My Philosophy or Something Like That
Serenity Now - Oracle Bones for the Modern World.
A. - [Get it?] If you are losing your ability to laugh at the world then someone told you the punch line wrong. If you are constantly getting upset over conditions that you have no control over you probably need to adjust your view of the world. Whether you believe that someone is in control and planned all of this, or that all is chaos, you're still the same speck of stardust. You can shimmer or sputter, your choice.
2. - [Don't Confuse Me With the Facts...] Embrace Cognitive Dissonance. Learn to independently validate the things that you always believed you always believed. Being proven wrong is liberating. {insert mother's Christmas ham story here}
D. - [I knew it!] Avoid Confirmation Bias. Be extra skeptical of data that supports your preconceived notions.
VII. - [Stampede!] Avoid the Herd. Abandon the wagon. We are all individuals. We can think for ourselves.
eleven. - [Taste the Rainbow] There are no absolutes. Even this one. Very few issues are truly zero-sum / black and white. There are infinite colors and shades and the world is a better place because of it.
42. - [Apocalypse Not Now] The world isn't ending. Not now. Not tomorrow. Not at Y2K. Not when the Mayan calendar runs down. Not when a meteor collides with Earth. Not when alien dinosaur zombie hedge fund managers attack. (And you would be powerless to stop it anyway. Muhahahaha...) I mean, yes, theoretically and theologically speaking, the world will someday end. But nobody knows when or how or even if with respect to our lifetime or the span of the current civilization. So why dwell on it? (Other than the fact that zombie movies are awesome).
Furthermore. - [It's not Rocket Surgery] You have the power to become whatever you want - but don't get crazy. And don't be depressed if you never become the Astronaut / Professional Athlete / Intergalactic Hegemon that your mother told you you could be some day.
A. - [Get it?] If you are losing your ability to laugh at the world then someone told you the punch line wrong. If you are constantly getting upset over conditions that you have no control over you probably need to adjust your view of the world. Whether you believe that someone is in control and planned all of this, or that all is chaos, you're still the same speck of stardust. You can shimmer or sputter, your choice.
2. - [Don't Confuse Me With the Facts...] Embrace Cognitive Dissonance. Learn to independently validate the things that you always believed you always believed. Being proven wrong is liberating. {insert mother's Christmas ham story here}
D. - [I knew it!] Avoid Confirmation Bias. Be extra skeptical of data that supports your preconceived notions.
VII. - [Stampede!] Avoid the Herd. Abandon the wagon. We are all individuals. We can think for ourselves.
eleven. - [Taste the Rainbow] There are no absolutes. Even this one. Very few issues are truly zero-sum / black and white. There are infinite colors and shades and the world is a better place because of it.
42. - [Apocalypse Not Now] The world isn't ending. Not now. Not tomorrow. Not at Y2K. Not when the Mayan calendar runs down. Not when a meteor collides with Earth. Not when alien dinosaur zombie hedge fund managers attack. (And you would be powerless to stop it anyway. Muhahahaha...) I mean, yes, theoretically and theologically speaking, the world will someday end. But nobody knows when or how or even if with respect to our lifetime or the span of the current civilization. So why dwell on it? (Other than the fact that zombie movies are awesome).
Furthermore. - [It's not Rocket Surgery] You have the power to become whatever you want - but don't get crazy. And don't be depressed if you never become the Astronaut / Professional Athlete / Intergalactic Hegemon that your mother told you you could be some day.
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