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Truth Eventually Prevails Because It’s Useful

Truth eventually prevails because it’s USEFUL   Self-interest is good because it at least requires calibration to a certain ideal Get it? The only problem we could ever have is if we DON’T EVEN CARE. Because then we can’t even AIM. There’s nothing to aim because we don’t care. And if there’s no aim — …

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To Not Be Misanthropic in a Disgusting World

When you see a person expressing a view repugnant to you, potentially with an air of confidence, maybe even arrogance and pride, maybe even gloating, you should only understand a number of things:   IDEAS MATTER AS IDEAS, i.e. even WITHOUT contact with the world — they matter for you for their own sake, and …

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Lifestyle Philosophy

how to GET WHAT YOU WANT (2026 version)

You getting what you want is NOT completely mysterious, but it is confusing   First It has to be POSSIBLE, and preferably plausible   There are CRAZY goals that are likely impossible -having everything, sacrificing nothing -being remembered, immortal physically or historically -having THAT PARTICULAR thing, that particular way -etc   Then there are AMBITIOUS …

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Fake Acceptance; The Problem vs. The Attitude

There’s something in you, around you, near you, about you, that’s LESS than desirable   Maybe that undesirability is clear — maybe less clear Maybe it’s justified, maybe it’s a fair trade-off — maybe not   But your attitude to that thing is what really matters   There are many attitudes to take   The …

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Private Worth vs Seriousness

Seriousness should be earned, respect should be earned   Your viewpoint is worthwhile merely because it is yours, when it is honest. I agree But that doesn’t mean it earned the attention of others (NOR does it mean that those viewpoints that have the attention of others — were earned)   A viewpoint can be …

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The Bastard Child of the Serious and the Common

I like the marriage of the serious, the formal, the academic, the rigorous, the theoretical with the casual, the informal, the vernacular, the everyday, the practical   I also despise it Because this is yet another way in which we mislead others and ourselves   Not everything can be formulated rigorously And then even if …

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