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 — …
Tag: Learning
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 …
No, We Are Not Better Than the Out Modern World
-There’s the mediocre majority -The excellent minority -And the backwards minority -I believe the whole is pushed forward by the excellent minority -The excellent minority, the heroes, the precursors, the visionaries, the saints, are miles ahead -The mediocre majority is slightly behind the average of the whole, because the whole is pushed forward by the …
Cycle Of Delusion, Pessimism, Enlightenment
It’s a cycle: -delusion, ignorance, denial -acceptance, pessimism, desperation -growth, enlightenment Examples? –Dunning-Kruger effect –Gartner’s hype cycle –Four stages of competence -and most people you know Let’s explain the cycle: DELUSION, IGNORANCE, DENIAL -Anything you’re not knowledgeable about, don’t have significant experience at — you’re basically ignorant about -Since you’re ignorant — …
You’re Forgetting Too Much
I do believe that FORGETFULNESS is the obvious natural ABSORBING BARRIER It’s just that for absolute majority of people the primary hindrances, even before memory, is simply: -not doing enough (doing in general, and doing new things, iterating) -blindness: some inborn (biases), most learned (einstellung effect, ego, sunk cost, it’s a looooong fucking list) But …
Ignorance, Innocence, Evil, Cast a Stone
“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone “ Most man are in no position to pose MORAL CONDEMNATION. This is because they are not themselves righteous. Doesn’t mean they are wicked. But they are not righteous. Because there is nothing righteous that they could ever do. This is …
Decisiveness and Judiciousness
-There are decisions to be made -There are informations -Then there’s the process -And finally your computing resources: brainpower and time You can rarely make a perfect decision. And when you can — usually you do it instantly (because you already have the problem solved) You can rarely make a perfect decision — but …
Mediocrity and Competence
Your boss is a mediocrity that is hopefully at least competent. Your employee is a mediocrity that will hopefully do what he’s told, and do it at an acceptable level. And whoever you wouldn’t employee is a mediocrity that is also useless, or even destructive. There are great man out there of course, but …
You Can’t NOT Pick Side (And Can’t Avoid Conflict)
There’s knowable and there’s unknowable. Then there’s whether you think it’s knowable or unknowable — whether you think it’s known or not known. When you think it’s knowable and that you know it — you are confident — and confidently take a strong position. But what do you do when it’s unknowable — and you …
LOVE Saying “I WAS WRONG”
What if you were paid for each time you found you were wrong? e.g. $1000 for finding something you were wrong about. another $1000 for finding something else you were wrong about. imagine you fell in love with saying “I WAS WRONG” Can you imagine this making your life better? Your model of reality …