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Aliens won’t attack us. They are far more advanced and smarter than us. After all, they know how to space travel to distant planets which is something we still dream about.

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Indeed... though greater tech isn't always tightly correlated with wiseness...

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I had a whole conversation with a friend just yesterday about how their superpower is coming up with the perfect metaphor on the spot—one that's not only spot-on but also tailored perfectly to whoever they're speaking to. And then this landed in my inbox today. Pretty sure this means I'm in perfect alignment with the universe!

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Excellent - make the most of it, you know how things like that can swing back out of alignment again ;-)

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I'd swap my perfect alignment FOR another TL so yeah, I know.

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You don't think the aliens will assume we're at work and they should come back later?

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That first recollection pretty neatly captures Relational Frame Theory. It underpins some powerful approaches to psychotherapy like ACT and I find it really helpful. If you’re not familiar it is well worth checking out.

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Huh, I hadn't heard of that — I'll check it out. Thank you!

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