What am I? (80Q)
Bear in mind I do not have a firm opinion on my type. Soon, I'll post a new video too.
Block I
General to specific, specific to general – what does it mean?
Going from the general to the specific means moving from axioms, broad characterisations, and general rules towards specific examples. The reverse is creating those things from specific examples. Some people construct their axiomatic positions from specific examples they have encountered, and some people interpret the specifics that they encounter in their life by means of axioms. Thinking about it, I prefer the former. I prefer to create my life axioms and characterisations as a consequence of built-up experience.
What does "logical" mean? What is your understanding? Do you think that it correlates with the common view?
Logic is something that makes sense, either common sense or something that can be proven. For instance if a person drinks coffee every day in the morning and I meet them at 11.59 it is logical for me to assume that they have already drunk coffee, even though I have no evidence (logical assumption). Or I may see have seen them at a cafe and saw they have drunk coffee and have therefore "proven" it. Both are logical. The opposite are comments like "I do not like coffee". Even a statement like "Coffee is bad for you because of chakras" is logical even though it is not actually true.
How do you explain fractions on the dial of the clock?
I didn't get this question the last time. They're just diagrammatical expressions: a time-tested (ha ha ha) way of granularising our time experience. The French Revolutionary Republic tried to make a metric clock and it did not work but the fractions are the same thing. It's an efficient way to divide up something that lasts forever.
What is a rule? What rules do you have to follow?
Rules are things that you are compelled to do, either by legal power, or peer pressure. I like rules, although I do not like them being applied to me, and no reason to, because I think it's a right thing to do. I like societies with lots of rules (I am not huge fan of freedom). Personally I prefer not to follow the rules and I usually only follow rules imposed on me by force majeure, although there are also common social rules (like holding a door for a person) which I follow despite having written.
What is hierarchy? Do you need to follow it? Why or why not?
A hierarchy is when one person can impose things on another with few, or no, restrictions. I am not against all hierarchies, because some people should lead and some people should not, and those who are unsuited should not be allowed to try. If a hierarchy has a practical basis (i.e. a senior partner at a firm should obviously be more powerful than a junior partner) then it's good, but broadly speaking I prefer more egalitarian communities. Also, I hate to be at the bottom of a hierarchy (doesn't everyone, though.)
What do you think of instructions? Do you use them? Could you write an instruction manual? If so, what type of instruction manual would you most likely write?
I can follow instruction easily and this is not a problem for me. If I am assembling flat-pack furniture I will use an instruction manual but usually I will try to figure something out myself and reference the instruction manual when I have a problem as it is an authoritative source. Could I write one? Sure. I have written guides for random things on the internet before. I was going to write a guide for teaching English grammar but it was cut short sadly.
Please explain: "Freedom is in complying with the laws, but not in ignoring the laws"? Do you agree with the statement? Why?
I am not sure this is an English-derived quote. If you can ignore the laws yourself with no repercussions, why wouldn't you? But if everyone did such a thing, there would be no freedom at all. Seems like a Kantian position and while I think Kant is good in general, we do not need to be so strict. Most humans are capable of deciding when violating some law or not is good without impacting the freedom of others.
Tell us how consistent you are.
Not very.
What is a "standard"? Why do people need it?
A standard is a synonym for expectation. People don't need standards, or expectations, but they produce them as a result of wanting to get the best thing they can. By the way, I have found lots of questions in this section are kind of silly, and do not need to be answered. What is a standard is a poor question because it asks a person to provide a personal definition for something when there exist already objective definitions.
You need to put your home library in order. How do you feel about this activity? How will you approach this task?
I did this pretty recently. I divided all the books up into categories and then tried to put them into the right spaces. It did not fit exactly, so I played with the categories, and I left some books out of the categories and just packed them on top, because I like there to be a bit of mess in my home library.
Block II
What is work in your opinion?
Work is when a person uses their time & effort (labour) to add value to something. This is why jumping up and down is not work, but mowing the lawn is, despite both of them being unpaid. Also I do not think that entertainment is work (because you do not add value to something) but some things like child-rearing or washing the dishes are work.
Why do people go to work?
Who wrote this question?Are you asking me to explain how resources are distributed in a market economy?
People go to work so they can earn money in order to realise their dreams. Sometimes their work is their dream, but this isn't true for most people. Work is survival.
Are there any parameters where you can distinguish whether you can do this work or not?
I can do virtually anything if I have received proper training. I can't do some things, like abstract mathematics and sciences and medicine and so on, because you require a huge training and learning time, and I am also not suited for extremely technical work. I tend to avoid this.
Is there any correlation between quality and quantity?
Quantity has a quality all of its own.
Tell us if or how the price depends on quality?
As a rule, expensive things are better quality, but this is not always true. Sometimes firms mark-up things to make it appear more exclusive and higher quality when the actual quality is pretty crappy.
How do people determine the quality of work?
I am not sure how all other people on earth determine quality of work () but generally I think they have an expectation of what something should be like, and they try to measure whether that thing meets those expectations on metrics which are important to them.
How do you determine such quality?
The same way as I described, but my metrics are usually whether or not I feel satisfied by that thing. I do not mind to pay above market rates for some things when it is convenient or pleasureable. I usually factor in all things into price, so I do not mind to pay more for a beer in a pub with a very nice garden, or more at an independent family business than a chain, et cetera, even if such things are the same quality as elsewhere for cheaper. As long as something meets my expectations along the right metrics, then it is good quality.
How well you can determine the quality of any purchase, do you pay any attention to it?
Pretty well. I know if I have been ripped off or if I have found some bargain, but I do not mind either (unless I was really ripped off). I guess I pay attention to the quality of things either in the background, if quality is not that important, or I test for quality immediately if it is important (restaurant, for instnace). Yes of course I pay attention to whether a purchase has good quality or not, but it isn't that important to me. I will very rarely return something to a shop that I do not like, instead I will keep it somewhere in case it has future use.
How do you feel if you didn't finish some work? Does it ever happen? What are the reasons?
Sure it happens. I don't care. I have a lot of time to go back and finish it, so it doesn't bother me, but if I can't finish it and can't go back, then it obviously wasn't so important to me.
What is "interesting work" for you? Please explain in detail.
Interesting work is something which I can measure the progress of as I work on it, something which I can change my method to make my work better while I am doing it. I liked teaching because I could always stop and think about my methods and try out new methods, and it was extremely practical. To me it is also interesting when I can make decisions and weigh the pros/cons of decisions rationally. Uninteresting work is too routine, and also sometimes I feel that if my work has no consequence, this frustrates me and bores me. The most boring work is busy-work, things like paperwork, filling in forms, regular routines, et cetera. I hate this and in the future I would like to pay people to do it for me.
You go to the store and see something you're interested in buying; there is a price tag on it. What parameters are you going to use to understand if it's overpriced, underpriced, or priced correctly?
Actually I think it's quite simple: first I think about how much it costs elsewhere. In this country shops at train stations sell things at a huge markup. I know that exactly the same product is sold elsewhere at a much lower price. For things where I can't compare, I think about opportunity cost (exchange value). A sweater costs £90. What else can I do with £90 and which brings me more benefit?
When you work and someone tells you: "You don't do it right." What is your reaction?
If I know I did it right I am very annoyed, I might reply to them aggressively or sarcastically. Or I might ignore them. But if they do have a point, I'll listen carefully to what they have to say, and try to learn from them. I hate to do things twice, so I really try to avoid this. If I do a job badly, I prefer to just forget it and move on to the next thing then do it again, as repeating things pisses me off a lot.
There is a professional right next to you. You always see that you can't perform the way they do. Your feelings, thoughts and actions?
That depends.
If they are much older and more experienced then me, I would be impressed by them, and maybe try to learn from them. If they are younger or same age, and especially if they are boastful, I will be extremely competitive with them, and I might even try to undermine them and make them look worse. I hate to be outcompeted by my peers but I do not mind to be outcompeted by people older than me, or even people younger than me who are very humble and helpful.
When you have to ask someone else to help you with the task, how do you feel?
I hate asking for help. Most people who know me very well will see this about me. Firstly, if you ask people for help you expend social capital. It's better to save social capital for when you really need the help, and simply do the thing yourself that is easy. Sometimes you do really need help from people and you don't want to go and ask for it with a history of constantly getting people to help you, especially if you do nothing in return. I do not like to spend social capital in this way on very minor things.
You need to build a pyramid exactly like in Egypt. Your thoughts, feelings and actions?
If you want to build it exactly like in Egypt you need to find out how the Egyptians built it (I think there is a good theory now) and just replicate it, that way you will get the original one (huh plato). If you do it with modern methods you won't have a pyramid "exactly like", just very very similar. I think this is a really big waste of resources, but like I said last time, if it was destroyed some way, it might be cool to rebuild it.
Block III
What is beauty?
Something is beautiful if it vastly exceeds the metrics set out for it; if it's exclusive, rare, or mind-blowing in some way. In this way, a dam can be beautiful, just like a woman can be beautiful, or a book or something. Beauty is when something is just really, really, really, really fucking good.
Do you change your opinion about beauty? Does your understanding correlate with the generally accepted notion? What goes beyond the generally accepted notion?
No, my opinion on what is beautiful changes very slowly, especially if it is concrete. Things I find beautiful are really still the same as when I was much younger. Usually I'm good at knowing what I think is beautiful or not, but sometimes I get struck by something and think maybe it's beautiful in an unusual way. I also can see the potential beauty in things. My opinion on beauty is probably very similar to the mainstream. I like beautiful women. Fucking sue me?
Please describe your understanding of a beautifully dressed person. What is the core of beauty? How do you explain what is beautiful to a person who has never heard about beauty before? The clothes should be really high quality, and make the person look elegant in terms of their fit and shape - they should expose the shape of the person, and not hide it. The clothes should be plain, and most of the quality of them is actually in the fit, because it is motion and shape that forms elegance, not design. The core of beauty is Platonic. There is an ideal form for everything and the closer that it comes to the ideal form, the more beautiful it is. Nobody has ever not heard of beauty, because beauty is an intuitively human concept. But I might say to them - design your perfect house, perfect family, and perfect evening. And there you have beauty, in essence.
Is there a template of understanding what beautiful means for everyone to use?
No. It's an abstract noun, so beyond the dictionary definition, it's up to us for interpretation.
Is there such a term as "classical beauty"?
Yes, because our culture produces and maintains images of beauty that are passed down. Classical beauty just refers to the memetic way in which the understanding of beauty passes through the generations. If a person today would be beautiful to a person four hundred years ago, then they would be classically beautiful.
What is comfort?
Feeling nice. Contented - especially mentally. My mental state is by default agitation, so when I can finally rest (which is basically never), it is because my mental state is calm. Calm and comfort are similar.
What is coziness?
Warmth. Also, this question is poorly written - coziness (and comfort) has an objective definition. You should not ask people to subjectively explain what is objectively defined.
How do you create your comfort and coziness?
I don't. I do not really value these things, so I do not pay much attention. If it is cold, I will put on lots of sweaters and so on, but I create comfort by having areas and places which I enjoy to be in because they are organised, clean, and utilitarian.
How do others evaluate your skill in doing so? Do you agree with them?
I don't think they do evaluate my skill, but most of my friends would be better equipped than me to design an objectively comfortable place. I could do it according to what I think are general standards, but there would likely not be a lot of flair.
How do you pick your own clothes?
I prefer clothes that emphasise my body shape, which have either muted earthtone colours, or pastels. My clothes should speak to other people about what kind of person I am, so my clothes are often plain and utilitarian, but with some high quality materials. I am more likely to buy a high quality lambswool sweater from a good vendor than something fashionable with a weird design on it. I prefer that I look like a man than a boy.
Do you follow fashion? Why?
Sure, a little bit. It's good to know about these kind of things. But I am not overtly concerned with it - I also like to know what is fashionable so that I can violate it. There are some traditional fashion rules that I do follow because I prefer to look adult than childish.
Do you know how to select clothes for different types of figures?
Yeah I guess there are some general rules, but my figure has stayed the same my whole life, and I do not care to dress other people. if I dress my SO i try to pick clothes that compliment her figure.
How do you cook? Do you follow recipes?
No. I understand the concept of how a particular type of food is made and then make it myself. Sometimes I watch youtube cooking videos.
What do others think of your skill?
Everyone likes my cooking.
Are you good at color patterns and mixing them and matching?
I think I am but I am probably not... I avoid contrasting colours and I am quite ok with matching colours in terms of tone.
If someone is telling you what is beautiful and what is not, what goes with what color and what is not, do you agree with this person?
What?
I agree with them if they are right and don't agree with them if they are wrong. Sometimes they are very, very wrong, and I think they have bad taste and are dumb, but you have to be more specific. Poorly written question.
Tell us how you'd design any room, house or an office. Do you do it yourself or trust someone else to do it? Why?
I do it myself and I do not want others to do it, because I wnat to live and work in my space, not in others. I do not want to cede this to other people (although my SO has significant input in our house.) The most important thing is maximising the space that you have, and not wasting space with poor design. I trust myself to do it because I have a lot of experience.
How do you know if a person has bad taste? Could you give us an example? Do you always trust your own taste or do you seek opinions from others?
I almost always trust my own taste, although sometimes I will moot ideas to people who I trust (my SO, my best friend). I know if a person has bad taste if they depart from traditional norms about taste, if what they buy and wear is tacky, and if what they buy and wear is flashy. I would not trust a person who wears a Rolex.
Block IV
Can you line up human resources and make them do things? & What methods do you use?
Sure. Humans are always looking for leadership and are not very good at deciding what to do, or what they want, themselves. Usually they can be pushed by just hints alone, but sometimes they do need to be told what to do. In fact humans programmatically respond to instruction even when they do not have to. When there is a vacuum of decision making I easily step in and make decisions for people. In that vacuum situation, people usually do what I tell them to do, because any decision is better than no decision.
When people actively resist me, it depends on the situation and what my own power is. If I am powerless somewhere, then I do not try to push that, because I burn my social capital in doing so. But in my last job I had a lot of power, so I could afford to do all the methods of moving people: appealing to their desires. Compliment them, bribe them, attack them. People respond to different stimuli so there's no main way you can do something like that.
Can you press people? If so, how does it happen?
Sure. I just keep asking them until they give me what I want. But sometimes I can employ brinksmanship, or melodrama. Again, pressing people expends your social capital, so you have to be very careful how you spend that, because having negative social capital is very fucking dangerous. I learned fairly early into adulthood that if you spend all your social capital, every wrong step you take can be a very dangerous one for you.
What is incursion? How do you deal with this? & Can you repulse? How easy can you do it?
In various situations, people have spheres. They can be very petty - whether someone uses my drawer at work or not - or they can be major, like Russia invading Ukraine. In my life, most incursions are pretty petty, and it depends on my mood. I don't want people to interfere with me when I do not ask for it, so usually I will remind them of the boundaries that we have. If it's not in a professional setting, say if someone takes my chair, I can tell them to fuck off, no problem...
But I believe in staying professional at work! (Up to you to decide how tongue in cheek this was.)
What does "my people" and "strangers" mean? When do "my people" become "strangers" and why?
My people are people for whom I am responsible or for whom I share much in common. My people become strangers when I no longer share those bonds that keep us in common. For example the people at my branch at my last job were "My people" and the people in the HQ branch were not, even though we're in the same company. While those people are my friends now, they are not "my people" because I no longer work there.
Do you think it's ok to occupy someone else's territory? In what situations?
If someone has something that I want that does not have monetary value I will take it. I naturally take over things where possible and do what I want with them, but obviously I will not steal anything that people actually own, as I am not a lowlife. If I live or work in a place I make my mark in all the rooms.
What are the methods of volitional force? When is it most effective and in what situations?
There is no method.
There is simply - if you want something, you have to take it. People will not give it to you. If you do not take it, someone else will. The will to take (more accurately, the will to do) is volitional force.
How do you protect yourself and your interests?
Don't understand the question. From what? From who? How do I protect myself from being beaten up on the street, or how do I protect myself from bankruptcy, or how do I protect my position at work or at home? The question is too broad and too vague.
Do others think of you as a strong person? Do you think you are a strong person?
I don't know if they do or not, and I do not really care. I am strong but I am also aware of my limits and boundaries, and I do not try to unnecessarily push those.
How do you understand if a person is strong? Are there any signs of a strong person?
Strong people are visibly able to exert their will onto reality. What they want to happen they make happen. You can see this in people clearly if you get to know them a little bit. There's no way to tell if a person is strong externally without understanding more about their background. Of course, I am not using the meaning of physical strength here, because that's too obvious.
What is the core of any force?
Will * means. Their relationship is linear.
Why do people listen to one person, but not the other?
Some people are just more charismatic than others, or that person is more authoritative: either because they are respected for their knowledge/experience, or they are actually in command.
Block V
What is boorishness? Does your understanding of it correlate with the generally accepted notion?
Another question asking a person for a subject interpretation of an objectively defined word!
Boorishness is having bad manners and being crude.
How would you explain what boorishness mean to a 10 year old child?
I would say - "it is having bad manners." Like it is written in OED.
How would you explain the same to an adult who does not behave ethically?
It's kind of pointless. An adult who is already boorish will not become otherwise because these are things learned in childhood. If people don't behave ethically in a legal sense, they can go to prison and be rehabilitated by experts, who patiently explain why following the rules is better. If they are just rude to people, why try to persuade them otherwise? Just be rude back.
How would you improve the moral of the society?
People should learn discipline. We should be a more disciplined society by outlawing unemployment and forcing people to work, conscription, harsher punishments for minor crimes, and stuff like that. Other than this low discipline, society's morals are generally pretty decent, and most people are good people. They don't need much improvement.
Can you justify somebody's bad behavior by thinking that he/she wasn't taught how to do so?
Sure. You can, but it does not reduce the punishment. They should have taught themselves - it is not that hard.
Give us your understanding of love. Can you love and punish at the same time?
yes daddy.
Jk. Yes of course you can. Punishment is a way of altering peoples behaviours - you can make them have a better life, be more safe and prosperous and so on, by punishing them. But it's about the intent. If you love someone and punish them out of love for them, then sure, why not? Punishment is not only a bad thing: good things come from being punished too. Punishment is an inherent form of human ethics.
Have you heard about the Southern hospitality? Everything is for the guest. There is also a German hospitality – the master of the house is always right. What method is the right one? Try to evaluate without the weight of any cultural aspects, traditions, nations etc.
I prefer the German aspect, because if you are in my home, you follow my rules. There are different rules for the home and for public areas, and there is no need to make them teh same thing.
What is sympathy? When do you need to express it? When is it advised not to?
Sympathy is important. It is when you show that you are on somebody's side after something bad has happened to them. People need to know that they have support when they are having a tough time, even if it is just very very brief, so sympathy is an important signaler to show people that you support them. Now sometimes you should act unsympathetically when you need to be decisive. Later, you can explain if you want, but sympathy should not interfere with the smooth running of operations. If more people were sympathetic, we'd have a better place to live.
Are there any norms of behavior in the society? Do you follow them? Do people always have to follow them? Why?
Sure there are norms in society. Everyone can tell you some social norms. Do I follow them? Sure. Most of them, I think. Norms are not so much things constructed by philsophers, but just rules drilled into your head from your upbringing. You follow them for social stability, not necessarily because they are "right", so you should follow it most of the time, yes.
How do you know what attitude among people is right or wrong?
It’s kind of intuitive for almost all things. Few questions that come up about peoples behaviours or attitudes require complex consideration, and we can usually resort to our existing standards of right/wrong to draw useful parallels.
What does moral mean? What is immoral? Does your understanding correlate with the others?
There is a whole school of philosophy-theology for finding out what morality is, what is the most moral way to behave, so on and so forth. In some respects I am happy to leave this to the “experts” to justify my personal feelings on morality.
However:
I am “by ideology” a Communist and “by practicality” a card-carrying member of a Democratic Socialist political party and also a trade union, so what I think constitutes the right way to to behave is the same question as “how is the right way to organise society as a whole.” If by morality you mean how do I behave to other people it is simply - you should always try to do to others what you would want others to do to you.
How can you evaluate the correctness of your own understanding?
In terms of the above questions, of morals, norms, and ethics? I don’t need to and don’t have to in 90% of circumstances. Sometimes I do things which upset people, so I have to reflect whether my actions caused harm to other people and whether I could have foreseen that would happen, and whether I cared or not.
Somebody is giving you a negative attitude – what is your reaction?
Well, I do not always want to start a fight over every little thing. If they are being negative because they want a reasonable request, I guess I will give it to them. If they’re being negative for no real reason, if they have some power over me I might just ignore or avoid them. If I have some power over them then I might give them shit for it. It depends on my mood too.
Could you show your own negative attitude toward someone else? If so, how? Could you give a person the silent treatment? How easily do you forgive people? Yes, in all ways, I can show how I am annoyed a person, although I do not prefer to do this in a professional setting. I can give people silent treatment. I usually forgive quickly.
Block VI
"Whole world does not cost one tear of child" – how do you understand this phrase? Do you agree with this opinion?
i don’t understand this phrase. There are many ways you can interpret it, all valid I guess, but it is not an English-language quote and this direct translation makes neither semantic nor pragmatic sense.
Is it acceptable to express emotions? Give examples of inappropriate expression of emotions.
Hm, as I have got older I have started to be more liberal with emotions, and more accepting of it. I do not like massive public outbursts of emotion, it is still inappropriate, but I am more willing to forgive the expression of emotion in myself and in others as being natural and healthy, and in fact important. I just don't like overtly loud displays of anything in public - like keep quiet, honestly, do not embarrass yourself so much. Like when people are screeching, for example.
Can you use negative emotions? In what situations?
“Use?”
I read this question as meaning can you use your emotions to achieve some end — can I pretend to be sad to gain something? Sure, I can, but I do not really like to do it. I can show people some semi-fake negative emotions, and gain some support from them for something, but I only use this as a last resort, and preferably on people I do not care much about, because it is a form of lying.
How do you express negative emotions? What does it look like? What do others think about it?
There are not really any negative emotions in my opinion, only in the opinion of others, so now that I can talk about how I express it, I sort of have to talk about how I express all emotions. As I have progressed from very young adult to sort of, almost really an adult, I realise that all emotional expression has to be honest to be worth anything. If you can’t honestly realise and confront those emotions, those are pointless. So I will not here explain to you every detail of how I am emotional but that I try always for it to be honest.
Shallow emotions – what does it mean? Are there any other emotions? What are right or wrong emotions?
There’s no shallow emotions, or right & wrong emotions. Too subjective. What I think is shallow might not be for others. Maybe you think lust is a shallow emotion but for me, lust is deep and powerful, and maybe I think that your sad quest for wealth is a shallow emotion but to you it may be deep and powerful.
Can you change the emotional state of yourself? Of others? To what side – positive or negative?
Of myself sure I can use some willpower to put negative emotions out of myself, for the time being at least. It is simple — just do not concentrate on what you are “feeling”, and “think only.” For others sure, I can inspire negative emotions in almost anyone. It is not difficult to perceive what might piss a person off. Positive is harder, but you can be more generalist there. Most all people like to be complimented, or to have some person inquire about them. . .
What does it mean to "pour out your emotions"? How does it happen? Does your internal emotional state correlate with what you show externally? #It means to express emotion without control. No it doesn’t, or at least very rarely. Sometimes I find something hilarious but do not laugh, and sometimes I find something very sad but I can keep a small smile.
Do you track what mood you are in throughout the day? Do you notice the mood of others? No I am not normally thinking what mood I am in, unless it strikes me that I am in a bad or good mood. I do notice the mood of others, but usually only when theyre expressive people. If they’re inexpressive, it can be hard to tell. Sometimes, people display things that I interpret as being in a bad mood, but really they are just "not expressing happiness," which to me is the same thing as being in a bad mood when I see it in others even though it's also my 'default' state.
Block VII
Do you like surprises?
No I prefer to know everything ahead of schedule, as much as is possible, unless it is something like a present I guess.
How people change? How do you feel about those changes? Can others see the changes?
If people change it is as a result of the experiences they meet, so I can’t necessarily say if those are bad or good changes for that person, but sometimes people change into a type of person I don’t like, so… obviously I do not like this.
Is it true that whatever happens is only for the best?
No that’s fucking retarded lmfao why would anyone possibly think that
What do you think of horoscopes, fortune telling etc.? Do you believe in luck, lucky fortuity?
No, it is all nonsense.
Can you forecast events? Is it even real?
I have a strong sense of my “gut” but I accept the limitations of this. Sure I forecast some events from a general “feeling”, but I think this is actually because peripheral information is metastatic - you don’t notice the information coming into your head consciously, but it expresses itself as a gut feeling.
There was no reason for me to say that DJT would win the election - statistically it was bs, but possibly all the information you unconsciously see formed a logical picture that he would win in my head, which is why my gut predicted it.
What is time? How do you feel time? Can you "kill" time? How?
You can kill time by waiting.
When I was younger I used to fly quite often, and sometimes it was long flights, like twelve or thirteen hours. To pass the time you divide the time left by two. Ten hours left? In five hours you will be half way there. Six hours left? In three hours you will be half way there. Etc.
It is not hard to kill some time. You just need to have proper perspective. Another mind game: in twenty four hours this whole process will be over. Compared to the rest of your life, it is not such a long time, is it? Just deal w/ it.
Is it easy for you to wait for some important event? What if you don’t know when it is supposed to happen?
If I know when it will happen, it is easy. If I don’t, it’s hard, stressful, frustrating.
Do you need help creating forecasts and determining how something will end? Do you trust those forecasts? I don’t think I need help because I am very confident, but it could just be that I’m confidently wrong. My forecasts are not always correct.
Are you normally late? How do you react if someone is late?
I’m almost always on time exactly, or either five mins late or early. I don’t like it if people are late but I forgive it because I’m sometimes late. It is impossible for me to believe that for some people it is simply normal or ok to be 1hr late+.
Block VIII
Is there a meaning of life? In what? Is it the same for everybody?
There's no objective meaning to life, so in this sense it is the same for everybody, yes. It's up to you to find meaning in your life.
What should be done so people can be happy?
Less work, more leisure. Some kind of system which provides as much basics as possible so that people can define their own life purpose and meaning without the immediate material burdens. It is quite possible but it is unlikely because it is not compatible with the way we live.
In the situations with a lot of potential and volatility will you trust your own guts, logically calculating everything or will you ask people you trust what should be done? I almost always trust my gut. If I ask people what should be done, I follow their advice entirely, or I do not ask them at all, there is no “incorporating others advice.”
What qualities should a person have to be successful and why?
In this world? They need to be very ruthless, very thrifty, and very hard working—and very lucky.
What qualities can stop a person from being successful and why?
Well other than laziness and incompetence (both of which correlate to low IQ, like sub-40th percentile IQ), some people can be held back by mental illness, poor upbringing, et cetera.
What is more important in life – to be a good person or be a successful one? Why?
No, that is up for you to decide. For me I prefer both. There is no bargaining here: if I am successful, I will use it to be good, and if I am good, I will find some way to succeed from it. I reject stupid dilemmatical questions like this and substitute my own authority.
Is a good person always successful? If not, then why?
Because the qualities required for ‘success’ in our societies just don’t 1:1 correlate with the qualities required for being a ‘good person.’
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