The moment we permit weakness — in ourselves OR others — we open the gate for degeneration and withering “Oh but isn’t weakness human?”, you might ask Weakness isn’t human To fail is human, yes To stay weak isn’t human To stay weak is to die To live is human To die is to …
Category: World
Function and Dysfunction
There’s function and dysfunction (let’s define “function” as the opposite of dysfunction) -to function is to function well -to dysfunction is to function unwell -to function unwell is to eventually NOT function, to eventually fail -to function well is to survive and thrive, and continue functioning, and functioning well Usually dysfunction is quickly revealed. …
Society, Rules, You and “Your Business”
It’s not just “your business” It’s not just “your business” who you are and what you do It’s everyone else’s business (unless you’re living in the forest) Obviously you are responsible You are first responsible for “your business” But then there’s everyone else you affect, And then there’s how they affect you And that …
Quotes Entail Misquoting…
Words entail misunderstandings Quotes entail misquoting one could rant forever about the limitations of the words, philosophically limitations of the words to describe, examine reality with wiser man did that before I see a more prosaic problem, in our prosaic everyday life. In our prosaic everyday life, we take sentences, quotes, words away …
I Learn From Morons HOW TO LEARN
I learn from morons how morons learn And since I’m a moron — I learn how I learn Because I am a moron there’s someone so much smarter than me that he makes me look like a complete moron he connects the dots 10 times faster and he remembers every dot and he sees …
You Don’t Have To Explain It
You don’t have to know how to say it You don’t have to know how to explain it You don’t even have to know how it works You don’t have to meet any of the above conditions in order to believe something Above conditions have nothing to do with believing Above conditions have nothing …
You Don’t Know Improvement (Unless You Improve Yourself)
You don’t know the “IMPROVEMENT” You think you know, but you don’t There’s not much you know BEFORE YOU TRIED IT, TESTED IT Few things are knowable a priori And the more complex the matter — the more testing it requires The greater the scale — the more testing it requires, And some matters …
We Used to Call It Magic
We used to call it MAGIC or GOD That which we couldn’t explain Couldn’t understand Today we call it a “CONSPIRACY”, or a “SCAM” That which we don’t understand we call “conspiracy”, or “scam” We don’t understand how a single individual could be making 1000 times more than you and I We could call …
The Level of Detail
At any given subject you have a certain understanding This understanding could be shallow and general, or it could be deep and detailed There are two reasons why you don’t necessarily always want a high level of detail: -observing, understanding details, then creating a detailed model — are resources-consuming. You may want to devote …
Mockery is Easy (Mockery is a COPE)
Mocking is easy Mockery is even easier than criticism Criticism is already easy: find some fault, focus on it, blow it out of proportions, EASY Sounding smart is easy, being convincing is easy, But mockery is REALLY easy, because ANYTHING can be mocked, Stupid shit and wrong shit can of course be mocked, but even …