Knowledge is built of foundational bricks The bricks not always fit together neatly Sometimes the layout can be a little confused But the bricks exist And some bricks are more fundamental than others Some bricks are laid at the bottom, as uttermost foundations, supporting the rest of the edifice Some are laid right …
Author: Janus
Supply and Demand of Your Psyche
The law of supply states that as demand raises — supply will also raise Could we hypothesise that similar principle could govern one’s soul? =The more one wants something — the more one strives to obtain it CETERIS PARIBUS the more one wants something — the more one strives to obtain it. Assuming no …
Allow Love
Is there something, anything, that you LOVE unconditionally? Consider Perhaps you ALWAYS LOVE to play the piano Perhaps you LOVE EVERY cat you ever see Perhaps you ALWAYS LOVE pizza Perhaps you ALWAYS LOVE going for a walk Of course that thing itself is a condition If you always love to play the …
Nothing’s Free Yet You Received a Gift Yet You’re Entitled to SHIT
What’s the price of life? What’s the price of freedom? Life is not free Freedom is not free You’re not free to live as you please You’re not even necessarily free to live The world created you and the world might as well swallow you instantly You could have never been born …
To Feel Superior Is To Feel Inferior
To feel superior is to feel inferior To want to be “better” is to risk being “worse” Growth is inextricably linked with insecurity If you want to win over others — you are also preparing to lose with others Can you see? Any time you harbour this pleasing thought of being …
Imitate Properly, Puppet
Since you’re a soulless puppet Why not be a happy puppet? We learn via imitation And lose our soul in the process Deal with it Since you’re an imitator anyway, At least do the imitation properly At least become conscious WHO you imitate WHAT you imitate WHY you imitate Make that choice consciously …
“Smart” People Also Jump On a Bandwagon
“Smart” people are as susceptible to bandwagon effect as stupid people (as susceptible to jump on a bandwagon) This is because bandwagon effect is not driven by lower cognitive abilities — but by desire to fit in, to find consensus Which is universally human Of course smart people have superior accuracy. Superior sense …
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY is SALVATION (And Not Welfare)
Individual is born fundamentally self-interested and rational Self-interest means interest means motivation. Motivation to benefit oneself. OPPORTUNITY is intrinsic to reality. If there is an idea, a desire, a WILL — then there exists an opportunity to realise that idea, from the essentially infinite realm of possible possibilities and unknown unknowns The above is …
You Don’t Have The Luxury Of “Self-acceptance”
You don’t have the luxury of “self-acceptance” Not unless you’re already improving By default — when we see something we value, we like — we go ahead and take it, and utilise it, enjoy it, and we call it progress, call it an improvement — to have gotten hold of value, to have gotten …
Intelligence Is Inseparable From Action Is Inseparable From Will
Let’s define intelligence in terms of cause and tangible effect It doesn’t have to be perfect cause and effect The point is that we get an effect at the end — which can be measured — and which adheres to the previous intentions This would be intelligence Let’s NOT define intelligence as mere coherence …