The more we understand the more nuance we unravel. When we don’t understand then we tend to think very black-and-white, either-or; It’s understandable, since the first nuance we pick is INDIVIDUATION: how something is distinguished from other things. This creates the fundamental dichotomy between the THING discussed and everything else (that this thing is …
Tag: Success
Don’t Fail Without Reason
Don’t fail without good reason Don’t make a habit out of failing The purpose of failing is to win You fail many small times so that you can win big-time You experiment and explore so that you can innovate You fail so that you can discover a new way New, by definition, is …
Free From SIN, or The Antifragile Being
You want to be free from sin. You want to be free from vice. Do you know why you want to be free from sin? Because you’ll go to heaven. Now, I wouldn’t count on going to heaven after you die. After you die — chances are you’re going to go to the …
Should You Have A Clue (About The World)
If you have any business with the world — you should care about the world, should you not? -like when you do something — you know what you are doing and what you intend -when you give someone money — you know what you are expecting in return -when you’re trading value — you know …
Should You Sell You
You come into this world, You have your hands and your eyes and your ears and your brains, Ready to watch and listen and learn and think and DO You’ve some time for all those escapades, and then you’re going to die, and that’s the end of it, You’re going to die and you know …
The Age of Con and FAKENESS
What a day and age to be a con artist! You can write any nonsense on the internet and no one will know Used to be your fakeness and deceit would come through in your fake demeanour Now there’s no fake demeanour — just a fake online profile I never realised the scale of …
Get Back On Wrongdoers By Doing The Right Thing
Right action yields right returns Wrong action yields wrong returns Right action involves cooperation Cooperation is right because of sharing resources (mental, physical, energetic, etc) If someone refuses to cooperate or worse still — harms your cause he is not only harming you but himself he is wasting your precious resources — which …
The PREDICAMENTS of “Wisdom”
There’s the existence. Existence which you were burdened with. Existence and the problems of existence. All problems are problems of existence. Your “petty” quotidian problems are still problems of existence (or rather, those are the real problems of existence) You solve problems, You solve problems and learn, You solve problems and learn and …
Unrealistic Expectations Are Evil
Unrealistic expectations are not innocent and benign Unrealistic expectations are evil Unrealistic expectations are not innocent and benign They cause you to engage in unpromising, suboptimal, unrealistic pursuits Therefore they cause you to fail Unrealistic expectations are not innocent and benign It’s only fun to dream your amazing future It’s no fun learning …
The World’s Incomprehensibility and The Tragedy of Naivety
We can’t explain the world Alas we really wish to We can’t explain the world But we want to retain hope We can’t explain the world But we are vain and arrogant creatures There are many motivations to explain the world But it doesn’t make it much more explainable Yes many …