You can author your own reality.
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Oh, hey, everybody.
Glad you could make it.
Today will be, for some of you, the most incredible day of your life.
Not everyone.
Some of you will just get a little bit smarter.
Others of you will find a transformational experience happening tonight.
Yes, tonight you're going to find out the user interface for reality itself.
The user interface for reality itself.
So that you can author your own reality.
The user interface for reality itself.
Don't believe it?
Why are you here?
Yeah, you're curious.
You're wondering, can I do it?
Well, you're going to find out.
Well, you're going to find out.
So it turns out that there are some stories that can't be told right away.
There are some things that by their nature cannot be communicated.
There are a number of reasons why some stories can't be told.
Maybe there's a secret involved.
Maybe somebody is being modest and they don't want to brag.
Maybe there's a lack of credentials involved.
It might be a question of loyalty, you've promised you wouldn't tell somebody, you don't want to hurt somebody, it might be complicated.
And so, just too hard to explain.
This is important to know, because you're going to wonder, why didn't I tell you where the user interface for reality was before?
The user interface for reality itself.
The user interface for reality itself.
So that you can author your own reality.
The user interface for reality itself.
It's kind of a heck of a thing to hold out, isn't it?
And the reason is, I couldn't tell you before.
There needed to be a certain perfect situation.
And that perfect situation happened today.
Today.
After 22 years, my plan came together.
Today.
And that plan was that someday I wanted to be in a position to tell you the things that I'll tell you today that I couldn't tell you until now.
The user interface for reality itself.
The user interface for reality itself.
So you can author your own reality.
The user interface for reality itself.
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Let me show you my path toward figuring out the user interface.
It's important that you know how I got there, so that you could have some trust that there's something to it.
When I was a kid, I was influenced, as was my mother, by the book The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale.
This suggested that you could somehow change your life, or maybe you were changing reality, if you could simply think positively.
Think positively.
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So this was my first introduction to the concept that maybe reality was not fixed and something that you were a victim of, but rather you could do something.
There was some mechanism, some technique, some tools you could use
to give some control over your environment and your life, as opposed to having it control you.
And that was my first thought that reality could be programmable in at least some simple sense.
But of course, I embarked on a lifetime of exploration to find out if I could find out more about how to program reality.
Think positively.
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How to program reality.
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Think positively to learn meditation.
I became a trained hypnotist.
Of course, mushrooms let you see the world in a completely different reality.
And all of these things, from studying all the different religions to doing affirmations, which is really just visualizing what you want and writing it down every day.
Visualizing what you want and writing it down every day.
And then learning persuasion.
These all have the same cumulative effect of teaching me that reality was indeed far more subjective than you're led to believe.
And when I say reality is subjective,
I don't mean that there isn't some base reality that's real.
What I mean is that we don't have access to this.
In other words, just take religion.
Two people with completely different religions can go into a store, they can shop, they can get married, have children.
They don't really need to reconcile the fact that they live in different worlds.
One thinks there's an afterlife, one thinks there's reincarnation, one thinks there's nothing.
And yet we all survive and thrive and reproduce.
There's nothing to suggest that our brains are the kind of brains that can understand reality.
Instead, all of the evidence suggests that we can put filters, optionally and somewhat subjectively, on our reality, and the thing that we deal with is a filter.
We're not dealing with the underlying reality, but our filter on it is the thing that's real to us.
And you can change those filters.
So that's the important part.
And you can change them fairly easily.
And if you find a filter that predicts better and makes you happier, well, that's the better filter, even if it isn't a better approximation of reality.
What matters is you're happy.
What matters is you're getting what you need out of life.
Think positively.
Think positively.
Think positively.
How to program reality.
Think positively.
Think positively.
Think positively.
Program reality.
You can change those filters.
Change those filters.
Change those filters.
How to program reality.
Think positively.
Think positively.
Think positively.
So, once you accept that there's a subjective reality, you're starting to get ready to accept the user interface for that reality.
I started to feel that I may have discovered the user interface for reality.
The reason that I thought that is that my life was working out so well that I couldn't explain it in any ordinary way.
I tried to become a cartoonist with no experience in cartooning, without any experience.
I was the hottest cartoonist in the country.
At about the same time, I'd written my first book.
It was a number one New York Times runaway bestseller with no experience at writing books.
And there were a number of things that I was touching and doing, and it seemed as if I could manipulate reality.
But here's the thing.
But here's the thing.
Was I manipulating reality to get these ridiculous results?
Or was I simply good at my job?
How can I tell?
How would I know?
If I were manipulating reality, because that's sort of what it felt like, but that didn't seem right, Or was I just good at my job, and I didn't realize how good I was, so I performed better than I expected.
Maybe, could be, it's possible.
Maybe.
Could be.
It's possible.
And it seemed as if I could manipulate reality.
But I wanted to test it.
Maybe.
Could be.
It's possible.
And so in 1997, I did a bold experiment.
And the experiment was this.
I very publicly and annoyingly made a prediction, and I chose an area in which I had no expertise.
I thought I would try something that was just impossible.
I would make the most unlikely prediction and then wait as long as it took for it to become true.
And if, indeed, I could get the most unlikely prediction, then maybe other people would believe me.
when I explained to them the user interface for reality.
I predicted that in my lifetime, the theory of evolution would be debunked in scientific terms.
Not in religious terms, but in scientific terms.
You could imagine how well that went over.
Obviously, I'm a nut, and I should not be listened to, and you shouldn't listen to anything else I ever say.
That was 22 years ago, 23 years ago.
So something happened today that was a very big deal in my life.
And it was that there was a podcast, Patrick Urelshi, he told the story he heard of my prediction about evolution being debunked.
And then he brought the story into the question of the simulation.
Now, of course, if the simulation is true, then what we believe about evolution probably isn't.
If you don't need evolution, if you have the simulation, we just
are here, and our history is created on demand whenever we go looking for it.
Maybe, could be, it's possible.
Maybe, could be, it's possible.
And it seemed as if I could manipulate reality.
But I wanted to test it.
Maybe, could be,
possible.
It is possible.
What Patrick did is told you something that I couldn't do myself.
I couldn't tell you that my prediction had actually came in.
I've been trying to, but I feel like I had failed at it because I'm not credible about judging my own prediction.
Obviously, I've mistaken it.
If the simulation is true, evolution isn't.
So 22 years later, there is now a competing theory that serious scientists buy into.
And although you can't tell which one is the true one, if either one is, maybe neither, maybe they're just filters, what you can tell is the odds.
Maybe a billion to one for the simulation.
Maybe, could be, it's possible.
Maybe, could be, it's possible.
And it seemed as if I could manipulate reality.
But I wanted to test it.
Maybe, could be, it's possible.
So, having nailed my 22-year gamble that I could make a prediction so unlikely that the best explanation is that somehow I'm authoring the reality just as a filter.
Again, that doesn't mean that I can't actually change reality.
It means that if I put that filter on it, I get good results.
And if you just think you're happy but you're not, are you happy?
Yes, you are.
If you think you're happy, you're happy.
If you thought you went through life as a billionaire, but you were just crazy and you weren't, still good?
Still good, 'cause you're happy.
You thought you were a billionaire.
So accept your subjective life.
Maybe, good baby, it's possible.
Maybe, good baby, it's possible.
And it seemed as if I could manipulate reality.
But I wanted to test it.
Maybe, good baby, it's possible.
All right, at long last, the user interface for reality.
Some of these things, you're going to say, Hey, I've heard about those.
First, you must accept the frame, at least as a filter.
that there could be a subjective reality and that you can manipulate it.
You should accept that systems work better than goals.
People are telling me every day that they implemented systems and it changed their life.
This is one of the biggest buttons on the interface for life.
If you don't like where you are and you want to go somewhere else,
Learn how to build systems for everything from your diet to your career to your social life, fitness, everything, everything, everything, everything.
Talent stacking.
The idea that if you intelligently add new talents, you become not just a little bit better, but exponentially better because talents really explode your capability and your options.
So this
There's one of the biggest, biggest buttons of the interface to reality.
It feels like it works.
It feels like it works.
It feels like it works.
The interface to reality.
It feels like it works.
It feels like it works.
It feels like it works.
Affirmations, the idea of
Writing down or visualizing your goals seems to be something that gives you the impression that it works.
And I say that very carefully.
Does it work?
Do affirmations change reality?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I can tell you that when I've used them, the results I've gotten don't seem like anything could have been natural.
I cured an incurable voice problem.
I had ridiculous stock market luck when I used the affirmations.
My career, as I told you, is just crazy.
The interface to reality.
It feels like it works.
It feels like it works.
It feels like it works.
The interface to reality.
It feels like it works.
But I'm not going to tell you it does.
You should see these different filters.
If it feels like it works, keep doing it.
Keep doing it.
Keep doing it.
If it feels like it works, keep doing it.
Keep doing it.
Keep doing it.
The interfaces to reality.
It feels like it works.
It feels like it works.
It feels like it works.
The interface is reality.
It feels like it works, but I'm not going to tell you it does.
You should see these as filters.
It feels like it was.
It feels like it was.
You should know that the mating instinct is the base of pretty much all of your impulses.
So if you haven't learned that pretty much everything from the way you talk, present yourself, hold yourself, dress, everything you do is some kind of expression of your mating instinct, whether you like it or not, whether you like it or not, everything you show off about that you don't want to show if you have a flaw, pretty much everything you do comes back to wanting to look good and present yourself well.
for mating purposes.
Once you understand that, you start to understand where the buttons are.
Because you'll say, Oh, that's why that's happening.
It's an extension of the mating process.
Oh, that's why that's happening.
It's an extension of the mating process.
Oh, that's why that's happening.
It's an extension of the mating process.
Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
You'll see it everywhere.
Oh, that's why that's happening.
It's an extension of the mating process.
It's like the veil will come off and you'll start seeing everybody's actions as, Wait a minute, why is it?
Everything is compatible with that showing off for mating purposes situation.
Showing off for mating purposes situation.
Oh, that's why that's happening.
It's an extension of the meeting process.
Oh, oh, that's why that's happening.
It's an extension of the mating process.
Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
You'll see it everywhere.
Oh, that's why that's happening.
It's an extension of the mating process.
Here are the other buttons, which are mostly self-explanatory.
But freedom is a big thing.
People will trade a lot.
for freedom.
You can say, would you like a bad life with freedom or a good life with no freedom?
Then people will fix a bad life with freedom.
So if you ever have a chance to create a situation where you can offer someone more freedom, that's very powerful.
That's a button.
And you should get as much for yourself as you can, and you can use it as a tool to help other people get what they want.
Because it will train a lot for freedom.
'Cause they will trade a lot for freedom People will trade a lot for freedom 'Cause they will trade a lot for freedom And freedom can come in the form of getting money, that gives you freedom Having a flexible schedule, that gives you freedom Being in the right kind of social situation, that gives you freedom So there's lots of ways to get there
Fear is a motivator.
I don't recommend using it unless you're trying to save somebody.
You could use fear to keep them from smoking cigarettes, for example.
I wouldn't use this in the evil way.
Curiosity is one of the most important and overlooked buttons on the human interface.
You can see that authors that are good at it will make you curious at the end of a chapter so that you'll want to keep reading.
So that you'll want to keep reading.
Building curiosity into things is a really, really important button.
When you can stoke somebody's curiosity, you can really shape what they do, and you can shape your environment through curiosity.
Very, very powerful.
But freedom is a big thing.
People will trade a lot for freedom.
They will trade a lot They will trade a lot for freedom People will trade a lot for freedom They will trade a lot for freedom They will trade a lot for freedom They will trade a lot for freedom
You want to make sure that you always inject novelty.
It's what triggers memory.
Because your brain will get more of the sameness, so you need to trigger
Memory and attention.
Contrast is a way to get people to move from where they are to where you want them to be.
You just say, well, it's much, much less expensive than this.
So contrast is one of the most important buttons.
Use contrast often.
Hey, you don't want to be this bad.
You could be over here.
Repetition and simplicity, our brains are just simple machines.
Repetition and simplicity, our brains are just simple machines.
The more you repeat, the more the wiring gets solidified.
Repetition and simplicity, our brains are just simple machines.
And if you keep things simple, the brain can process it and deal with it.
And if you keep things simple, the brain can process it and deal with it.
If it's complicated, your brain has a tendency to just flush it out.
Can't deal with it, flush it out.
The fake because is a form of pseudo-logic.
Sometimes you need to get people moving with a fake reason that doesn't even actually pass logical standards, but people don't need logical reasons.
Just look at politics.
People have incredibly different opinions, and many of them are smart.
So if you've got smart people on opposite sides of basically every issue, you can see that they don't need real reasons.
We're not a species that operates on real reasons.
We just, we'll take a fake reason, we'll take what we made-up, we'll take a guess, we'll follow our friends,
Once you understand that people don't need real reasons, it frees you.
Because if you're locked in a little world at a lower level of awareness where you say, Well, I'm not going to convince somebody, well, let's have a real reason.
Sorry, that's not the reality any of us live in.
Real reasons are good if you have them, use them, but we don't need them.
Real reasons are good if you have them, use them, but we don't need them.
Real reasons are good if you have them, use them.
But we don't need them.
Once you know you don't need them, and their reality can be authored, you're in better shape.
Repetition and simplicity, our brains are just simple machines.
Repetition and simplicity, our brains are just simple machines.
The more you repeat, the more the wiring gets solidified.
Repetition and simplicity,
Our brains are just simple machines.
Repetition and simplicity.
Our brains are just simple machines.
Repetition and simplicity.
Our brains are just simple machines.
The more you repeat, the more the wiring gets solidified.
Repetition and simplicity.
Our brains are just simple machines.
Pacing, leading, I've talked about, that's just matching somebody until they feel comfortable with you, and then you can lead them.
And then you can lead them.
And then you can lead them.
People can be very influenced by aspirations.
This is another way to refer to the high ground maneuver.
The high ground maneuver is essentially
You challenge somebody to be a better version of themselves.
Sort of the Jesus method, right?
You know, it's not telling you, you must do something or you'll die.
That's fear.
Aspiration is, don't you want to be the better version of yourself?
Don't you want to be the better version of yourself?
Don't you want to be the better version of yourself?
Don't you want to be the better version of yourself?
Don't you want to be the person who sees the big picture?
Association?
You know that any quality of one thing rubs off on the other.
If you want somebody to like something, pair it with something else they like.
All right.
So the likability of one thing will rub off on another, but also the unlikability.
So for example, if you have a TV show, let's say the news, and you have commercials that are really unpleasant, eventually the unpleasantness believes into the show.
And it would be better if you associated only things that were positive.
So learning to associate only with positive things, one of the most important user interface rules of reality.
Of reality.
Of reality.
Of reality.
Of reality.
Do you want to be the better version of yourself?
Do you want to be the better version of yourself?
Don't you want to be the better version of yourself?
Don't you want to be the person who sees the big picture?
Don't you want to be the better version of yourself?
Don't you want to be the better version of yourself?
Don't you want to be the better version of yourself?
Don't you want to be the person who sees the big picture?
Very, very important button.
Very, very important button.
Very, very important button.
Very, very important button.
Pattern recognition.
Once you realize that the humans are not
logical machines or pattern recognition machines.
Pattern recognition machines.
It's a pattern recognition that isn't very good.
Pattern recognition is what makes you a racist.
Pattern recognition is what makes you an ageist.
A sexist.
Everything bad.
Because your patterns are all you have.
You're not really a
logical person who reasons everything out.
Your brain isn't big enough.
You wouldn't have enough time.
So instead, you default to these little biases, which are determined by patterns.
We're pattern recognition machines.
Pattern recognition machines.
Your patterns are all you have.
You're not really a logical person.
Now the problem is, many of those patterns are fake.
Let's say you had met three Elbonians in your life, and every one of them slapped you in the face with a glove.
The next time you met an Elbonian, you'd be like, Oh, no thank you.
I don't want to get slapped in the face with a glove.
Those last three Elbonians were pretty rough on me.
It's only three Elbonians.
The odds that your pattern is predictive, probably low.
Probably low.
We fall victim to patterns, but you can also use patterns to convince people of things.
If you are consistent, people will say, Oh, this person's always honest.
So patterns are a tool, but they're also our biggest defect.
They're also our biggest defect.
We're pattern recognition machines.
Pattern recognition machines.
Your patterns are all you have.
You're not really a logical person.
We're pattern recognition machines.
Pattern recognition machines.
Your patterns are all you have.
You're not really a logical person.
And then, of course, understanding the brain as a visualization machine is very, very important.
Because visualization is the biggest, most powerful part of your brain.
It's the part that influences you most.
Understanding the brain as a visualization machine
Very far important.
Very far important.
Because visualization is the biggest, most powerful part of your brain.
It's the part that influences you most.
Akira.
Iskard Clout.
These are the buttons.
for the user interface.
These are the buttons for the user interface.
First, you must accept the frame, at least as a filter.
You should accept that systems work better than goals.
Systems work better than goals.
Talent stacking, affirmations, the mating instinct, fear, curiosity, novelty, contrast,
Repetition and simplicity.
Repetition and simplicity.
Repetition and simplicity.
Repetition and simplicity.
The fake because.
Pacing, leading, aspiration.
Association.
Pattern recognition.
Visualization.
Pattern, pattern recognition.
Visual, visualization.
These are the buttons for the user interface.
These are the buttons
for the user interface.
First, you must accept the frame, at least as a filter.
You should accept that systems work better than goals.
Systems work systems work better than goals.
Talent stacking, affirmations, the mating instinct.
Fear, curiosity, novelty, contrast, repetition and simplicity, repetition and simplicity.
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These are the buttons for the user interface.
This is my lesson.
I hope this was useful.
This is the sort of lesson that might not change you tonight, but it's never going to leave you.
But it's never going to leave you.
Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it.
You're all changed.
You don't know it yet.
And this will become sort of a, let's say, a framework that you now have added to your mental map.
And now when you see things that fit that framework, it will get stronger over time.
And so you'll see that this view of the world will take root, and then every time you compare it to the old way you saw, you're going to say to yourself, wow, is that a coincidence?
Because this new way of looking at the world just feels like it predicts better.
But I'll keep an eye on it.
This will get stronger and stronger over time and maybe never stop getting stronger.
These are the buttons for the user interface.
These are the buttons for the user interface.
These are the buttons for the user interface.
These are the buttons for the user interface.
Feel free to refer back to this often, and I think you've got everything you need now to author your own life.
You're no longer a victim of reality.
You are no longer the subject of reality.
You're now an author.
You're now an author.
You are no longer a victim of reality.
You are no longer the subject of reality.
You are now an author.
Some of you were already authors, and now you're better authors.
And those of you who didn't know, you could be an author of your reality, well, you just found out.
And I will leave you on that, and you can have a terrific night tonight, and the rest of your life.
Looking good.
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