To change is to be a traitor To change is to betray To change is to abandon the former and embrace the new To change is thus to betray the former The word betrayal implies the negative But what negative? Whose negative? What’s negative? The traitor? The betrayed? The idea? The ideology? The …
Tag: Individuality
There Is No Such Thing As Nonconformity In Conformity
To be conformist — even within a non-conformist organisation — is still conformist You can’t be half-non-conformist You can’t be half-gangster Either you think for yourself or you’re just a dumb sheep If you derive your “non-conformity” from a non-conformist group — then you’re just conformist — and a dumb sheep …
You’re Either Alive — Or Distracting Yourself
you’re either alive — or distracting yourself when you’re scared to live — you’re distracting yourself when you’re confused — you’re distracting yourself when you’re tired — you’re distracting yourself you’re scared of the unknown, you’d rather retain homeostasis you’re confused, you’d rather not seek the truth, you’re overwhelmed, you’re arrogant, you’d rather …
Discordant Hierarchies
From a perspective distant enough we’re equal and identical . From up close we’re all different and unequal Are we thus equal or unequal? We’re not objectively equal nor unequal — our equality or inequality depends on the situation. In one situation you are better suited to make decisions In other situation I am …
Memetic Growth
There’s such thing as Memetic Growth, Growth implies growing, improving, Memetic implies imitation, replication, Memetic Growth is then GROWING VIA IMITATION. Memetic Growth is real. It happens all the time. Many phenomenons are centered around it. Industrious man gather in big cities. Innovators pull to technological hubs. Researchers and academics spawn in academic centers. …
Revealing
You are what you’re revealing to the world. And what you’re revealing to the world is what you are. Whatever urged you to present yourself the way you present yourself — is part of you. Your urge is part of you How you present yourself, what you reveal to the world — is part …
being “hard”
being “hard” is no more no less then knowing who you are — then standing by it (hard) being “hard” is no more no less then knowing what you want — and then doing it (hard) anything else but that is just naive appearances, pretense, or delusion you’re not hard in how …
You Are Only What You Did TODAY
The more we understand the more nuance we unravel. When we don’t understand then we tend to think very black-and-white, either-or; It’s understandable, since the first nuance we pick is INDIVIDUATION: how something is distinguished from other things. This creates the fundamental dichotomy between the THING discussed and everything else (that this thing is …
The Paradox of Cluelessness and Individuality
You are obliviously born clueless. I don’t know how, but somehow over time you come to believe that you’re not so clueless; Now you have opinions and what not. Chances are you are still clueless. Chances are you’ll die clueless. And the worst part is — you have to make decisions and take actions — …
Growth is a “Perverse Incentive”
“A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intentions of its designers.” — WIKIPEDIA Perverse incentive, or the cobra effect, is a misformulated incentive, such as: -attempting to get rid of cobras in the city – by incentivising killing cobras, through offering a bounty for …