What is an idiot? Let’s define an idiot as following generalisation: -someone not only incompetent -but practically unlikely to achieve competence -thus not only not helpful, but harmful to the subject being dealt with Are most man idiots? Yes they are We live in a complex world: -Complex global systems -Complex big economy …
Category: World
“PROGRESSIVE” Means Resulting In PROGRESS
Progressive means RESULTING IN PROGRESS If it’s not resulting in PROGRESS — then it’s not really progressive, is it? Intention of progress is not progress Just like your intention to be famous and loved and big and strong doesn’t really make you famous and loved and big and strong and what-not In real …
Group Seeks Consensus, Individuals Seek Benefit (Truth)
Person holding one belief is more likely to hold another belief Furthermore person holding one belief is more likely to connect with another person holding the same belief — and then to agree with them on some other belief It’s quite astounding how similar two humans can become The memetic inheritance of beliefs of …
The Problem With “Facts And Logic”
There are facts There are opinions and simplifications and emotions and distortions And there is the unknown Stupidity is human condition Craziness is human condition too Stupidity is but a cognitive failure. It’s a problem of seeing. Intellectual myopia Craziness is but psychological failure. It’s a problem of DISTORTION in what one is seeing. …
Social Cohesion, Social Media, Societal Self-Regulation
Every relationship is founded on mutual benefit How different or similar we are, how in love with each other or how disgusted with one another — makes no matter. As long as there’s a common ground of mutual benefit — there is a RELATIONSHIP Society is a relationship as well It’s more people connected in …
Nothing’s Free Yet You Received a Gift Yet You’re Entitled to SHIT
What’s the price of life? What’s the price of freedom? Life is not free Freedom is not free You’re not free to live as you please You’re not even necessarily free to live The world created you and the world might as well swallow you instantly You could have never been born …
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY is SALVATION (And Not Welfare)
Individual is born fundamentally self-interested and rational Self-interest means interest means motivation. Motivation to benefit oneself. OPPORTUNITY is intrinsic to reality. If there is an idea, a desire, a WILL — then there exists an opportunity to realise that idea, from the essentially infinite realm of possible possibilities and unknown unknowns The above is …
Answer Disagreement with More, More, More Depth
There exist views and opinions and perspectives which are extremely repugnant to your views and opinions and perspectives and beliefs The default response is more conflict, more repudiation, more stubbornness The false adaptation is argumentum ad temperantiam — argument to moderation. Like all fallacies is distorts the reality in some way, by imposing it’s …
What If The Shallow Appearance Is Actually The Essence?
We live in the age of con and fakeness We live in the age of sales, and more sales, and more sales We witness mere symbols supplant the real thing Small wonder we are so sceptical We become sceptical We don’t want a pretty appearance to fool us We want the value “If …
100x Man
Let’s talk about inequality You think it’s unfair that he has 100x what you have You think that system is evil Or that he is evil Or in the best case: that this is just a bug in the system That 10x is maybe sensible, but not 100x The only bug in the system …