Consider following situation You are playing chess Both of you apply a set of principles, to find the best move Both of you essentially apply the same set of principles, e.g. you read the same books, practiced the same concepts, etc. There’s NO DISAGREEMENT there, But One of you decides that Bxf7+ is the best …
Category: World
Internet Is Not a Fucking Town Square
Internet is nothing but BUBBLES Echo chambers It’s literally nothing else It’s like 99% bubbles and echo chambers, It’s not “social” It’s not “friendly” It’s definitely not a fucking “town square”, you dumb cunt EVERYTHING on the internet is so constructed so that you become trapped in a bubble That’s how ALL incentives …
Freedom to Be Stupid
There’s a lot of knowledge, history, out there, that COULD be useful, BEFORE you think you KNOW what is what. Furthermore there’s a lot of ways you can “qualify” yourself to someone qualified, qualified to be considered LEARNED and KNOWING . In the same time even all the knowledge in the world — does not …
“THE BETTER WORLD” Problem
What do you think when you think of “THE BETTER WORLD”? Politics? Technology? You having more MONEY? Everyone being happier? Peak human achievement? FAIRNESS? Why I’m asking? Because actually, we don’t think the same things, when we think “THE BETTER WORLD” Many people unironically think the world is horrible, the world is burning. …
PUBLICITY, FAME, ACCOUNTABILITY, SOCIAL MEDIA,
The truth that you are ACCOUNTABLE, LIABLE, IMPACTED by EVERYTHING you are — cannot be avoided What you ARE is life you’ll LIVE PUBLICITY, PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, FAME, SOCIAL MEDIA — all AMPLIFY that fact however That which you DO that impacts others — matters more the more people you impact This includes both …
West Hating West Is Like Vegans Hating Plant Food
(By WEST — we mean Western values, enlightenment values, liberal democracy) West hating West is like VEGANS hating plant food Imagine a vegan only eating in restaurants, and only eating in vegan restaurants Except he HATES the vegan restaurants in this town He thinks the plants there are TOO sentient He thinks they …
How You’re Brainwashed Into False Scepticism
Want the easiest trick in the fucking book? Tell someone that ONLY YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, and EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG, or LYING, Then tell them “THE TRUTH” ! ta-da look I wrote about the psychology behind it: “The Opposite Of Wrong Is Not True “ “What Really Happens When You Reject The Authority” …
It’s Either FAIR, UNFAIR, or RANDOM
Fair means it conforms to certain rules: whether agreed as a community — or at least internally consistent and transparent. Unfair means the opposite: it breaks the rules. Whether it’s rules decided as a community, or even any consistent and complete set of rules. Random means it neither breaks the rules nor is explained by …
About Offending People
Being offensive is some of the most misunderstood subjects today A kind of confusion of true individuality and personal strength — with mere appearance of the irreverent badass, so strong so as to not have to worry about anyone’s opinion, or love I wrote about it here: Politeness vs Bluntness vs Hostile There’s offending …
Emotionality Explains The World Even More Than I Thought
We understand that we are emotional We understand that we get upset, get angry, get sad, get scared — and make subpar decisions under that influence I still think we FAIL to fully appreciate JUST HOW MUCH we are driven by EMOTIONS And just how much the WORLD is driven by emotions And how …