Theme: Agency

  • Really? Those of us who achieve our goals do so for simple reasons: (a) we don’t

    Really?
    Those of us who achieve our goals do so for simple reasons:
    (a) we don’t need any reason other than our own ability and will
    (b) we have the conscientiousness and discipline to pay the cost of self deprivations,
    (c) We reward ourselves with self congratulation for enduring those deprivations.
    (d) We need knowledge of a niche opportunity to exploit.
    Most people want to be serfs (irresponsible) but to have the choices of consumption of freement (responsible).


    Source date (UTC): 2023-04-25 12:37:21 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1650841423212695552

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1650797105290592256

  • Really? Those of us who achieve our goals do so for simple reasons: (a) we don’t

    Really?
    Those of us who achieve our goals do so for simple reasons:
    (a) we don’t need any reason other than our own ability and will
    (b) we have the conscientiousness and discipline to pay the cost of self deprivations,
    (c) We reward ourselves with self congratulation for enduring those deprivations.
    (d) We need knowledge of a niche opportunity to exploit.
    Most people want to be serfs (irresponsible) but to have the choices of consumption of freement (responsible).

    Reply addressees: @themaxstoic


    Source date (UTC): 2023-04-25 12:37:21 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1650841423141392385

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1650797105290592256

  • It assists in self reflection and self regulation, which is what causes us to co

    It assists in self reflection and self regulation, which is what causes us to conflict if we don’t.


    Source date (UTC): 2023-04-24 20:04:09 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1650591476408000513

    Reply addressees: @RealAdamB1

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1650590764521365518

  • Sure. One can self determine by raiding, r*aping, looting, and pillaging just fi

    Sure. One can self determine by raiding, r*aping, looting, and pillaging just fine. 😉


    Source date (UTC): 2023-04-22 21:05:03 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649882026412064771

    Reply addressees: @StevePender

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649881035134365697

  • The reciprocal grant of, defense of, inalienability of, and Insurance of: Self D

    The reciprocal grant of, defense of, inalienability of, and
    Insurance of: Self Determination by Self Determined means regardless of cost;
    For those who are willing, able, worthy, and sworn to the reciprocal exchange the same.
    Whether by individual or collective word, body, or force of arms.
    By test of Individual Sovereignty in Demonstrated Interests,
    Whether self, personal, kin, cooperative, shareholder, common informal, or common formal;
    And Reciprocity in Display, Word, And Deed,
    By Test of Productive, Fully-Informed, Warrantied, Voluntary Transfer, Free from the imposition of costs on the demonstrated interests of others whether private or common;
    Eradicating the incentive for conflict;
    And Heroism in Duty before Self, Truth before Face, Excellence before adequacy, and Beauty before ordinary, directing dominance expression to the production of commons;
    Maximizing the capitalization of the commons;
    And Limiting us to adversarial markets in the production of goods services and information;
    In all aspects of life: association, cooperation, production, reproduction, commons, polities, and war;
    And courts for the resolution of differences by these laws, and by test of commonality;
    By the incremental suppression of innovations in irreciprocity;
    And legislatures of houses for the classes cooperative markets in the production of commons, by tests of concurrency of sexes, classes, and regions;
    Creating a universal militia, where respect and virtue are obtained by the fulfillment of duty within the limits of one’s competency;
    And as a consequence, the fastest innovation and adaptation of knowledge, science, technology, economy, polity, war, and man, by the continuous evolution of human agency;
    Producing the greatest transcendence of man, in the shortest time, under the greatest prosperity, with the greatest certainty.
    At the cost of continuation of natural selection by suppression of the reproduction of those demonstrating unfitness for all of the above.


    Source date (UTC): 2023-04-22 20:44:56 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649876965191565313

  • The reciprocal grant of, defense of, inalienability of, and Insurance of: Self D

    The reciprocal grant of, defense of, inalienability of, and
    Insurance of: Self Determination by Self Determined means regardless of cost;
    For those who are willing, able, worthy, and sworn to the reciprocal exchange the same.
    Whether by individual or collective word, body, or force of arms.
    By test of Individual Sovereignty in Demonstrated Interests,
    Whether self, personal, kin, cooperative, shareholder, common informal, or common formal;
    And Reciprocity in Display, Word, And Deed,
    By Test of Productive, Fully-Informed, Warrantied, Voluntary Transfer, Free from the imposition of costs on the demonstrated interests of others whether private or common;
    Eradicating the incentive for conflict;
    And Heroism in Duty before Self, Truth before Face, Excellence before adequacy, and Beauty before ordinary, directing dominance expression to the production of commons;
    Maximizing the capitalization of the commons;
    And Limiting us to adversarial markets in the production of goods services and information;
    In all aspects of life: association, cooperation, production, reproduction, commons, polities, and war;
    And courts for the resolution of differences by these laws, and by test of commonality;
    By the incremental suppression of innovations in irreciprocity;
    And legislatures of houses for the classes cooperative markets in the production of commons, by tests of concurrency of sexes, classes, and regions;
    Creating a universal militia, where respect and virtue are obtained by the fulfillment of duty within the limits of one’s competency;
    And as a consequence, the fastest innovation and adaptation of knowledge, science, technology, economy, polity, war, and man, by the continuous evolution of human agency;
    Producing the greatest transcendence of man, in the shortest time, under the greatest prosperity, with the greatest certainty.
    At the cost of continuation of natural selection by suppression of the reproduction of those demonstrating unfitness for all of the above.


    Source date (UTC): 2023-04-22 20:44:56 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649876964977590272

  • Um. I’m not clear what you’re saying. If you mean that we do a better job of cat

    Um. I’m not clear what you’re saying. If you mean that we do a better job of categorizing and organizing cognitive and emotional failures than does the DSM industry, then I’d probably say that in many cases that might be true. If you mean they’re often wrong – that’s true. If you mean many therapies don’t work – that’s true. If you say that the mainstream hasn’t converted to a science yet, then that’s partly true. But it’s also true that it continues to make progress in that direction. If you mean that therapy is pretty questionable, then that’s absolutely true, given that the distribution of inability in therapy is far wider than in other professions. So not sure I understand what case you’re making.


    Source date (UTC): 2023-04-22 16:39:48 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649815274634240000

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649814043819909120

  • Um. I’m not clear what you’re saying. If you mean that we do a better job of cat

    Um. I’m not clear what you’re saying. If you mean that we do a better job of categorizing and organizing cognitive and emotional failures than does the DSM industry, then I’d probably say that in many cases that might be true. If you mean they’re often wrong – that’s true. If you mean many therapies don’t work – that’s true. If you say that the mainstream hasn’t converted to a science yet, then that’s partly true. But it’s also true that it continues to make progress in that direction. If you mean that therapy is pretty questionable, then that’s absolutely true, given that the distribution of inability in therapy is far wider than in other professions. So not sure I understand what case you’re making.

    Reply addressees: @ThruTheHayes


    Source date (UTC): 2023-04-22 16:39:48 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649815274525212672

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649814043819909120

  • I haven’t gone through the cites below, but given the papers I’ve read so far, t

    I haven’t gone through the cites below, but given the papers I’ve read so far, this looks about right. IOW this is attention getting as a means of suppression anxiety from mental illness. https://t.co/8bI7y09hH2


    Source date (UTC): 2023-04-22 16:15:27 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649809147720769542

  • Bryan, First Principles: 1) Maximum Attention (value) 2) Maximum Dominance Captu

    Bryan,
    First Principles:
    1) Maximum Attention (value)
    2) Maximum Dominance Capture (value)
    3) Minimum Responsibility (submission)
    4) Minimum Accountability (evasion)
    Always and everywhere responsibility evasion.


    Source date (UTC): 2023-04-22 16:08:40 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649807441263984640

    Reply addressees: @bryanbrey @anderstegn

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1649801467992080385