Freeform thoughts. Stoicism, minimalism
Independent researching, general philosophy
Ethics, aesthetics, quality, tech, life, cosmos
Moving “In Reverse” is weakly effective, I’m talking about prohibitions, restrictions and such. It’s better to substitute with the superior, don’t restrict bad but replace it with good, give ways.
Avoid drowning in the daily stream of social networks and news. Today’s mass media and most journanists or celebrities’ approach of kill-but-get-profit-or-promotion is a headache.
A once a week or so run through the main signal sources is enough. Analyze seriousl, fearlessly, openly.
Less is better. Real information, no buzz.
Know what is signal and what is noise; distinguish the beneficiaries of intervention from the essential, the real from the copying, the profit-seekers from the truth-tellers.
You can be right, or you can have a peace
How fast time actually flies
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Sleep
It’s okay to lose sometimes and all that. Making mistakes is also normal. I’ve seen many people “marry their beliefs” and stubbornly stick to their foolishness until the end…
I admit that I may be wrong, hence I don’t lose focus of the truth.
Music is subjective. What you may like, others may not. There is simply no bad music except that which is made without inspiration (for commercial gain or the pseudo-values of celebrity vanity) or without professionalism and a focus on high quality (even amateur creations are better when crafted with real originality, balanced mixes, and good quality instruments)
I do not respect the heated streams of criticism from people who shout at others, claiming that they “do not understand true taste” and the like, allowing themselves to use rude and violating words. It’s all inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Let it be… Art is subjective. Let everyone have their own taste in art, as long as it’s honest and doesn’t harm others. Diversity is beautiful; we are all complex.
The span of modern and contemporary for me is a period of 30 years or so, the beginning of a new era of the internet at least – if not of electronics in general… not the last five or three years. I prefer to see that wider. If you focus on the last or very recent 3-5 years, you can fall into the trap of false hypes and artificially imposed ideals, to take the breadth of modernity a little deeper gives you a filter and more detailed sense of trends and what’s going on.
In past there used to be nothing like what we have today in the digital era – like, if it’s videos, then only watch on YouTube, or if it’s apps, then only from the Apple (or something similar) store.
This is a wrong approach and it is a reality that corporations intentionally shaped in the perception of people, using popular tricks like pseudo-security and psychological pressure – in other words, monopoly and fraud.
I remember those times, minimum about eight-five years ago, when we used to visit websites to watch videos, and developers provided apps on their own websites. Now it’s aggressively monopolized. Meanwhile stores and platforms themself are full of junk, spam and scam. Obviously, they don’t mind quality or user-experience, they care about direct & fast money-profits only. They absorbed and monopolized the market. This is bad.
That’s why I avoid everything from big huge companies, just because it’s all about bad quality after some short period of their growth… not respecting people, not respecting the environment and nature, greedy killing everything for the money… in my daily life I don’t use anything made by Big Tech (expect their criminal monopolization of our social needs… because today I have to work with people on platforms like YouTube to promote them better ideas), meanwhile I still keep all my stuff and daily life away from them, even the videos to be kept on my own website and look forward to cut this last tie as soon as possible too.
Just like we see an imbalance in the food chain in nature, where, for example, if a certain type otter gone extinct, sea urchins overgrow from that, then underwater forests perish, and without forests, the balance of carbon dioxide is disrupted, whole system to be seriously damaged then…The economy should be free from monopoly growths and those greedy monsters mega-corporations; they harm themselves and others.
New reality, this digital world, it’s on a early stage and still not balanced by us, time to take action and responsibility already; at least you can boycott – there are plenty of good alternatives like open source world.
With some exceptions, the groove is good only around living things (music, art, decor?), but, for example, in machines like a fan – on the metal grid, or other technical equipment (this light “wrongness,” “nonlinearity,” Dionysian touch) will feel kinda ridiculous. Why do we like that entropy effect in aesthetics? It’s natural, open, complex, like the life itself.
Just take it as it is – information must be free… then work around that reality to adapt.
In a week or two I’m going to publish my whole discography (202+ albums) for free download here, a special announce to be published then.
The horizon of events in the world… It’s as if we can’t see, as if we were moving on a ball, we can’t clearly see what will be and what was behind… All blue and obscurity.
As it is, so it is. Do what you have to do and let it be, сome what may.
Full acceptance is easier if you live honestly. Ready to accept anything.
In any case it’s okay, you’ll die anyway, don’t have to be afraid of death, it’s the essence of life… and even if something goes very wrong, you can turn off the console yourself. No fears, truth & quality focused, seeing the horizon opening, ready to die any moment.
Not only WWII germans were national fascists, but potentially any society can become.
It is necessary to understand that it’s not about Germans being fascists or Italians (the originators) or Russians, because it’s just the way they are or their culture. Any society can become like that; it’s in human nature as of today (unfortunately), to obey to whoever they have got, and to shift responsibility; espesially for the average ordinary person, I mean (but under pressure, almost everyone…).
Potentially, any group can become like this under certain circumstances. Many scientific experiments show that is real. This is a vulnerability of today’s world and a very significant one.
What to do about it… Firstly, this problem affects only large organizations – reorganization into small groups is one solution. Secondly, continuous and straightforward cultivation of a culture of fearless (espesially anti-fear to lose things or body [=death]) and critical thinking (asking questions and seeking truth); and, literally the right not to follow orders (as is already the case in the German army) but to act based on understanding and real reasoning, humanity focused. Of course, this is not all, just briefly touching on this topic…
The concept of authority and obey/submission in social structures, its efficiency, benefits, and harms, is a complex and multifaceted question. But it’s important not to forget today that the world we are accustomed to seeing is only a glimpse of the era’s horizon; its roots and consequences go deeper.
Is randomness the same as unpredictability? No, randomness is an inherent mechanism of redistribution within the essence of the universe, while unpredictability is our natural ability to perceive it. Unpredictability may not even be related to randomness if the experiencing subject possesses the necessary information.
In the past I have successfully quit smoking, sugar, toxic people and the toxic internet. If I see that something is doing me more harm than good in my life, I will diligently try to quit it or fix the situation, simply because I don’t want to suffer because of trivial things, aiming at a quality life – what other way is there?
It’s better to stop abruptly, as soon as you are mentally prepared, if only a little, and feel that it’s time. If the object of dependence or harm allows it, it’s better to cut it off completely, along with everything associated with it – substances or toxic environments, for example. It’s better to act abruptly and endure, because everything will surely improve in the near future (it’s important to remember this).
If the situation is more complex, such as with food, compromises can help – gradually allow a little, for example, instead of overeating and sweets, set a strict limit – eat at home only what you bought once a week, have a bit of dark chocolate after meals instead of dessert. If you are addicted to bread, make pasta with vegetables or prepare cereals with fruits & chocolate or honey, change the food related to the bread habit, it’s possible to move around such workaround easily.
My approach to the internet has been: break the habit of picking up the phone and/or opening the internet; when I’m tired I go to sleep or read a book, ride a bicycle/sport, etc: things that make me feel good and invest in my health; popular internet today is toxic and noisy; open it but only situation by situation. Only a few trustworthy quality sources and only one relative short session a day.
In general, it’s best to work with the essence, real goals and connections rather than numbers or ideals; and all should be in positive, good mood way, and don’t be evil and overload the mind with quantities, and complicated rules, just focus on what is really important: the wish for better. Be gentle, and allow small slips when it comes to life’s things like food or the internet, but if it’s something nasty like substances or assholes, cut it off firmly. Understanding the mechanism of habit in the mind is key. You can get used to anything after a month if you are patient and make compromises. Always do the positive things that really help, such as eating healthy, sleeping much, doing sport and doing good deeds, focus on quality.
The role of the state should be minimal; a decentralized system of local self-governance is better than a huge centralized bureaucratic machine. The world or a country doesn’t need a ruler because it’s not a mechanism that requires management but a complex system that should govern itself. In the same context, freedom is necessary – the freedom of nobility, not obscurantism, of course.
Therefore, all dictators end up badly, and large cumbersome systems have weak prospects. It could be leadership, decision points, or consolidation, but a system of higher complexity than a simple tool shouldn’t require a boss to move.
Someone might say, “What about the body, where there’s a boss managing it – the mind?” Not entirely correct… the mind is you, the unit of knowledge and perception, but you don’t control liver cells and others; they work on their own.
You are part of society.
Started writing philosophy in 2019 I came thru various ways on media, but originally it always was a grey colored, aphorisms alike flow. S.A.B, Cognitive Confluencem etc, now I feel I found solid suitable format for my thoughts.
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