How to Build the Ideal Life

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Secret to Happiness: Don't be a Baboon
Humans didn’t descend from angels—we descended from twitchy, status-obsessed primates who ruin each other’s lives for a hit of dominance dopamine.
Jul 21 • 
Victor Rotariu
Why Humans Are the Dodo of the Anthropocene
We are not gods.
Jul 19 • 
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You're Doing Happiness Wrong
For the intelligent but disillusioned, here's the uncomfortable truth.
Jul 18 • 
Victor Rotariu
The Hollow Life: Why Everything Feels Empty
Modern life is a dopamine buffet served on a screen.But meaning? Purpose? Depth?This post explains  why life feels hollow today
Jul 14 • 
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April 2025

4humanOS: The World We Could Have
What If We Built a World Optimized for Every Human?
Apr 8 • 
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October 2024

The Arrogance Curve to Mediocrity
A Lesson I Keep Relearning
Oct 2, 2024 • 
Victor Rotariu

June 2024

How to solve All sleep problems
Neuroscience Sleep Coach
Jun 11, 2024 • 
Victor Rotariu

April 2024

Ideal Life 10: How to Beat Depression
Better than pharmaceuticals
Apr 8, 2024 • 
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January 2024

Complaining feels good, but then nobody likes you
Short story about complaining that is not true, but true
Jan 13, 2024 • 
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Capitalism BUT, THEN inequality
A very short story
Jan 11, 2024 • 
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December 2023

Truthful Ad: E-cigarettes
A Video Satire
Dec 4, 2023 • 
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November 2023

Never Take Sleeping Pills
Do you have trouble going to sleep?
Nov 15, 2023 • 
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