About Me
Hi, I'm Vijit Dua
Life's short - dream big, ship fast, be happy.
Who am I?
I'm Vijit Dua - engineer by day, music artist and youtuber by night.
I'm all about blending coding with my dream to kick off something cool on my own.
My philosophy? Collective contribution - make positive impacts wherever you go and enjoy life.
When I'm not buried in projects or busy being a student, you'll catch me:
🏃♂️ Biking the trails, hitting the pavement on my runs, or frequenting the gym to stay fit.
👥 Meeting new people and diving into conversations—from casual banter to deep discussions over physics & philosophy.
🎥 Creating and editing videos for my YouTube channel.
🎶 Occasionally dabbling with music production.
🎮 Wielding lightsabers in BeatSaber, hopping onto population one, flying away in Rocket League, or exploring other (primarily VR, MacOS, or game-porting / Whisky - MacOS) games.
My Core Beleif
I believe in “collective contribution” — that each of us is a small cog in the machine of human progress. I don't believe in fate or religion, but I do believe in building meaning through impact, legacy, and family.
Life's short — contribute meaningfully and pass the torch forward, both through your work and your children.
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Atheism
I've been an atheist, since I was ~8-10 since I don't believe in God or religion*. Instead I believe in understanding the universe through the scientific method. However, when you don't believe in an inherent purpose. You must search for / create one for yourself. What makes life matter if there's nothing after death? That's the challenge.
*I don't believe in a God in the traditional sense – the creator of the universe. However, if it were posed as a highly powerful creature that is a product of the said universe - I could see that. It is theoretically possible - not something I "believe" in, but possible. A good analogy to this is thinking of humans as Gods in contrast to ants. A similar creature could exist in contrast to humans.
Collective Contribution
To understand his purpose, one must understand himself. What defines me? Who am I? Let’s explain my perspective by diving into a fun thought process I built around cloning and teleportation:
Whilst not believing in a consciousness, what truly makes you - ‘you’ ? If I were to clone you identically, with the clone having identical memories as you, and neither of you knowing which of you is the clone – aren’t you the same person? Both of you think the same way, act the same way, do the same action in the same scenarios, and have the same memories and experiences. The only thing possibly broken – is the continuity of your consciousness, but for the sake of this argument we say that consciousness is being ignored.
Besides, consciousness is a confusing topic. When I faint, when I sleep, am I starting a new life each time? Maybe the real “consciousness” is just continuity - but so is cloning a continuity, just branched.
Ok - cloning is clearly somewhat debatable for this argument. That’s where teleportation jumps in. Let’s talk teleportation - if it existed, you are being killed in one spot and reformed in another. It’s essentially the same as being cloned with the real you being killed.
There may be several interpretations of this. My interpretation - perhaps just as a coping mechanism due to evolution - is that I am my experiences, my actions, and my logical thinking / thought processes. Some of these are genetic, some of these are due to my experiences - but if the clone is the same as me, that means I am not myself physically but rather my way of thinking which depends on my experiences, memories, thought process, principles etc.
My Initial Purpose
So I am my thoughts, principles, experiences, and my way of acting and decision making. What defines me are the ideals I exhibit in my life. So that is who “I am”, but another interesting thing about me is that I am made up of a bunch of smaller components - my heart, my lungs, my brain, etc. all working together to power up my body and make me “me”. Let’s extend that idea even further, shall we?
Some people try to give their life meaning by immortalizing themselves in fame - and I’m selfish and want to do that too. But deep down inside me, I know fame is temporary. We all know who Newton was, we know Edison created the bulb. But do you know who discovered fire? Who made the first wheel? Eventually even Newton will be forgotten when we have greater discoveries and the laws of physics become as fundamental to us as we see fire and “the wheel” now. Similarly, no fame will last me forever.
Throughout time, we humans have evolved. Evolution includes physical evolution but also evolution of thought and knowledge. If my organs are what makes me ‘me’, then we humans are what makes the “human race” the “human race”. We are also smaller cogs that are part of a bigger machine. And you know what? I might not know who found the “wheel” but that dude sure as hell contributed to our evolution of thought and knowledge – so while I still want to be famous cuz it’s proof my contributions were more impactful than others, my main goal is still to just ensure I contribute to the development of people since fame will eventually die. Fame is cool, but not important, the most important thing is contribution.
I call this philosophy “collective contribution”. Funny huh? Such a deep philosophical story just to say “be a good person and help society”. Even funnier when you realize religious people think the same - though due to different reasons. I am an athiest, but with a strong moral compass.
There are still a few hurdles to this logic such as the fact evolution is probably the biasing factor into making me care about society. Would these things matter if evolutionary biases hadn't pursuaded me into believing this way? Honestly - who knows.
Anywho, this has been my core philosophy since ~16-17.
Family
Even more important than the impact you have on civilization directly, is your legacy.
If collective contribution is our purpose - leaving a legacy via our influence on others – then what's a greater influence than bringing in kids to society?
Having kids is important, they are an extension of you and they carry your legacy the strongest. They learn from your way of living. They take in the good, and remove the ideologies that are stale.
I am a result of the way my Mom, Dad, and my brother's influence shaped me – and I intend to pass that torch forth.
TLDR: Be a good person and contribute (collective contribution), and raise a family.
Quotes
These are self-written principles I try to live my life by.
Complaining doesn’t help, finding a solution does (even in unfair situations).
Hold yourself accountable for everything. Even if it’s not your fault, you are the one who has to change the circumstances for yourself.
It is what it is. Look for the next best thing to do, learn, and move on — don’t pointlessly dwell on what’s out of your control. Or if it’s in your control, find a solution.
Responses to scenarios matter more than the scenarios.
Hold your beliefs strongly while equally testing other schools of thought. More often than not, the more seemingly absurd things turn out true.
Honest conflict is more important than dishonest harmony.
Form your own postulates, & question everything. Go through pre-existing notions but test them instead of blind faith. We are humored by the progress we had millennia ago (witch burnings? Seriously?) who says our present situation won’t be similarly hilarious in retrospect?
The direct/indirect results of your actions should be persuasive enough to convince you to continue if you truly desire it. Embrace discipline, not motivation.
Slow change isn’t effective, fix the problems within yourself instantly. Step outside your comfort zones if you want to work on yourself.
Luck only favors you if you capitalize it.
Efforts ≠ Merits. You need to put effort into your work, but you also need to put efforts into analyzing your efforts.
Life is recursive. If you can't strategize how to approach a problem, strategize the strategizing. The solution is just out of your vision, not impossible.
No statement applies to every circumstance, but they may apply to the majority. Stop spotting exceptional situations where the statement fails. The fact you know the exceptional scenarios means you also know what the correct scenarios are. Apply the statements where they fit.
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