You are not a good person by default. Being a good person requires work, and that work starts by understanding who you are today and ends when you die.
You are shaped in a million ways by your parents, teachers, friends, bosses, media, algorithms, influencers, etc. It is not the mark of a good person to be passively shaped by their environment into a functioning member of society.
A good person considers how they've been shaped and actively works to change themselves to align with their personal values. Hell, examining the hodgepodge of conflicting values that society has pushed onto them is one of the biggest parts.
It is humbling, tedious, frustrating work, and many people go their whole lives without doing it. But it's worth it for the peace that comes in being proud of the person that you've made yourself into.
I'll go even further - you should welcome being wrong about things.
We are all making shit up as we go, and that means that you WILL make mistakes. Seeing those mistakes as opportunities to learn and make yourself better will turn you into a better person than someone who resists admitting their mistakes.
It also was one of the things that most helped my confidence.
I see confidence as the absence of fear of messing up.
You can gain confidence by practicing until you're are good enough to not make mistakes... or you can just accept that you're not a perfect person, that you'll make mistakes, and try your best anyway.
You think the money going to private prison owners is gonna be spent on prisons???
My sweet summer child. That would be a colossal waste! You see, if instead we overcrowd and starve people, then our profits will increase. And profits MUST increase.
Definitely agree about voters being misinformed. It really worries me that there isn't a consensus reality with agreement on even what the problems are, let alone solutions.
Basically, it says that politicians won't do the right thing because it's the right thing, they'll do whatever is politically advantageous. In that framing, our role is to make it advantageous for them to do the right thing.
He's aiming for much loftier goals than individual policies like universal healthcare, but I especially like his points on effective ways to allocate your energy.
Personally, I fall somewhere between him and the Contrapoints video he's responding to - I think we should absolutely vote for politicians and policies that move us in the right direction, but I think it's much more important overall to build collective power outside of the state (unions / community organizations). Ideally, I'd like to spend 90% of my effort on organizing and 10% on voting and voter engagement.
I don't think that allocation is objectively correct, or that there even exists a "right" way to engage. Different folks have different values, strengths, and interests, and I think the most important thing is that we're all pulling in the same direction of "get everyone's basic needs met."
I agree that Biden made good progress, and that Dems are pushing for the right things, but even with that progress and platform voters still handed the country back to Trump.
Maybe put another way, what are the ways to energize people to vote blue? Actually governing well clearly isn't it.
Disagree. Voting is necessary, of course, but it is NOT the first step. America just voted in Wish Hitler for his second term because he has a huge propaganda machine propping him up. Legislatively, he got the most votes and things are working as intended.
We need to change people's minds, and that requires organization, direct action, and our own propaganda.
And of course we shouldn't kill people, but if DEATH was a consequence for exploiting people, then exploitation would at least be minimized instead of happening proudly in broad daylight.
I don't like doing stuff, so I give my time an hourly rate of $100. Absolute BEST case scenario (for me) would be that this is a weekend project, so call it 10 hours.
So my best case break-even point would be 10K stars. Which seems like it'd be more than I'd need?
He's Mr Grinch, so it's at least his last name (and also explains him being THE Grinch who stole christmas). It's possible that it's also his job (see "Smith"), but
prefer that grinching is named after him, a la Scrooge
You are not a good person by default. Being a good person requires work, and that work starts by understanding who you are today and ends when you die.
You are shaped in a million ways by your parents, teachers, friends, bosses, media, algorithms, influencers, etc. It is not the mark of a good person to be passively shaped by their environment into a functioning member of society.
A good person considers how they've been shaped and actively works to change themselves to align with their personal values. Hell, examining the hodgepodge of conflicting values that society has pushed onto them is one of the biggest parts.
It is humbling, tedious, frustrating work, and many people go their whole lives without doing it. But it's worth it for the peace that comes in being proud of the person that you've made yourself into.
TL;DR: go to therapy
Can you explain this a bit?
Why not just work to change the things you don't like, and accept that you won't do it perfectly?
Christ, that's cynical
Yes!! I also recommend doing some basic joint strengthening and mobility stuff. I really like knees over toes guy and movement by David
I'll go even further - you should welcome being wrong about things.
We are all making shit up as we go, and that means that you WILL make mistakes. Seeing those mistakes as opportunities to learn and make yourself better will turn you into a better person than someone who resists admitting their mistakes.
It also was one of the things that most helped my confidence.
I see confidence as the absence of fear of messing up.
You can gain confidence by practicing until you're are good enough to not make mistakes... or you can just accept that you're not a perfect person, that you'll make mistakes, and try your best anyway.
You think the money going to private prison owners is gonna be spent on prisons???
My sweet summer child. That would be a colossal waste! You see, if instead we overcrowd and starve people, then our profits will increase. And profits MUST increase.
Yeah this should be up there with "stop, drop, and roll"
This is sick!! Would you mind sharing your config?
Wait what's the problem with anark?
Definitely agree about voters being misinformed. It really worries me that there isn't a consensus reality with agreement on even what the problems are, let alone solutions.
I recently read this and found it helpful: https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-think-about-politics-without
Basically, it says that politicians won't do the right thing because it's the right thing, they'll do whatever is politically advantageous. In that framing, our role is to make it advantageous for them to do the right thing.
A video I've seen in this realm is this one: https://youtu.be/yXOgbbHyii8
He's aiming for much loftier goals than individual policies like universal healthcare, but I especially like his points on effective ways to allocate your energy.
Personally, I fall somewhere between him and the Contrapoints video he's responding to - I think we should absolutely vote for politicians and policies that move us in the right direction, but I think it's much more important overall to build collective power outside of the state (unions / community organizations). Ideally, I'd like to spend 90% of my effort on organizing and 10% on voting and voter engagement.
I don't think that allocation is objectively correct, or that there even exists a "right" way to engage. Different folks have different values, strengths, and interests, and I think the most important thing is that we're all pulling in the same direction of "get everyone's basic needs met."
Why do you think Trump won?
I agree that Biden made good progress, and that Dems are pushing for the right things, but even with that progress and platform voters still handed the country back to Trump.
Maybe put another way, what are the ways to energize people to vote blue? Actually governing well clearly isn't it.
Don't do that.
Don't give me hope.
Disagree. Voting is necessary, of course, but it is NOT the first step. America just voted in Wish Hitler for his second term because he has a huge propaganda machine propping him up. Legislatively, he got the most votes and things are working as intended.
We need to change people's minds, and that requires organization, direct action, and our own propaganda.
And of course we shouldn't kill people, but if DEATH was a consequence for exploiting people, then exploitation would at least be minimized instead of happening proudly in broad daylight.
Right - the cost is your time instead of dollars.
I don't like doing stuff, so I give my time an hourly rate of $100. Absolute BEST case scenario (for me) would be that this is a weekend project, so call it 10 hours.
So my best case break-even point would be 10K stars. Which seems like it'd be more than I'd need?
Absurdism in philosophy is "nothing matters"ism - see the exurb1a video above.
In art, though, absurdism is what you describe.
He's Mr Grinch, so it's at least his last name (and also explains him being THE Grinch who stole christmas). It's possible that it's also his job (see "Smith"), but prefer that grinching is named after him, a la Scrooge
Sounds like you need the 28 hour day!
https://xkcd.com/320
I tried it once! and it was... weird. But at least you'll know when your waking hours are!
I imagine him looking like the Pringles guy
Thanks for posting the Besos interview!
Super interesting that they were already hoovering up user data as fast as they could in '97 - half a gigabyte per day.