There’s the well-defined, and there’s the intangible relationships fairness attitude intention effort will intuition confidence worth goodness authenticity attraction But what does INTANGIBLE mean? Does it mean those things don’t exist? Does it mean those things are effectively intractable, UNCONTROLLABLE? And therefore IRRELEVANT practically? See that’s the fallacy of intangible, if you …
Tag: Psychology
How’d You RATE Your Expertise?
“How’d you RATE your EXPERTISE?” I think this is an EXCELLENT question to ask oneself, or to ask someone, when you’re trying to determine the REALITY, make DECISIONS, decide what is TRUE and what is not, decide what is PLAUSIBLE and HOW PLAUSIBLE How’d you rate your EXPERTISE, 1 to 10? Now …
Why Some Super-Successful Go Conspiratorial
Genius is indeed madness When you’re super brilliant — you risk sometimes being super crazy. That’s the price of trying new, crazy things. But if you pull it off — you’re a genius. Not everyone can be a genius. And likely the genius knew EVERYTHING there was to know — BEFORE he transcended it, pushed …
UNLEARNING
Which hand do you brush your teeth with? Try switching to the other hand It’s not so comfortable, is it Now, imagine that the other hand is actually your stronger hand, It ought to perform this task better, But you’re not going to believe it, are you? You trained your other hand to brush your …
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 …
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 …
Social Media Is a Profoundly Unnatural Form of Communication
Let’s say you’re actually using social media with purpose, for instance: -to stay in touch with people in your life -to stay in touch with people that interest you -to stay informed this is probably not so bad, right? Better than mindlessly stimulating yourself with vacuous nonsense and filth But it’s still bad, …
Happiness Is Now By Definition — Tomorrow Is But Intelligent Prevention
LIVING happens now You can’t “experience” “tomorrow”, you can’t measure “tomorrow”, not today, NOR yesterday, really, =RIGHT NOW contains all that you EVER WANT Meaning it contains every THOUGHT, every EMOTION — that you can EVER WANT The best thing that ever happened to you — happened IN THE NOW The best you ever …
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 …
From Difference of Opinions to Blame Game to Strong Boundaries
Let’s say you like a STEAK — and she likes a SALAD You probably won’t have the same thing for dinner Now this is fine You just say: you get yourself your salad, and I’ll have my steak But let’s say you’re also very opinionated about superiority of steaks, over some shrubs You …