“A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intentions of its designers.” — WIKIPEDIA Perverse incentive, or the cobra effect, is a misformulated incentive, such as: -attempting to get rid of cobras in the city – by incentivising killing cobras, through offering a bounty for …
Category: Philosophy
The Art Of Life-living Is Beyond Proofs
The art of life-living is beyond proofs I can’t prove to you that how I’m living is right You can’t get a proof from me that how I’m living is right The art of life-living is beyond proofs But you struggle and I struggle And you want to learn from me and I want …
The Meaning Of Punishment Is To Tighten The Feedback Loop
The meaning of punishment is not to “punish” those deserving of punishment That’s because life itself does the punishing for you The meaning of punishment is to tighten the feedback loop — so that you learn from your mistakes, before it’s too late Life itself does the punishing for you The killer sees knifes …
Should You Have A Clue (About The World)
If you have any business with the world — you should care about the world, should you not? -like when you do something — you know what you are doing and what you intend -when you give someone money — you know what you are expecting in return -when you’re trading value — you know …
Sit In The Room Until You’ve Figured It Out
You should always conclude Why half-do things and half-finish things? It’s either done or not We don’t conclude and it’s a problem and it’s perhaps the main reason we’re so ineffective — leaving half the things half done — therefore NOT done And it’s no different with our understanding of the world You should …
Intellectual Weight Lifting
Have you ever gotten tired from thinking? Just like lifting weights — you can do some heavy lifting with your BRAIN Your body is prepared to lift heavy weights and your brain is prepared to lift heavy weights. Besides the silly vanity of building muscle — retaining strength is retaining bodily function is retaining …
Should You Sell You
You come into this world, You have your hands and your eyes and your ears and your brains, Ready to watch and listen and learn and think and DO You’ve some time for all those escapades, and then you’re going to die, and that’s the end of it, You’re going to die and you know …
Your Negativity Is The World’s Negativity
Your negativity is the world’s negativity. World’s negativity is your negativity. There is no separation – only negativity. Please, see it, when you are met with the negativity of others, or when you yourself are experiencing problems. See that your problem is the world’s problem… see that there is the entirety of humanity encountering …
About Maturity
Maturity is a function of solving life problems It’s not maturity if you solve paper problems, or specific problems That’s why many man of science, art, many geniuses, are otherwise immature and one-dimensional It’s not maturity if you have “seen it all” either You must have “done it all” Anyone could have “seen …
Perfection Removes Individuality And Then Perverts
Perfection is an arbitrary construct There’s only one direction — growth — and that is all that matters Perfection is death, it is finite, it is the end, it is the betrayal of growth Perfection is an elementary delusion about the ever-transient ever-changing nature of reality As individuals – we inherit this fundamentally delusional ideal …