@JonErlichman the moment you become afraid of losing something, you begin to bend for it. in bending, you often set in motion the very chain of events that causes you to lose it
fear makes you pliant, and pliance brings irrationality
@__paleologo "There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds."
level 1 thinking: commoditized ends (money, etc) will make me happy
level 2 thinking: bounded commoditized ends (when I have this much, when I get into this firm, ...) will make me happy
level 3 thinking: i understand that no real endpoint will tangibly change my sense of self, the true happiness is in looking inwards and refusing to play these commoditized games
level 4 thinking: happiness is a mixture of peace and contentedness - i see that through the pursuit of commoditized and competitive landscapes, i will be able to experience myself in ways impossible through pure joymaxxing and uncatalyzed introspection, the end is the way