Lifestyle

Why New Toys Are Exciting (And Your Life Is Not)

Toys are new = novelty. First they are new by the very fact that you don’t have them Second they are new because toys are continuously updated, to keep you enthralled   Toys benefit from memetic value Which itself benefits from scarcity We want that which others want. The more we don’t know what we …

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Philosophy

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 …

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Lifestyle Spirituality

Mediocrity More Scary Than Failure

What do you fear more? failure? or mediocrity?   Both are a social construct Alone in the woods — it’s annoying when you are building a small shed, and the structure collapses somehow It’s annoying, but You’re not a “failure” You’re not a “mediocrity” Those terms exist only in the society   Now what do …

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Philosophy

The FAKE Prophets

“A broken clock is right twice a day” Perhaps you’ve heard this phrase   Have you heard about survivorship bias? Survivorship bias is when you come to a conclusion about the whole — drawing only on limited data which has passed certain selection process, i.e. “survived”   Now it’s time to combine the BROKEN CLOCK …

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Philosophy Spirituality

Useful Faith vs Blind, EVIL Faith

-There’s science =knowledge from observations, encapsulated by a testable theory, which has then been tested indeed -There’s reason, rationality = coherence of different concepts. Mathematics, logic, philosophy, etc. -And there’s FAITH = ASSUMPTION of something, WITHOUT either scientific proof, or even validation of logical clarity   Is there room for faith? Well we can’t always …

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Spirituality

What ACCEPTANCE Actually Means

True ACCEPTANCE is actually VERY HARD   When we think we “do acceptance” — what we’re typically actually only doing is: –accepting something suboptimal… -…except with the CAVEAT that we will IMPROVE IT, ERASE IT …which is not truly acceptance, is it? We’re still WISHING TO SEE IT GONE, DENY IT   TRUE ACCEPTANCE is …

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Lifestyle Philosophy Spirituality

God Is Always Watching

I like the concept that “GOD always watching”   We lie to ourselves all the time   It’s only when we know we can’t get away with the lie, is when we get serious -when it’s important -when someone’s watching, and knows   By the way, why do we lie to ourselves?   It’s not …

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Lifestyle Philosophy Spirituality

Vulnerable, but Also EMOTIONALLY

There’s the entirety of your psyche: what you want, what you like, what you do, what drives you, etc It’s your thoughts and feelings and actions You feel more or less comfortable with revealing this PSYCHE of yours   We tend to feel the most comfortable with our actions — since everyone can see them …

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