2019-01(Jan)-16-Wed-1846 (entry 4/4)

Humans have been running simulations. A lot of simulations.

Millions upon millions, from a young age to past the middle age, spends hours solving puzzles, figuring out strategies, learning different ways of approaching a problem, understanding and working with given mechanics and parameters. They do this for hours a week. Some even every day. As we all know folks, the more you practice something, the better you get at it.

Some day the average gamer will resolve all of humanities problems in the most efficient way possible. I mean, have you seen the lengths to which some minmaxers will go?

2019-01(Jan)-16-Wed-1846 (entry 3/4)

Use your brain.

Your brain can be trained; if you use it, it gets better at doing whatever it is you practice. Be it a manual skill or a thought pattern or an emotional pattern, the more you do it, the more efficiently your brain will reproduce that particular sequence. Over time, it can even be reproduced unconsciously.

2019-01(Jan)-16-Wed-1846 (entry 2/4)

If you go to any country and start speaking a language unknown to them, you don’t get to complain if no one seems to understand you.

Yes, it is necessary to translate what you are trying to convey in order to adapt its intended recipient. Otherwise, you are wasting your energy rather than applying yourself towards effectively achieving your intended purpose, which, presumably,  would be to take a though in your head and reproduce it in the minds of your intended audience.

2019-01(Jan)-16-Wed-1846 (entry 1/4)

If I were to try to control society, I would become a popular celebrity, and get as large a group as possible to feel roughly the same way at the same time by releasing media, the consumption of which can steer the general mood.

I bet you the national happiness metre gave a mesurable twitch when star wars was released. Rock bands have had thousands upon thousands “synching up” in the same room, so to speak, or even moving in synchronous time. If I were to release a comedy that broke acclaim records, then I would have the national mood swing by making a LOT of people laugh and be delighted during a period of a few weeks.

That could be enough to swing the public jury one way or another on a divisive subject.

2019-01(Jan)-16-Wed-1809

Some have an appreciation for this or that. I have appreciation for appreciation.

2018-12(Dec)-28-Fri-0111

Pursuit, the unsolvable riddle.

Can humanity exist without relying on NEED for motivation?

2018-11(Nov)-21-Wed-1602

I laugh as everyone debates over wether climate change is real. That argument can not be won by either side. It is futile. So change the approach.

Should we not be as clean as possible just for the sake of not being a slob? Do you not understand that if you leave depletion and squalor in your wake, you SUCK at what you are doing? You are a crass slob, regardless or any gains.

A person who accomplishes a fruitful existence without making a mess is masterful. A person who “has no choice” but to devastate is incompetent.

Do you like going into the kitchen to find a mess someone else left behind? No? Neither does anyone else. Don’t be a fucking slob.

2018-11(Nov)-08-Thu-1449

If you can’t walk down the road without a cane, what will you do when you come upon a mountain?

Sure, there are obvious situations where a cane is necessary. But far too often do we rely on support rather than capitalize on an opportunity to push ourselves a little harder, increasing our baseline abilities.

I worked in a factory as a young adult. There was a time where it became popular to wear back braces at work. These were simple elastic bands of fabric, wrapped around one’s midsection, providing support to the spine and back muscles through compression. Some variants had suspender type straps going over the shoulders. The added support was pleasant and the practice did in fact reduce back injuries, at first. A year or two latter the word was passed around to avoid wearing them unless to compensate for an injury. The braces allowed a worker’s back to function with less exertion, causing atrophy. People went home, took their back braces off, bent over to pick something up off the ground, and ended up in the hospital with a thrown back.

If you NEED support or assistance, seek it. But don’t be so quick to convince yourself that you NEED it. Allow yourself to be strong.

2018-11(Nov)-07-Wed-1926

Instead of criticizing new trends and advancements and complaining about how “it was better in our time”, it’d be nice if we focussed on making sure the good aspects of the past are kept and integrated into the new.

Every generation has its share of foibles. It’s just that experience makes it easier to see shortcomings, and since things evened out in the end, we tend to think we had some measure of success, despite our imperfection. However, we have no such perspective where newer generations are concerned. We are so critical of the faults that the younger generations exhibit, that we forget to fully appreciate the good things about them. We kinda default to “it was better before”. 

How about we take the best of all generations combined and make a super perfect version of us?

2018-08(Aug)-11-Sat-1227

I envision a world of equals where every individual has the means and opportunity, both practical and mental, to achieve whatever it is they wish, all while remaining considerate and accommodating towards all around them.