-there are opportunities we know are ONLY present now -and there are opportunities which we’re not aware will not present themselves again -and then there are opportunities which CAN, indeed, wait I think we overrate the latter And underappreciate the transience of most opportunities Not least because we can’t know the future And …
Tag: Success
Hierarchies, Competition, Ego, Self and Collective Interests
You want to do better in order to get better outcomes for yourself, solve your problems better But indirectly in doing so — you become useful for others And then indirectly in doing so — you become placed higher in a hierarchy. Hierarchy of course has a purpose. It contains information about that which is …
Knowledge Is One Objective Edge You Can Have
Knowledge is overrated Knowledge will not redeem you, knowledge will not be your salvation And knowledge won’t do shit for you, you have to DO things yourself Knowledge is UNDERRATED Knowledge is underrated too Most people are ignorant cunts Most people are incompetent dilettantes KNOWLEDGE HAS VALUE Knowledge is USEFUL I wrote …
Gentlemanly Lessons From Chess
“Play stupid games — win stupid prices”. Chess is no exception Even if you’re a grandmaster — quit chess, it’s a waste of life Gods are embarrassed with you That’s one lesson of chess — don’t waste life on fake games, fake competition, and fake prices Ok, there’s one more lesson to chess …
How The FAKE Will Look MORE Legit
It’s not just that the FAKE, the advertised, the scammy — look BETTER than the real thing It will often even look more LEGIT More legit than the real thing Is a Ferrari the most telling indication of material wealth? It’s not a horrible indication. Even renting a Ferrari requires a dollar or two …
Morality of Profiting at the Expense of Others
Should you profit at the expense of others? If others don’t matter — then it doesn’t matter if you profit at their expense or not. Just like it doesn’t matter if you satiate your culinary desires by eating succulent steak, at the expense of some cow But if you claim that others matter …
About Reliability
There are 3 levels of RELIABILITY: -perfect reliability -solid reliability -and unreliability Unreliability is near useless Solid reliability is acceptable Perfect reliability is twice as good as “acceptable”… or 10 times as good, or 100 times The only reason one would ever compromise on reliability, OBVIOUSLY, is if: -there’s some other benefit e.g. …
True Wisdom Is Advantage Anywhere
True wisdom is an advantage anywhere In any endeavour No, being a scholar, an academic, an egghead, a nerd, a know-it-all — is NOT an advantage anywhere It’s rather a disadvantage An einstellung effect, You have some clue about some narrow nonsense made up fragment of reality — and you believe it gives you …
Supply and Demand of Your Psyche
The law of supply states that as demand raises — supply will also raise Could we hypothesise that similar principle could govern one’s soul? =The more one wants something — the more one strives to obtain it CETERIS PARIBUS the more one wants something — the more one strives to obtain it. Assuming no …
Intelligence Is Inseparable From Action Is Inseparable From Will
Let’s define intelligence in terms of cause and tangible effect It doesn’t have to be perfect cause and effect The point is that we get an effect at the end — which can be measured — and which adheres to the previous intentions This would be intelligence Let’s NOT define intelligence as mere coherence …