you don’t have a “disagreement” about string theory you don’t experience distress over the popularity of transcendental idealism you know you’re too stupid or uneducated or both what if much of your distress is like that what if much of your disagreements are like that what if much of your problems are like …
Category: Lifestyle
Your REALITY, Your RULES
You must set your own rules That’s because YOUR reality is subjective Your rules STILL account for the reality It’s just your subjective reality And much of your subjective reality is OBJECTIVE REALITY Because you interact with the world Any part of the reality you interacted with is objective — and NOW …
Can’t Have Ideals Without Uncompromising Honesty
it doesn’t matter if they meant well it doesn’t matter if they TRIED it doesn’t matter if they ALMOST made it it doesn’t matter if the problem is VENIAL it doesn’t matter if they were “fair to you” hell it doesn’t even matter if YOU’RE NOT the one RESPONSIBLE for …
For Every Exciting Thought About the Future Think of an Exciting Today
For every thought about the future Think something exciting about the now Future must be dealt with else you die And future is a glorious creation And creativity is delightful AND creativity happens now Future is an excuse to LIVE (and you can only live now) But of course you can only …
You Can’t Judge Me Too Harshly
You can’t judge me too harshly Because you could never judge me harsher than I already judge myself I am my harshest judge, Because I’m in love with myself I am my harshest judge because I want the BEST for myself Reality doesn’t give a fuck what we think about it And I …
Privacy Is About Not Desecrating What You Hold Dearest
PRIVACY is about NOT DESECRATING what you hold dearest If something is truly PERSONAL And INDIVIDUAL — it naturally isn’t very universal, is it and for that reason — it could hardly be universally understood and therefore could hardly BENEFIT from being universally BROADCASTED It could however be MARRED by that process — …
Should You Be Strategically Self-Effacing?
The real humility is epistemic humility You should just be REAL. As confident as warranted by data. No more, no less Reality tempers your confidence. You can be good but you’re never good enough. If life doesn’t humble you — you’re not challenging yourself enough Pretending you’re smaller than you are is …
Idealism, Standards and Individuality
If you’re fucking going to do something — might as well do it well -and if you’re going to bother doing something that someone else has already done — might as well do it differently, and BETTER -and differently — as in more idiosyncratically — is better (from your point of view, obviously) And …
Write a Poem or a Note
write a poem or but a concise note bullet points a plan so many ways to convey the same “idea” those ways not equal write it down and see how well you can convey it If it’s really poor — maybe you know fuckall about it, after all If it’s …
Emotions Are Signals and Ends, Not Truth
Emotions are not rational or irrational It’s but a signal, But they are also an end It is thus misleading to consider them in terms of rationality, Their only rational or irrational element is our attitude and interpretation of those emotions But it’s also misleading to NOT incorporate them as crucial variables in …