The real humility is epistemic humility You should just be REAL. As confident as warranted by data. No more, no less Reality tempers your confidence. You can be good but you’re never good enough. If life doesn’t humble you — you’re not challenging yourself enough Pretending you’re smaller than you are is …
Tag: Self
Know You to Forget You
it’s like when you really know who you are, you don’t overthink it, it’s like a cat, you know it’s not a dog, you know it’s not a mouse, you know it has whiskers and a tail and a smug look on its face you’re not CONSIDERING if it’s better than other animals or worse, …
The True Meaning of “Beginner’s Mind” (Is Where Ego Resist)
What if I’m wrong What if I’m nothing special What if I fucked up What if all that is really fucking stupid What if they have a point What if they have a point What if there is an exception What more can I do What more can I do What’s the better way What …
Not Being Honest About What You Are Is Often Worse Than What You Are
Maybe you’re ugly or maybe you’re beautiful Either way you’re not perfect You’re a bit ugly and a bit beautiful And usually that means you’ll accentuate the beautiful aspects of yourself And then you’ll also put a fucking spin on it, make-up on it — and make yourself a little extra beautiful And …
What You Want, What The World Wants, And Self-esteem
There’s what you want There’s what the world wants What you want divides into: -What you want from you -What you want from the world What the world wants divides into: -What the world wants in general -What the world wants from you I suppose I wrote that to get WHAT YOU …
Society Failed You, but You’re Still a Loser
Society can save you Make you or break you You can save you Make you or break you Both can be true The potential of individual to save himself does not refute the value of creating a society which thrives, and thus in which individuals thrive, and are “saved”, when they get …
“Neutral” Is Usually The Best Attitude
“I don’t know” is usually the best answer, Because why would you know? The world is infinitely complicated If you’re interacting with the world — you should be stumped all the time Likewise “NEUTRAL” is usually the best attitude For the same reason Usually you don’t know what you’re dealing with Not entirely You …
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 …
Why Do You Get Drunk and Dumb?
Why do you get drunk / high? And why, as a result, you become an even dumber cunt? So there’s the gain to be derived, One would be the good emotion that it brings Another could be the liberation from inhibition Inhibitions of course exist for a reason At the extreme: having “no …
Real vs Fake vs Drunk and Repugnant
Being NOT real (fake) is disgusting because: -then you’re IMPOSSIBLE to be trusted. you’re unknown (real you is unknown) -and unknown comprises both good and bad. -and the bad is not worth risking, if you can have the good instead, from someone else +It also reeks of incompetence and worthlessness. Otherwise you wouldn’t try to …