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First I used was dial up. My first recollection of using it was to browse my local kids tv network website.

I think RAG will be surpassed by LLMs in a loop with tool calling (aka agents), with search being one of the tools.

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I've thought about it and I think you're right. People feeling caged is what causes so much pain. Pain they then inflict on others.

Could you decide that punching yourself in the face—hard—is enjoyable?

In the past, I have participated in auto mutilation, yes. At a certain point you want to feel anything.

The decision to change is always driven by discomfort with that emotional reaction, another stimulus.

You're right! And it's very scary, facing the thing that's causing the discomfort.

That's why I spend so much time trying to occupy my mind with puzzles, code, games, alcohol. Anything to distract me! Anything to direct that racing mind towards. But in the end I had to face the discomfort, walk inwards, towards it, to find where it came from.

It wasn't my body, it wasn't the calculating part of my mind.

In short, if we all react to the same stimulus in predictable ways, where's the free will?

Luckily we don't all react to the same stimulus in the same way. We can look back and learn from past mistakes.

We can share experiences, learn from eachother.

We can look eachother in the eyes.

Luckily I have free will. I don't need to do what you tell me to do! I get to decide myself.

And so do you: you can decide what you want to do ❤️

Sadly you can, and it happens. What also happens is harming others because of one's own pain :( . I know as both victim and perpetrator.

Luckily you can try other things first! 🎵

Exactly, we tend to fear uncomfortable things, no?

We're scared thus avoid, and avoid, and avoid, untill we feel trapped.

Each day starts to feel the same. Each holliday too, even. Nowhere to escape to. Mind racing.

you simply don’t want to get into trouble

Why's that?

If humans had free will, though, we could decide how we emotionally react to anything. We could decide to flip a switch in our minds

Exactly! ❤️ That's the trap that sadly keeps a person locked in his mind. The slave's curse. And I'm sorry it's happening to you. I've been there before, as well.

Know that you are more than the sum of your environment and history, good or bad. You can decide to do something, just because you like doing it. You might not even remember what you like doing. It can take a while to find out, but you'll find it. And from there it will grow.

You're not trapped, just hurt. 🌸