Most men are rigid. Most men eventually consolidate in their beliefs. The psyche wraps around those beliefs protectively. The entire machinery of schemas and biases makes it immensely difficult to penetrate. Don’t hope for an average person to change. People don’t change. Most men are rigid. There’s little chance of them changing. There’s little …
Politics Doesn’t Matter, Politics Matter
Politics won’t save you. Politics won’t solve your problems. Politics doesn’t make you a better human being. Not having a clue about politics is a virtue, rather than a vice. ….until it’s not. When politics go bad — it’s bad. When politics go bad — it can kill you. When politics go bad — …
The Falsely Humble, the Deluded Arrogant, and the Problem of Growth
-There’s what you say -There’s whether it’s true or not -There’s whether other’s find it true or not -The definition of arrogance is being very wrong when you say you’re very right -Therefore if others think you’re very wrong, and you are very confident that you’re right (and reveal it) — you are dubbed arrogant …
Being Calm vs Being a Calm Man
You don’t want “be calm” — you want to “be a calm man”. “Be calm” has wrong connotation in our culture. We make virtue out of staying calm when we’re provoked. We remind ourselves to “be calm” when we’re already LOSING our calm. This already presupposes LOSING one’s calm. Why do you even …
Live Two or Three Lives
You live one life and then you die. That’s what makes it so valuable. You go on vacations for a week and then you return to your old boring reality. Monday you are on vacations and next Monday you are back at work. Your vacations are even more boring than your work. But it’s …
THE GRAND THEORY OF CONCENTRATED ENERGY
Energy is as potent as it is CONCENTRATED. If you have energy pulling in all directions — then you’re going nowhere. You have some energy pulling you right and some energy pulling you left and as a result you move a little left and then you move a little right again, and ultimately, you …
Love Your Life and Revile Your Plans
The contrived notion is that you should hustle so hard that you hate your life, then critically look in the mirror and still not be satisfied “no pain no gain” , “tough love”, etc But that your wonderful future, and your wonderful purpose, and your wonderful drive make it all sweet! That you feel SO …
PLAYFULNESS IS TINKERING (is life)
-PLAYFULNESS, PLAY, is just trying out new things = TINKERING -TINKERING is how you solve problems too -Life is but solving problems -Therefore life is fun Life is fun It’s not fun because you say it’s not fun. It’s not fun because you have expectations, you are entitled. You want things to be your …
You Are An Individual And You Are The World
Apparently you are not the only human on earth Therefore you invariably impact others — and are impacted by others You came into the world built by others and you will die in a world predominately built by others How much of your life do you think you can even take credit for? You are …
From Animal to Partner to Human to Transcendental (Rant)
You go from a desperate animal to a transcendental consciousness. You go from infinitesimal entity to the all-encompassing whole. The desperate animal sees everything from the myopic perspective of it’s own survival. Therefore everyone is either a tool — or a threat. In humans this involves either hardcore personality disorder — or deep, deep …