Humans are very simple creatures. The mind operates by very predictable means, b

Humans are very simple creatures. The mind operates by very predictable means, by very clear incentives. It’s the layer cake of justificatinos, excuses,lies we tell ourselves and each other that make it possible.

We need to achieve a certain state. We attempt to achieve that state by the means available to us, and the techniques available to us.

Why? Because most of us are uncompetitive, average, nothings, or worse, and we need a means of feeling like we’re winning or succeeding that is a game rather than a problem. Everyone tries to invent a signal-game of some sort because so little of what we do is meaningful to anyone other than ourselves.

This used to be obtained through spiritualism of one form or another. But with the fall of religion we see secular people searching for all sorts of excuses to achieve the same ends by other means.

It’s ok. It’s like breathing. We gotta do it. – Cheers