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"Slomo" was trained as a neurologist and psychiatrist, had a successful career, "lived in a mansion," then began to lose his vision and gave it all up to live out his days roller skating near the beach.
At one point he claims that his euphoria while roller skating comes from a feeling of angular acceleration that "puts him in the zone" and can be used for meditation.
"For a while I thought I might be going crazy or something because I'm too happy, and I kept waiting for - whatever this was - this obsession with skating, to differentiate itself into a diagnose-able problem. That was 15 years ago."
https://aeon.co/videos/a-neurologis...iness-in-the-feeling-of-constant-acceleration
His story is presented here as that of a guy who escaped the materialist system to pursue a sense of peace or divinity in a much more simple lifestyle.
What are we supposed to think of this? Has this guy gone mad? Is his story less meaningful because he was rich? Is he wasting his time chasing a nice feeling when he could be doing something more productive?
The guy seems interesting, but I'm not sure how to feel about the narrative. I mean, he's entitled to do whatever makes him happy, but should this be an ideal people look towards when contemplating the later years of their lives?
"The people that love Slomo are cheering for one person that got away, that escaped, and got to real freedom where he skates all day. Doesn't apologize. He's simply doing what he wants to." - Slomo
At one point he claims that his euphoria while roller skating comes from a feeling of angular acceleration that "puts him in the zone" and can be used for meditation.
"For a while I thought I might be going crazy or something because I'm too happy, and I kept waiting for - whatever this was - this obsession with skating, to differentiate itself into a diagnose-able problem. That was 15 years ago."
https://aeon.co/videos/a-neurologis...iness-in-the-feeling-of-constant-acceleration
His story is presented here as that of a guy who escaped the materialist system to pursue a sense of peace or divinity in a much more simple lifestyle.
What are we supposed to think of this? Has this guy gone mad? Is his story less meaningful because he was rich? Is he wasting his time chasing a nice feeling when he could be doing something more productive?
The guy seems interesting, but I'm not sure how to feel about the narrative. I mean, he's entitled to do whatever makes him happy, but should this be an ideal people look towards when contemplating the later years of their lives?
"The people that love Slomo are cheering for one person that got away, that escaped, and got to real freedom where he skates all day. Doesn't apologize. He's simply doing what he wants to." - Slomo
