use a Good AI (one with general intelligence) to help us find the right path.

The human brain can be powerful, but like a powerful car, how well it operates also depends on the driver.

People with high intelligence can often be poor at thinking - poor drivers. They use much of their intellect to argue and defend already held 'wisdom', instead of using their thinking well. Most all haven't even been trained well on how to think well.

People also don't think fully on many topics - which can lead to more different conclusions than there should be. It's one reason why Edward de Bono created his 6 Thinking Hats method - so people can have a framework to help think things through more fully, and help bring in logic and emotional thought when it more seems the right times to do so, instead of them misdirecting and dominating thinking so much.

In a nutshell, most all of us are not as great at thinking as we think we are, or could be. Maybe some 'good' AI will be able to help with that, as well.​

 

[oldtimer]

'Good' AI should be a help. But a human created new and good concept, developed using some good ideas, can also go a good ways to helping such as the environment. Eg. 3D ocean farming. Very impressive specs of how such farming can supply us while cleaning the environment.

But creating such good concepts to start with isn't something we've been well trained at doing. Instead, many of our existing concepts were established during periods of ignorance, which then carried on influencing our thinking.

The human brain can be powerful, but like a powerful car, how well it operates also depends on the driver.

People with high intelligence can often be poor at thinking - poor drivers. They use much of their intellect to argue and defend already held 'wisdom', instead of using their thinking well. Most all haven't even been trained well on how to think well.

People also don't think fully on many topics - which can lead to more different conclusions than there should be. It's one reason why Edward de Bono created his 6 Thinking Hats method - so people can have a framework to help think things through more fully, and help bring in logic and emotional thought when it more seems the right times to do so, instead of them misdirecting and dominating thinking so much.

In a nutshell, most all of us are not as great at thinking as we think we are, or could be. Maybe some 'good' AI will be able to help with that, as well.​

All very good points,

The way that I look at this is that if you use your intelligence to save this planet by undoing all the damage that already has been done to the environment and if you help free humanity from poverty, inequality, hunger, disease, illiteracy, delinquency, addiction, abuse, torture, and war (just to name a few) then you are using the power of your brain in the right way. IMO

 

[TCK]

All very good points,

The way that I look at this is that if you use your intelligence to save this planet by undoing all the damage that already has been done to the environment and if you help free humanity from poverty, inequality, hunger, disease, illiteracy, delinquency, addiction, abuse, torture, and war (just to name a few) then you are using the power of your brain in the right way. IMO

I think it starts with education. People need to be educated how to live, how to cope, how to empathize and how to have a real hope. There are many highly intelligent people out there with emotional and/or psychological issues, that have the inability to feel the pain of others, to understand how their actions and words may affect others and in the end affect everyone and themselves because we are all connected. IMO, intelligence is not enough.

 

[oldtimer]

I think it starts with education. People need to be educated how to live, how to cope, how to empathize and how to have a real hope. There are many highly intelligent people out there with emotional and/or psychological issues, that have the inability to feel the pain of others, to understand how their actions and words may affect others and in the end affect everyone and themselves because we are all connected. IMO, intelligence is not enough.

That's why we need logic and compassion to guide our intelligence, remember those who are using bombs and missiles to kill so many innocent people around the World are very intelligent people.

 

[TCK]

That's why we need logic and compassion to guide our intelligence, remember those who are using bombs and missiles to kill so many innocent people around the World are very intelligent people.

Agreed. Those that build and sell weapons as well. IMO, intelligence should also be governed by wisdom and discernment in order to be of real value.

 

[dirk]

Anybody want to comment why MD closed his account?

I asked myself the same thing some days ago. He mentioned he was kinda busy with some new business ventures, not actively selling domains atm. so that's probably it.

I just read up on a lot of content in this thread. Good read. Food for the mind and soul. Keep it going

 

[Cal2]

OT, for what it's worth:

5 simple rules to make AI a force for good

 

[Cal2]

People need to be educated how to live, how to cope, how to empathize and how to have a real hope.

On "how to have a real hope", I'm thinking Rob's focus on empowering people is the best way I know of. So far. It's also a reason I like such as Edward de Bono's thinking tools - they're a real way of empowering people, that doesn't need any real formal education to be able to use them.

 

[Rob Monster]

On "how to have a real hope", I'm thinking Rob's focus on empowering people is the best way I know of. So far. It's also a reason I like such as Edward de Bono's thinking tools - they're a real way of empowering people, that doesn't need any real formal education to be able to use them.

Thanks @Cal2. For those who don't know what that is about, it is being discussed here:

https://www.namepros.com/threads/domain-microfinance-program.1154715/

Digital Empowerment is a big opportunity to make impact. The scope of what is possible is mind-boggling, but we can all just chip away and do our part.

We are starting to add some team members in emerging economies. @franka46 is helping me with screening candidates. I appreciate him very much, and not just because he is an old Dutchman!