The more I read from the highly cerebral, with their exquisitely-crafted, complex philosophies for why they are so furious at [take your pick: gays, Jews, women, sluts, immigrants, socialists, whatever], the more convinced I become that the whole edifice is constructed on one big problem: they don't know how to make friends. Not valuing human capital or knowing how to make friends -- which of course requires forgiving things like hypocrisy -- is very much downstream of their other problems.
That was dark, but so true. Having understood the process, I made a midlife shift. There will always be challenges in life, finding your crap tolerance limits makes all the difference. Building that charisma and passion is essential.
I suppose there is sound advice here for getting ahead in life. I prefer to take my counsel from less pragmatic but more wise and moral sources. That may mean I am less successful as the world measures success. I can live with it.
This is a brilliant post that embraces the Buddhist concept of non-duality. Very fascinating. I realized recently: until we've arrived at the paradox, we haven't arrived at the Truth. Truth is self-balancing, which means it's contradictory. It contains opposites. You've captured that here brilliantly. Hats off
I love it so much.
The more I read from the highly cerebral, with their exquisitely-crafted, complex philosophies for why they are so furious at [take your pick: gays, Jews, women, sluts, immigrants, socialists, whatever], the more convinced I become that the whole edifice is constructed on one big problem: they don't know how to make friends. Not valuing human capital or knowing how to make friends -- which of course requires forgiving things like hypocrisy -- is very much downstream of their other problems.
That was dark, but so true. Having understood the process, I made a midlife shift. There will always be challenges in life, finding your crap tolerance limits makes all the difference. Building that charisma and passion is essential.
Thank you.
This is real thought. Get with it. Keep this brain train going, man, the world needs more thinkers again! 🤘
Sound counsel!
Completely brilliant
Best to acknowledge the element of "irreducible rascality" than to sweep it under a rug into a pile that someone trips over later
I suppose there is sound advice here for getting ahead in life. I prefer to take my counsel from less pragmatic but more wise and moral sources. That may mean I am less successful as the world measures success. I can live with it.
This is a brilliant post that embraces the Buddhist concept of non-duality. Very fascinating. I realized recently: until we've arrived at the paradox, we haven't arrived at the Truth. Truth is self-balancing, which means it's contradictory. It contains opposites. You've captured that here brilliantly. Hats off
What can sluts do to "improve your strategic position"? I understood most of the other examples in the list, but that one is unclear to me.
Admiring people who deserve to be in a real life bonfire of the vanities
Bonfire of the Vanities. Boom 💥
Admiring people who deserve to be in a real life bonfire of the vanities
>Getting what you want and acting how you want are frequently at odds.
Why even want things? I will just acting how I want as I don't want things.