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If you're on the motorcycle you're in the scene itself.

It's so much worse than I thought. Every time I think he has explained why porn is so harmful, he outdoes himself on the next page. Genuinely scary, giving me some real perspective. Also there was some super important information about the science behind addictions.

Just finished chapter one. This is pretty chill, never seen educational computer science content in a format like this. So far so good.

This is the third time I'm reading over this book. It contains a lot of good information. I'm going to start registering some of this info through anki so that I can store it in memory for longer. Overall, this book has changed my life already, and I haven't even gotten to applying the meat of it.

Speaking about System 1 and System 2 as characters, instead of the more accurate ways that our brain functions, is a great idea as it helps me contextualize the concepts. Hopefully further in the book he explains what this kink in the mind is that is making it easier to understand when you give non-living things a character.