I once wrote: Weakness Transcends the Weak and Corrupts the Whole I was too narrow. I should have written: “Vice spreads and corrupts the rest” or maybe simply: “Corruption spreads” See there are two paths: 1) You’re already mediocre and complacent, and complacently let yourself gradually sour, corrupt, rot 2) You’re doing quite …
Tag: Change
Think Big and Give Up are Not in Contradiction
Similar idea is explored here: The World as Paradise and Great Disappointment consider this a more practical extension going after what you want striving trying things exploring evolving are obviously good What does good even mean here? Selfishly, solipsistically, they make you happy They make you thrive, before you die We don’t have …
Reset Your Life by Asking What You Love
I surely wrote about it a rather immature piece before, but there is truth in some simplicity You really should reset your fucking mind, life, goals, attitudes, every now and then By asking yourself “WHAT I LOVE” and then either doing it immediately, or asking what STEPS are necessary to take, then taking those …
Always Run Top-Down And Bottom-Up
Top-down is a plan of how the WHOLE is going to work Bottom-up is how you intend to EXECUTE various subparts By nature top subsumes the bottom, but it’s only at the bottom that you explore it in all practical nuance (i.e. literally execute). And only once you executed the constituent parts — do …
Broad, then Depth, then OPPORTUNISM
-Let’s define broad as “the whole” -Let’s define narrow as the smallest division -Let’s consider “normal” breadth as the kind of breadth of subject matters that most people engage -Let’s consider “normal” narrow as the kind of focus that most people achieve in their single career First let’s acknowledge that those two are not …
Why NOT Measuring Everything Is Stupid
I wrote once: MEASURE EVERYTHING It strikes me as even more obvious now: How COULD YOU NOT measure everything?! It’s not “why”, it’s “HOW CAN YOU NOT”? When you go to the shop, do you just eyeball how much you should pay? Do you look at the CART, and GUESS how VALUABLE all …
Obviously The Goal Is Progress – Just Don’t Ruin Everything
The goal, OF COURSE, is progress BY DEFINITION progress is superior, progress is progress What is NOT a goal is REGRESS Obviously That would be the opposite of progress How do we regress? We can go back to status quo ante (assuming that status quo ante was regressive relatively to modernity) …
You’re Not Courageous
Being stubborn is not courage Having strong opinions about something is not courage Having contrarian opinions, saying “what you believe”, is definitely not yet courage Believing is not courage NOT fearing something is not courage Courage is plain and simple, ACCEPTING the risk What is the risk? It’s the risk …
UNLEARNING
Which hand do you brush your teeth with? Try switching to the other hand It’s not so comfortable, is it Now, imagine that the other hand is actually your stronger hand, It ought to perform this task better, But you’re not going to believe it, are you? You trained your other hand to brush your …
What Is The Darkness?
Is darkness wonderful? Is darkness terrible? What’s so enthralling about the darkness? What’s perhaps terrifying about the darkness? Is darkness symbol of evil? Of disorientation? Is darkness symbol of fear? Is darkness symbol of mystery? And excitation? I think darkness must be the proxy for UNKNOWN This is why it’s thrilling And this …