--- id: VIDEO_scotomaville-01-13-strengths-offender-reflection title: "SCOTOMAVILLE 01.13 - Strengths Offender REFLECTION" content_kind: video category: Videos corpus_topic: asxer-owners source_kind: youtube youtube_id: "7AuovBdJTL0" youtube_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AuovBdJTL0 youtube_channel: https://www.youtube.com/@scotomaville youtube_description: "Could it be that throttling our strengths is a natural byproduct of awareness, or is it a facet of Autism masking? I think the more I recognize my quirkiness, the more I value my participation in this grand event called life. I recognize my perspective is unique, and I feel a strong sense that I'm seeing a familiar perspective - that life is precious, and it's your responsibility to not trade your 'wake' through time for a shallow promise of security. The character strengths identified by the Clifton Strengths Assessment endure. Even if you take the assessment with a conscious bias, you can match the results with an internal narrative that bends your choices, and ultimately arcs your trajectory from one outcome to another. Constructor Theory, proposed by David Deutch, addresses a scotoma in the field of physics regarding the confounding weakness of mathematics to press the complexity of the universe, especially the observation we have of quantum events. Adding a basic property of information, especially knowledge, to the expressive toolset of physics looks to shed further understanding of our nature in the cosmos. Consider challenging your Personal Everest with an expedition. Discover who you are, and why you do what you do. 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The asxer keeps the same thread for owners in 2026." keypoints: - "In Daniel's words, \"I am in fact getting my butt out of Scotomaville.\"" - "[Read the asxer essay](https://asxer.com/a/GARWIS_scotomaville-01-13-strengths-offender-reflection.html)" - "[Watch on danielcomp](https://danielcomp.com/v/scotomaville-01-13-strengths-offender-reflection.html)" - "[Mission: Blind Spots](https://danielcomp.com/a/GB_mission-2-scotomas-seeing-what-you-havent-seen.html)" tags: [asxer, video, m2] consent: owner agent: Asxer Gärwis created: 2026-10-23 updated: 2026-10-23 date: 2022-09-12 vault_stage: 07_CODEX enrich_status: ok enrich_method: bot pipeline_filename: VIDEO_scotomaville-01-13-strengths-offender-reflection.md content_status: approved approved_by_daniel: 'APPROVED 2026-10-23 (Daniel, in Asxer''s chat, 4:15 PM PT)' routing_source: carbon prefix: VIDEO headwaters: asxer.com asker_site: asxer.com mission: "M2 Blind Spots" transcript_kind: vault --- # SCOTOMAVILLE 01.13 - Strengths Offender REFLECTION ## Key lessons - In Daniel's words, "I am in fact getting my butt out of Scotomaville." - [Read the asxer essay](https://asxer.com/a/GARWIS_scotomaville-01-13-strengths-offender-reflection.html) - [Watch on danielcomp](https://danielcomp.com/v/scotomaville-01-13-strengths-offender-reflection.html) - [Mission: Blind Spots](https://danielcomp.com/a/GB_mission-2-scotomas-seeing-what-you-havent-seen.html) ## Transcript **Daniel:** Welcome back to another reflection video of Scotomaville. This one is on Strengths Offender and it is Volume 1 Episode 13. And the soaring hat is in celebration of having one. Did you hear yourself? Yeah. With Angelina as you’ll see in a moment. Is that yours? What comes to mind? In looking back on this is not that strengths need to be tossed, grown, um, omitting, uh — they’re not even that they should be throttled much, but rather you’ll still be you. You will continue fixating but with awareness you’ll continue doing the things that make you you. But you’ll be observant of it and you’ll see it in others. You’ll see that when someone else has a platform, uh, has a position and they abuse that by talking down or omitting facts and telling a narrative that misleads or redirects or in many ways betrays their oath. I could not have imagined we’d be having open borders, fentanyl crisis, inflation, discord, tensions — all of these things going on where it’s easy to not feel safe anymore because it’s not what it used to be even three years ago. And I say that for the record — not sure that I’m going to include that — but it’s easy to see the spin when you identify strengths and when you see someone who has a position and a responsibility and they either abuse or neglect it — becomes blatant. And yeah, it’s troublesome. My intention is to convey the understanding that over time you’ll not lose your strengths but they will not be as offensive because you’ll recognize both your tools and your opportunity and you’ll take it a bit more seriously. I am just coming up on 60,000 views of my videos on my YouTube channel and that’s not enormous but it’s something that gives me an opportunity to recognize the value in the things that I say. So as you’ll hear in much later episodes, Stuart Varney says that history is a great teacher if you’re paying attention. So the reflection videos are an excellent opportunity to pay attention. So is history. Take a few moments, do the hard thing, look up Nero and see how his dynasty fared and how the behavior that he took in his position and what outcome it came to. We’re hoping for that in the next couple of months — things to be corrected. But also to say my Achiever Learner is still appreciated. I geeked out for a couple of hours with David Deutsch last night. He’s come about with a team trying to explain a scotoma. I was geeking out because it was really satisfying, affirming the entire Scotomaville series — that in fact the story we tell ourselves does direct our outcomes. And so it’s extremely important for you to understand the different facets of your beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors — both where they came from, where they’re going, and for you to be able to direct them with your internal dialogue. And as Angelina has to admit, it’s working well. I am in fact getting my butt out of Scotomaville. With that I’ll leave you to do a little bit of homework. See you next episode.