Life is action
You act — you get result — you extract information from that result, which is your feedback
Then you act again
Life is this unending cycle of action and information
By getting better information you (can) choose better action
This process is called discrimination
Discrimination is an innately and completely positive process
The negative connotation of the word applies not to discrimination but to the opposite of it — the fallacious and arbitrary SEPARATION of things and men
Discrimination is a function of refining correct information
The “negative discrimination” shows no refinement, and the “information” it is based on is incorrect in the first place, or inconclusive (therefore not susceptible to drawing sensible conclusions)
The results are invidious
But that’s the point. This “negative discrimination” has nothing to do with analysing information and acquiring optimal results — but with benefiting the ego: both materialistically and spiritually
(also bear in mind the process serves both sides — both the discriminators and the discriminated ABUSE the entire perceived imbalance)
…let’s return to what TRUE DISCRIMINATION is, not this sociopolitical fucking nonsense
Discrimination is an innately and completely positive process
This involves what we call “REJECTION”
Discrimination innately entails rejection
Rejection is psychological discomfort of getting adverse feedback
examples:
-someone doesn’t want to work with us
-your results don’t bear your predictions
-someone doesn’t believe we are worth so much money
-someone doesn’t want to spend time with us
-someone doesn’t buy our product
Discrimination itself is neutral. It has no character. A is A and B is B. A is different then B. B is more suitable to C. Therefore C attracts B. That’s the way world works.
I use the word “attract” deliberately — to convey that this is just the order of the world.
Anything else would be illogical.
Rejection is not so neutral
This is because we are human
We assign value to results
We expect things
We care
We get attached to things
We are subject to cognitive biases
We are emotional
And we have egos
We want to be grand
Some rejection we take well and some not so well
Some rejection we take well psychologically — which means it doesn’t inflict psychological pain or damage.
Some we take badly
Some rejection we take well intellectually – in that we learn from the feedback
Some we ignore
and some we take badly, in that we get all the wrong conclusions (e.g. backfire effect, or just simple misapprehension)
To learn from rejection one must be objective
Therefore one’s emotional irrationality and biased psychological predilections must be addressed
Otherwise not only does one not benefit from exposure to rejection, exposure to dissonant information — but one is damaged by it: confused and invalidated, or further deluded
But rejection is crucial
The two sides of DISCRIMINATION are ACCEPTANCE and REJECTION
To avoid either is to avoid feedback, which is to avoid information, which is to be stupid, delusional, absurd
Rejection is absolutely necessary and innately positive, negative emotions or not
Rejection is crucial and absolutely necessary
We ought to seek MORE REJECTION and MORE DISCRIMINATION
-reject more
-be rejected more
-try more, fail more
-get more opinions
-polarise with your opinions
-say “NO” more
-hear “NO” more
-change your mind more
-alienate more
-be alienated
It really must be understood that all advancement is built on discrimination
Without discrimination everything is even – therefore there can be no improvement, no advancement
W get so weaned on BLAND CORRECT OPINIONS and BLAND CORRECT LIFE CHOICES and BLAND CORRECT UNOFFENSIVE TREATMENT OF OTHERS that it becomes our default – even without serious previous psychological trauma to cause such meekness
With it we are doing the world a disfavour, and ourselves a disfavour
We deprive others and ourselves of an opportunity to improve, by NOT discriminating between superior fits and inferior fits for ourselves and for others
This harmful habit must be eradicated
This addiction to validation must be eradicated
The psychological resistance to FAILURE and REJECTION must be dissolved
It’s the only way of freeing oneself from eventual complacency
You free yourself and only then can you subject yourself to the crucible of improvement
You can’t improve if you think all’s equal can you?
Only the discriminating can grow and evolve
Only the discriminating individual can transform himself
Only the discriminating, competitive organisation can succeed
Those that don’t discriminate perish
Those that share resources equally — they also perish
therefore
DISCRIMINATE MORE AND REJECT MORE
Subject yourself to MORE DISCRIMINATION and MORE REJECTION
The more the better
It’s rejection which REVEALS the truth about you — VIA NEGATIVA — and not the echo chamber of smiling idiots yes-sayers
Get yourself out there
Unapologetically push yourself higher
Do the man you meet the favour of negative feedback, by naturally discriminating most of them out of your life, granting an opportunity to improve
And accept the same favour from those you aspire to learn from
And this is how we ALL improve