Comparison, metaphor — is like a model of a thing The purpose of a model is to represent something Model is of course NOT the thing itself It is but it’s representation It omits certain aspects of it — and represents other aspects In having a copy: theoretical or scaled down or whatever — …
Tag: Relations
What They Think
What they think matters IF -they are likely to be CORRECT -and MORE correct than you It’s that fucking simple You can’t tell yourself that you don’t care — if you SHOULD CARE Then you’re just being delusional NOT caring about INSIGHTS which could benefit you is obviously SELF-defeating You’re not rebelling against …
Success Guarantees Animosity and Separation
Success Guarantees Animosity and Separation Success guarantees animosity and separation The more you “succeed”, the more you separate yourself Obviously you do. You become different to get different outcomes Furthermore in getting different outcomes — you lose interest in the old outcomes Including old people, their old opinions, their old activities, all the …
Giving is Selfish, Altruistic and RATIONAL
Giving is obviously beneficial to the receiver — AND the giver Giving is obviously beneficial to the giver, selfishly It takes advantage of the reciprocity bias — often you’ll get more in return than you put in In giving you acquire trust You reveal peaceful, helpful intent And in continuing giving you maintain …
Admit You Don’t Like Them, NEUTRALLY
Why don’t you just admit that you don’t like someone Without having to first get angry or offended or conceited or quarrel with them Why don’t you just ADMIT that you have a PREFERENCE Without denigrating someone Without puffing up like a fucking peacock Without even a tincture of hostility Just an EXTREMELY CASUAL …
SPONTANEOUS Communication vs BUSINESS Communication
PERSONAL is spontaneous and fathomless . BUSINESS is specific and focused. (BUSINESS, or “GOAL ORIENTATION”) I believe the key PRINCIPLES to follow in one’s PERSONAL EXPRESSION, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: –INDIVIDUALITY and (personal) CONGRUENCE -SPONTANEITY and EXPLORATION –MINIMALISM and RESERVATION and MYSTERIOUSNESS I believe in BUSINESS it’s mostly the opposite: -NOT about you but about …
Social Cohesion, Social Media, Societal Self-Regulation
Every relationship is founded on mutual benefit How different or similar we are, how in love with each other or how disgusted with one another — makes no matter. As long as there’s a common ground of mutual benefit — there is a RELATIONSHIP Society is a relationship as well It’s more people connected in …
To Judge or Not To Judge (#2)
I have previously written on the subject, from a more spiritual perspective: To Judge or Not To Judge Today I take on the subject more pragmatically and simply Judgement is innately divisive. You use some criterion to divide objects into different categories, including categories of desirability, value. Of course one would judge. The …
Too Busy For Anything Less (Than Love)
First you give love to yourself Then give love to others THIS is the formula Formula to what? To every time you feel anything less than love Anything less than love is not exactly ideal, is it Anger is not fun Resentment is not fun Greed is not fun Need is not fun …
About CONTEXT
Nothing has meaning without context. Everything is relative. If everything is dark than nothing is dark. Dark is only dark next to light. Half of what we say is lost before we even said it Because we simply utter it in the wrong context If you talk about dark in utter darkness — …