morality in movies is pop-morality morality in media is pop-morality morality in public discourse is pop-morality pop-morality is either a political ideology or some kind of amusement and self-indulgence or both real morality is how you treat others and how your actions affect others and when in doubt? then do what you …
Tag: Culture
The Fake Smile
The fake smile on your profile pic is the symbol of our times Look at the faces of your predecessors, painted in oil, beautiful, strong You don’t see them smiling like stupid fools No fake smiles on their faces They were never meant to look “friendly” Because there is nothing good about being …
DISCRIMINATE
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 …
Racism Is Merely Subset of Hate
Racism is merely subset of hate It’s irrelevant who you hate — the problem is with hate itself Anti-racism is silly because it only perpetuates the problem By hating on haters you become a hater All that is achieved is perpetuation of hate Therefore you have more racism and more discrimination and all that …
Criticising Your Neighbour
I begin to doubt the existence of such thing as VALID CRITICISM OF A PERSON You can only criticise ideas and attitudes I’m the last to avoid offending But when I see a fool I just see foolishness When I see a fraud I just see confusion When I see an evil-doer I just …
Pop Culture Reflects Us
Pop culture reflects us… and makes us, whether you’re “above it” or not Learn from your reflection of who you are You’re not so different than the POP culture Maybe it reflects the worst of you or maybe worst of you reflects it There’s a link some of us are trying to deny …
About The Video Games
Yes video games are addictive, rather unhealthy and kinda useless But so are most things, to some extent. Like with drugs — video games are not to blame — but misuse The same misuse we make of money and resources and sex and food Video games are no more useless then art, or fiction …
From Mediocrity to Excellence: Intelligent, Skillful Creativity Manifesto
There’s the Known and there’s the Not-Known. The Not-Known is THE NEW The Not-Known came first. Before we knew anything — we knew nothing. Before the legacy, before the skill, before the craft, before the knowledge — there was only the discovery. The unknown. The CREATIVITY. Creativity comes always first. It has always came first. …
REAL Social Justice
Our society is not perfect. It’s a fact. There are many societal problems which I won’t even state. I imagine you have your own problems with society. Now, how do you go about those problems? We, humans, have an unfortunate tendency to identify. We identify with things. What we identify with – we …
If you rely on the approval of others – do you still rely on yourself?
If you rely on the approval of others – do you still rely on yourself? Is this your opinion or their’s opinion, then? You espouse certain beliefs, which you read somewhere or found out by yourself. Now, if you need someone to validate them – are you not invalidating your own perspective? Why …