Being discriminating is obviously a good quality — as long as one is correct. Therefore the problem of discrimination is really a problem of judgment .It is not a problem of attitude because attitude can be due and justified or biased and foolish. — Janus (@JanusFaustus) November 23, 2019
Never Busy
BUSY-ness is killing time One kills hours of the day by busying himself with media-consumption One kills decades of life by busying himself with conditioned pursuits, purposes and shackles of responsibilities Responsible one, responsible with his time, he is never busy He chooses every single action anew So that it is never arbitrary never habitual …
Law Isn’t Law and Code Isn’t Code
If you consider lawmakers as being beyond the law — illegal practices by politicians no longer sound strange or implausible or even unfair Trust in law betrays incomplete understanding You can only trust the politicians (which is kind of a disturbing thought) “Illegal” doesn’t mean illegal Law is man-made — and man-un-made. …
Aggregate Willingness Aggregate Unwillingness
Behind what you don’t want there’s a truth concealed as to why you fail to get what you DO want. The aggregate reluctance, aggregate failure to get-what-you-want comprises of conscious and subconscious WANTS but also conscious and subconscious DON’T-WANTS. Counting in the *wants* and counting out the *don’t wants* results in net willingness …
Controversial But Real
Be as controversial as you can be but not 1% more then you actually are Controversy sells — as well as it makes you real, vulnerable human — but only as long as it’s real The moment it’s even 1% not real is when you forfeit all the respect
Grateful You Failed Me
I’m grateful to people for failing me It’s very easy to fake competence and virtue and very hard to prove it. I’m glad when someone fails me and immediately signals his incompetence Takes a long time to ascertain someone’s ability but only one mistake to reveal inability.
Values And Repulsion
It’s only natural to be REPELLED by behaviors which don’t lead you to where you want to be (providing you know and value the place you want to be). Such REPULSION has nothing to do with “being negative” or “mean”. It’s a natural protection mechanism for values. Conversely: If your values are …
Convey YOURSELF
You likely didn’t upset that person. They were upset to begin with. It’s very easy to upset a faceless stranger. It’s very easy to impress a stranger. You don’t want to impress random strangers. You don’t want to cater to the mob. You don’t want to make it happy. Make your loved ones …
Fear As The Truth About Risk
Fear is exciting until it is overwhelming This nature of fear reveals the truth about life: Risk is advantageous until it is excessive. Then it becomes harmful. (At least when you’re antifragile) Your default risk-management system — FEAR — doesn’t always understand the risk concerned. Most people overestimate the risk in their own lives. …
You Always Get What You Deserve
You always get what you deserve. In an infinite time scale the chance of you getting exactly what you deserve is precisely 100%. Getting-What-You-Deserve is a function of number of iterations. Sometimes you can increase the number of iterations — sometimes you have to rely on the time to do your bidding. If …