What outcome do you hope for? I was on a call for the last hour talking with a friend about supporting a vision he has. 

At the end of the call, he asked "what are you hoping to get out of this?"

I found the question really hard to answer in a way that makes any sense at all.

My answer to the questions comes in feelings, images, and body sensations. I see a bowl overflowing, I feel a magnetic pull, I experience a sense of duty, I follow synchronicities, I release and this is what came to me. One of my purposes in this life is to bring people together, especially really smart people. I don't have a goal, and if I did, I am sure it would change. I want to be of service to a vision of the best future possible.

I'm after the experience. My vision will fill out along the way. 

When I can't frame the answer in an intelligible way, it causes doubt- maybe this isn't right? Maybe my intuition would have a clearer answer if this were the right path. Maybe I'm cutoff from what outcomes I hope for and need to work on getting more in touch with my desires. Am I too scared to name a desired outcome for fear of being letdown if it doesn't come true?

But I want to try on that the question may just be the wrong question for me. Or that my answer to the question isn't going to sound like what I've heard from other people. 

Sharing here, and open to others experience of answering this question. How do you know what you want? 

And if you know me, happy to hear your perspective on my specific psychology or what you think is going on 🤔

What outcome do you hope for? I was on a call for the last hour talking with a friend about supporting a vision he has. 

At the end of the call, he asked "what are you hoping to get out of this?"

I found the question really hard to answer in a way that makes any sense at all.

My answer to the questions comes in feelings, images, and body sensations. I see a bowl overflowing, I feel a magnetic pull, I experience a sense of duty, I follow synchronicities, I release and this is what came to me. One of my purposes in this life is to bring people together, especially really smart people. I don't have a goal, and if I did, I am sure it would change. I want to be of service to a vision of the best future possible.

I'm after the experience. My vision will fill out along the way. 

When I can't frame the answer in an intelligible way, it causes doubt- maybe this isn't right? Maybe my intuition would have a clearer answer if this were the right path. Maybe I'm cutoff from what outcomes I hope for and need to work on getting more in touch with my desires. Am I too scared to name a desired outcome for fear of being letdown if it doesn't come true?

But I want to try on that the question may just be the wrong question for me. Or that my answer to the question isn't going to sound like what I've heard from other people. 

Sharing here, and open to others experience of answering this question. How do you know what you want? 

And if you know me, happy to hear your perspective on my specific psychology or what you think is going on 🤔

I didn't even know Ben Affleck HAD an AI company. Now Netflix is buying it for $600 million. Photo below - Pirates of the Caribbean, now a Disney+ franchise. Are we circling the drain when it comes to streaming and subscription costs? Where does it end?

Congrats to Netflix on buying an AI cinema effects company nobody ever heard of before, for nearly a billion dollars (see link below. But there's already too much CGI low quality film franchises where the screenwriters seem to have left the building ages ago.

This is a story which could go either way. I could rant about there being too many marginal AI players to eke out a living and survive the coming shakeout. Or I can point out that there is a limit to the number of streaming subscriptions anyone can afford, and the amount hours in a day to enjoy those shows. Let’s focus on how much my entertainment monthly charges are.

Netflix – yes I have this one. $24.99 a month. To get 4K film (when available) and watch on more than one screen. This is March 2026 pricing. Netflix has raised prices annually, amounting to 40% of the past few years. This is no doubt helping to fatten Ben Affleck’s wallet.

YouTube – too many plans to list, even if I had all day. If you go for the top plan, it could cost up to $82 a month. If I cancel Xfinity/comcast subscription then I’d still need comcast Wi-Fi ($50 a month), a price which will surely continue to inflate. If I want “good” comcast Wi-Fi, with better speeds and reliability, it’s gonna cost more.

Xfinity TV package – I’m paying over $100 a month for 2 sets. I have a bunch of things bundled into this, including HBO max, would are available as standalone. Or maybe they are already standalone for me? I can hardly tell. I get several emails/texts a week telling me the apologize for tiling and disruption, and inviting me to upgrade to a faster/more expensive modem. Consumer alert - HBO Max removed "Westworld" from it's on demand streaming. You have to pay per episode, even though it was an HBO show when originally broadcast.

Paramount + - $8.99 a month on my plan. $13.99 if I go ad free. I got this to watch “Star Trek - Strange New Worlds". I think . . . )

Apple TV - $12.99 a month. This is the only way to get Ted Lasso and any of the soccer matches in Europe. I've started watching "Severence". It's very good. But not $156 a year worth of "good".

I believe I also may have Disney +, but I haven’t stumbled into any House of Mouse content recently. Disney owns the entire Star Wars, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Indiana Jones franchises. Does this mean i can only watch re-runs at Disney+ now?

Here are subscriptions I’m pretty sure I have NOT been snared into yet: Hulu, Sling, Fubo, Philo, separate ESPN (I get at least 2 ESPN channels on Xfinity, so I assume it’s bundled); I don’t have a dedicated NFL streaming package. And I don’t have “new” Direct TV, where the dish is gone and they stream their content to my Xfinity modem.

So far I’m up to around $300 a month. Before I factor in my AT&T wireless plan. That’s costing me $50 a month, even with a paid off phone. And I can’t cut my cellular service, even though I NEVER watch TV on my phone, or my tablet.

So – I’m spending $350 a month to watch tv, receive zillions of spam emails, and occasionally make a phone call. And those dozen services get more complex all the time.

Maybe this is the reason many of us have no cash left at the end of the month. It’s all going to wireless entertainment. I don’t have enough free hours in the day to justify all this expense.

I’m just sayin’ . . .

Netflix to pay up to $600 million for Ben Affleck's AI company

Wholesomeness culture. I was listening to a cool album Dara and Forest recommended called ten days, and as I was listening to it I had this surge of: ahh yeah, wholesomeness is so cool, I wish it was a bigger trend. And then I'm like: how is it already a big trend to be wholesome, which I'm just not aware of yet? This album feels that way to me. I guess in some way sustainable living, recycling, reusing is wholesome and trendy these days, as well as being honest and kind  (Relatefulness and AR seems to be a little trendy these days), living healthy, supporting local businesses etc.  what else is wholesome and trendy these days? 

Vance affect. His affect seems like Listen, children. A bit of disgust. Gives me ick get this opponent [Walz] away. But then Watz, by constrast, doesn’t seem like a kid to me, he seems earnest.

What’s Walz’s vibe… Annoyed. A little hurt. I guess I feel a little more sorry for him more than want to follow him.

I think Kamala had a better contrasting vibe to Trump’s vibe in the first presidential debate.