You don’t pursue happiness, You don’t pursue WELLNESS You don’t pursue calmness, serenity You don’t pursue bliss There are only two components to any spiritual state: -inner -outer No, it’s not just “inner”. It’s not just you “choosing” your state And obviously it’s not just outer — that’s why so many people with …
Category: Lifestyle
What is Urgency, Actually?
What is urgency, actually? Is it desire? Desire to have something as soon as possible? Is it effort? Incurring dramatic effort, in order to get it done faster? Is it prioritisation? Pulling all resources into that single undertaking first? Is it stress? A necessary, painful token validating one’s seriousness? A chicken …
Why NOT Measuring Everything Is Stupid
I wrote once: MEASURE EVERYTHING It strikes me as even more obvious now: How COULD YOU NOT measure everything?! It’s not “why”, it’s “HOW CAN YOU NOT”? When you go to the shop, do you just eyeball how much you should pay? Do you look at the CART, and GUESS how VALUABLE all …
AI is Intelligent AND Makes Us Super-Intelligent
AI is of course intelligence — “artificial” intelligence It’s not human intelligence yet, of course It exceeds us at some domains — and is utterly helpless in others (it exceeds either when: -there are clear rules — it can then “play with itself” and figure out optimal strategy (e.g. chess) -or when there’s mountains …
UNLEARNING
Which hand do you brush your teeth with? Try switching to the other hand It’s not so comfortable, is it Now, imagine that the other hand is actually your stronger hand, It ought to perform this task better, But you’re not going to believe it, are you? You trained your other hand to brush your …
Always Remember How Stupidity And Evil Are One
Stupidity and evil are one and the same At worst, our system is stupid, flawed — therefore it fails to prevent evil But otherwise we, as individuals, harm others and ourselves and this world — out of ignorance We could have made this place more wonderful for ourselves and others, but we’re too stupid …
Should You Reward Others Even If It Cost Them Nothing?
I often write that you should: -give and give more -make sure you give more in a relationship — so that you GUARANTEE that you keep it -…and thus continue, selfishly, benefiting from that relationship Here’s another puzzle: Should you reward others EVEN IF it cost them nothing? Answer is — obviously yes …
Extreme Urgency Is A Form Of Creativity
Extreme urgency is a form of creativity It’s creativity applied to SOLVING the problem… faster We get more creative when the problem is more hard We create a solution That’s what creativity is for, as far as I’m concerned We don’t customarily think of speeding something up as a CREATIVE process We think …
Happiness Is Now By Definition — Tomorrow Is But Intelligent Prevention
LIVING happens now You can’t “experience” “tomorrow”, you can’t measure “tomorrow”, not today, NOR yesterday, really, =RIGHT NOW contains all that you EVER WANT Meaning it contains every THOUGHT, every EMOTION — that you can EVER WANT The best thing that ever happened to you — happened IN THE NOW The best you ever …
From Difference of Opinions to Blame Game to Strong Boundaries
Let’s say you like a STEAK — and she likes a SALAD You probably won’t have the same thing for dinner Now this is fine You just say: you get yourself your salad, and I’ll have my steak But let’s say you’re also very opinionated about superiority of steaks, over some shrubs You …