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 …
Tag: Morality
Always Remember How Stupidity And Evil Are One
Stupidity and evil are one and the same At worst, our system is stupid, flawed — therefore it fails to prevent evil But otherwise we, as individuals, harm others and ourselves and this world — out of ignorance We could have made this place more wonderful for ourselves and others, but we’re too stupid …
Patriotism Is an Outdated And Dangerous Meme
Patriotism is but religion And religion is but delusion Useful delusion, mind you If it was completely useless — we would have evolved it away Question is — how useful? Or rather — is it still the most USEFUL mental model to hold, around those matters? It’s probably not, is it Because …
Should You Reward Others Even If It Cost Them Nothing?
I often write that you should: -give and give more -make sure you give more in a relationship — so that you GUARANTEE that you keep it -…and thus continue, selfishly, benefiting from that relationship Here’s another puzzle: Should you reward others EVEN IF it cost them nothing? Answer is — obviously yes …
Moral ATROPHY on Social Media
The obvious, known evil of social media is audience capture = overwhelming incentive to please one’s audience and the ALGORITHM, at the expense of one’s own beliefs and integrity and morality. You become a mindless thoughtless zombie of feeding your audience and the algorithm what it wants You also become insensitive and blind to anything …
Fuzzy Logic of Treating Others Well; Treat Those You Keep Exceptionally
-You can treat others better or worse, obviously -And you can be intrinsically more valuable to them, or less Those two will decide what people will want to do with you You shouldn’t ever patch, or ameliorate, that which is already ruined. If you’re not meant for each other — admit it as fast …
Selfishness Compass
One could conceive of selfishness compass It would comprise of two axes Horizontal could measure the degree of self-absorption, self-interest Vertical could measure the degree of IGNORANCE At an extreme left there would be utter self-absorption, utter self-obsession, with utmost disregard for the interest of others, An utterly solipsistic perspective No inhibition in disregarding …
We Intuitively Judge Others By Different Standards
We think we treats others equally We think we judge others by the same standards We don’t And on more than one level First there’s discrimination We don’t even acknowledge that we discriminate That’s because we don’t even know any more what it means Discriminate is to recognise a distinction The distinction just …
False Balance Between The Reformed Devil And Sinful Saint
When a saint sins, it’s a scandal when the devil does a good thing, overdelivers, reforms, what an uplifting story I suppose it’s some kind of relativism which causes this bias To measure anything — we must measure it against something Why not measure to the closest thing Thus measure the saint against the …
Stubborn When It’s Cheap, Weak When It Counts
Isn’t it fascinating? We’re so stubborn and recalcitrant and combative — even when we KNOW we’re wrong And yet, When we actually believe something, and for once for good reason, and for once it’s the RIGHT THING — we’re still too WEAK and PATHETIC to STAND for the truth, to stand for ourselves This …