You’re not perfect — but you probably are NOT a “bad person” Bear with me We humans are sometimes too binary (and sometimes not binary enough) When things really matter — things like life and death — we learn to be decisive, we learn to be binary Things like good and bad We learn …
Tag: Self
To Change Is To Be A Traitor
To change is to be a traitor To change is to betray To change is to abandon the former and embrace the new To change is thus to betray the former The word betrayal implies the negative But what negative? Whose negative? What’s negative? The traitor? The betrayed? The idea? The ideology? The …
What Do You Want More?
“What do you want more” is a good question Priorities are by definition relative (something is more important then something else) Merely stating that something is “important” or that you “want” something is insufficient You have to state what it is more important then, What do you want more then (something else) Furthermore: …
The Thing And The Symbol
You can have the thing or you can have the symbol You can have the real thing or you can have it’s symbol Sometimes you prefer symbol over the thing Sometimes you’re confused about the thing — therefore you take the symbol Sometimes you’re confused about most things — and you only take symbols …
Your Problems Don’t Make You Special
We actually believe our problems are unique! Well they are not, and it’s a fact. (If you don’t believe me — then let go of your ignorance and google your problems, read some diaries, read some biographies, and I guarantee — you you’ll find someone dealing with EXACT SHIT you’re dealing with (you may even …
Discordant Hierarchies
From a perspective distant enough we’re equal and identical . From up close we’re all different and unequal Are we thus equal or unequal? We’re not objectively equal nor unequal — our equality or inequality depends on the situation. In one situation you are better suited to make decisions In other situation I am …
Love Life, Love Yourself, Love Your Work
I love me I love life I love my work This is THE mantra, if you will You have life to live Living which involves this life, this world, and this you You can love it or you can hate it I love it Perhaps it’s a matter of awareness, perhaps it’s a …
How Could You Love Yourself If You Don’t Even Know Yourself?
how could you love yourself if you don’t even know yourself? how could you believe in yourself if you don’t even know yourself? how could you respect yourself if you don’t even know yourself? how could you improve yourself if you don’t even know yourself? how could you help yourself if you don’t even know …
Revealing
You are what you’re revealing to the world. And what you’re revealing to the world is what you are. Whatever urged you to present yourself the way you present yourself — is part of you. Your urge is part of you How you present yourself, what you reveal to the world — is part …
Growth is a “Perverse Incentive”
“A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intentions of its designers.” — WIKIPEDIA Perverse incentive, or the cobra effect, is a misformulated incentive, such as: -attempting to get rid of cobras in the city – by incentivising killing cobras, through offering a bounty for …