The persistent endeavour of the human individual towards its goal to be happier. Overriding and all-consuming in every aspect of all actions and reactions in one's lifetime. Learning to be happy? An organised approach? Certainly yes, it is a matter that should not be left to mere chance.
Ms Gretchen Rubin and the reach personal branding.com teases out provide a framework within which such an approach should be elaborated in.
It is mentioned in the website
"It is an account of the year she spent test-driving
... the wisdom of the ages,
... the current scientific studies, and ..
... the lessons from popular culture
about how to be happier."
The key-words ..an account, ..test-driving, ..wisdom, ..scientific studies, ..popular culture .. all-inclusive.., each individual creating an account based upon the wisdom accumulated over the ages, the incisive cutting-edge clarity afforded by scientific study, concepts involved drilled down to their most basic ingredients revealed to their full potential, no stone left unturned.
Further, ..
"We have asked Ms. Rubin to follow-up with what she
... learned about happiness,
... social engagement, and ...
... her personal brand ...
in the process of writing the book."
Learned happiness, and by learning constantly assimilating what is learned in achieving a happier state, assisted via effective social engagement, culminated into a personality conducive to such goal, are all worthwhile pursuits.
However, Ms Rubin published a book called 'Power Money Fame Sex: A User's Guide is biting social criticism in the form of a user's manual.' This combination alters matters, as when these four dimensions are combined together provide a mixture that is explosive, undermining the goal proclaimed. Their goal a happiness that lacks the main ingredient .. happiness itself. What is pursued is never reached. What is sought after is never achieved or if you like would never be achieved.
Marred by the unyielding combination of money with the other three genuine traits of the human individual, her framework collapses to a reject which needs to be addressed, revised despite that can be regarded as acceptable, that it is not wander such an inclusion would pervade in the framework, as it is a product of the current age and trend where money still dominates society and the minds of people, and though there are people and in all people at a certain time that the thought had entered into, that money do not fit with the pursuit of happiness itself.
But unable to think out alternatives the mere thought of living without money causing pain and discomfort, and that starts with the brain architecture itself for anything that a change is paramount, forced upon an unprepared brain structure, the whole gamut of thoughts we produce, create is out of the mass of neurons tightly woven by synapses, re-arrangement of these synapses the re-alignment needed to accommodate a change is an enormous task, a change that requires a complete overhaul, a change in central deep neuron architecture is bound to have an enormous impact upon the well-being of an individual giving one a headache a migraine. The brain hurts. Such an enormous task should be undertaken in steps, bit-by-bit one step at a time ..
Tweeter rant ..
Power Money Fame Sex ... fuck !!! .. the inclusion of money .. the illusion of money .. how does that affect .. the other three? .. power .. fame .. sex .. distort .. the other three .. warp ..
power .. money, the crutch .. the colt-45 .. that makes individuals equal .. not with what nature has endowed them with .. and the wit to outdo nature ..
fame .. bought and sold .. by money ..
sex .. likewise .. by money ..
.. how does that affect .. reaching each other ..out ..
money .. the cane to poke with .. what one wants to poke out .. what the other is reluctant to poke out what is poked for ..
.. finally forced to poke out .. against one's own will .. what is poked for .. succumbing to the poking .. money avails ..
.. a veil hiding what one wants to share with the other .. perverting nature and wit ..
.. happiness? .. surrounded .. expressed .. by money .. what kind of happiness .. is this? .. over-the-counter happiness .. shelves have plenty of it ..
brain architecture abhors change .. is not conducive to change .. our brains our enemies .. brains hate change ..
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Friday, 8 October 2010
Economy fails humanity.
The world must be freed from the current version of economy. The model doesn't work. Human individuals are not destined as minions in the hands of the privileged, that economy creates. Economy's role is to sort out the affairs of all individuals, in a manner that takes away from their hands the tasks of survival and self-preservation, deep-seated within each individual and such a goal is not served with the current economic model.
There is no survival success value of the survival of the fittest that passes through at the expense of the survival of the rest of human individuals. It is a pure disgrace the state of the world now-a-days, people struggling to survive amidst the opulence of the few at the current age and stage of humanity.
Their survival still at stake, humanity its hands tied by the false principles permeating the economic theories pursued.
There is no survival success value of the survival of the fittest that passes through at the expense of the survival of the rest of human individuals. It is a pure disgrace the state of the world now-a-days, people struggling to survive amidst the opulence of the few at the current age and stage of humanity.
Their survival still at stake, humanity its hands tied by the false principles permeating the economic theories pursued.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
An aspect in people's chaotic lives driven by the norm of competition
.. competitive tracts brings out chaos .. in people's lives ... conduct .. behaviour .. in daily acts in the lives of individuals .. depend on the thoughts communicated .. sentences, phrases, words used .. that carry a weight .. which determines the quality of the transactions .. the interaction between individuals .. the processes undertaken by individuals .. while engaging with other individuals ..
.. the weight carried, and what carries the interactions through is not assessed .. equally .. similarly .. by the individuals involved ..
.. a hindrance in the relationships that unfold .. and determine the acts of the individuals .. a lack of knowledge .. distorts the acts performed .. they do not fully represent the individual ..
.. lack of knowledge which undermines .. the status, the self-esteem in any individual ..
.. in order to maintain composure necessary for the individual to function under the constraints of competition prevalent in the midst of societies .. the lack of knowledge is compensated, ... by a rigid, irrational traits .. as it refuses to acknowledge its lack of knowledge .. as it will undermine its composure .. it has to hide its lack of knowledge, seeing it as a threat .. under a veil of assuredness ..
.. reluctant to accept .. becomes ignorant .. of its human co-creators .. sets other individuals in a framework
in its efforts to assert authority .. anger ensues .. as the scope .. in an altercation .. and the perspective seen through narrows .. the narrow perspective obstructs from seeing .. the alternative views ..existing .. expressed by the other individuals involved .. that represents the weight bestowed upon the matter at bay ... the problem .. for which solution is sought .. and as a result balance is not achieved
loud voices .. as each one tries to pass through the point that represents its view .. the exchange of words that represents the thoughts that carry the weight .. each individual
if the situation is not resolved .. the problem would not go away .. and will continue .. to surface unresolved .. anger should be used constructively .. and though the loud voices act as ... to register the message delivered stronger .. by increasing its impact .. on the other person .. as well as a sign how strong are the feelings .. the situation is felt by the individual .. the weight assumed by the individual
perceived status .. what the weight refers to .. what undermines this status .. is fought against .. competition brings about a tendency by individuals to overwhelm other individuals .. to override their will their influence upon them .. subjugate the other individuals will
.. the weight carried, and what carries the interactions through is not assessed .. equally .. similarly .. by the individuals involved ..
.. a hindrance in the relationships that unfold .. and determine the acts of the individuals .. a lack of knowledge .. distorts the acts performed .. they do not fully represent the individual ..
.. lack of knowledge which undermines .. the status, the self-esteem in any individual ..
.. in order to maintain composure necessary for the individual to function under the constraints of competition prevalent in the midst of societies .. the lack of knowledge is compensated, ... by a rigid, irrational traits .. as it refuses to acknowledge its lack of knowledge .. as it will undermine its composure .. it has to hide its lack of knowledge, seeing it as a threat .. under a veil of assuredness ..
.. reluctant to accept .. becomes ignorant .. of its human co-creators .. sets other individuals in a framework
in its efforts to assert authority .. anger ensues .. as the scope .. in an altercation .. and the perspective seen through narrows .. the narrow perspective obstructs from seeing .. the alternative views ..existing .. expressed by the other individuals involved .. that represents the weight bestowed upon the matter at bay ... the problem .. for which solution is sought .. and as a result balance is not achieved
loud voices .. as each one tries to pass through the point that represents its view .. the exchange of words that represents the thoughts that carry the weight .. each individual
if the situation is not resolved .. the problem would not go away .. and will continue .. to surface unresolved .. anger should be used constructively .. and though the loud voices act as ... to register the message delivered stronger .. by increasing its impact .. on the other person .. as well as a sign how strong are the feelings .. the situation is felt by the individual .. the weight assumed by the individual
perceived status .. what the weight refers to .. what undermines this status .. is fought against .. competition brings about a tendency by individuals to overwhelm other individuals .. to override their will their influence upon them .. subjugate the other individuals will
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Darwin's inserted competitive streak in us, maligns us. Science, in itself cannot be creative.
... rslite said..., comment in "Peeve of the day" post
"Maybe what we know and can use now is not good enough to prove that it works or not. Maybe it does work on a different level that we can't measure yet, or maybe it doesn't work at all and people feel well because of other causes. Where do we draw the line between something that is clearly a joke and something that could be true but we haven't found why yet?"
What we know and can use now is not good enough to prove that it works or not ...
Knowledge, how awesome it might appear, it is still the tip of the iceberg, of what yet, is to be known. It is imperfect, by virtue of not being the whole, of what there is to be known. Or, it never ends, therefore, what we know now, should never be used, to kill off what is to be known in the future.
Should let it grow unhindered. It will find its way.
Should put in mind. Alternative ideas, attack them from any angle possible, contribute if you may, instead of killing them by ridiculing the individuals that foster these ideas.
Instead of, killing thus, any ideas, is better to kill off the urge, to destroy new ideas, again, no matter how absurd they may sound, or how out of reason they might be to us, judged, by what we know now.
Why would someone, would feel compelled to ridicule, the bearers of weird ideas? Their prominent position, assumed in their minds, at stake?
A direct consequence of the prevailing norms of competition, in its worse form, manifestation. What you do not understand and fathom, kill it. All in an attempt to preserve cherished status, in the world of ideas. So that, the ground beneath one's feet, doesn't give in.
The more and more I think about it, the more I am convinced, that these are the makings of the competitive streak, Darwin's theories have left upon us. Compete, to your heart's delight.
However, evidence is emerging, that it is not competition but rather replacement, that governs evolution.
Replacement by an even more fit, more robust alternative, a bifurcation in the evolutionary tree that grows by itself for itself, being more securely adapted to, to its surrounding conditions. To my mind even independently, to other pre-existing or even newly emerging elements, sprouting in concurrent time.
Principles that fire up in almost any activity, individuals are engaged in, the emeeeeerging collaboration trends in the world of individuals, away from soul-destroying, mind-numbing competition.
For me it makes sense, without even the need, to back it up with any hard scientific evidence. I see no need for science here. Seen science as an endeavor of our conscious mind, for a secure foothold, of what imagination and creativity has borne out, in the first place, but can not overcome its self-imposed limits. Science in itself cannot be creative.
It is not hard knowledge, evidence based, firm, solid pieces of knowledge, that matter most. You can extend, expand so much, as already pre-set boundaries, allow you. But what the goldmine is, within the science processes, what leads in leaps and bounds, are the weird and wonderful ideas created, that count.
"Maybe what we know and can use now is not good enough to prove that it works or not. Maybe it does work on a different level that we can't measure yet, or maybe it doesn't work at all and people feel well because of other causes. Where do we draw the line between something that is clearly a joke and something that could be true but we haven't found why yet?"
What we know and can use now is not good enough to prove that it works or not ...
Knowledge, how awesome it might appear, it is still the tip of the iceberg, of what yet, is to be known. It is imperfect, by virtue of not being the whole, of what there is to be known. Or, it never ends, therefore, what we know now, should never be used, to kill off what is to be known in the future.
Should let it grow unhindered. It will find its way.
Should put in mind. Alternative ideas, attack them from any angle possible, contribute if you may, instead of killing them by ridiculing the individuals that foster these ideas.
Instead of, killing thus, any ideas, is better to kill off the urge, to destroy new ideas, again, no matter how absurd they may sound, or how out of reason they might be to us, judged, by what we know now.
Why would someone, would feel compelled to ridicule, the bearers of weird ideas? Their prominent position, assumed in their minds, at stake?
A direct consequence of the prevailing norms of competition, in its worse form, manifestation. What you do not understand and fathom, kill it. All in an attempt to preserve cherished status, in the world of ideas. So that, the ground beneath one's feet, doesn't give in.
The more and more I think about it, the more I am convinced, that these are the makings of the competitive streak, Darwin's theories have left upon us. Compete, to your heart's delight.
However, evidence is emerging, that it is not competition but rather replacement, that governs evolution.
Replacement by an even more fit, more robust alternative, a bifurcation in the evolutionary tree that grows by itself for itself, being more securely adapted to, to its surrounding conditions. To my mind even independently, to other pre-existing or even newly emerging elements, sprouting in concurrent time.
Principles that fire up in almost any activity, individuals are engaged in, the emeeeeerging collaboration trends in the world of individuals, away from soul-destroying, mind-numbing competition.
For me it makes sense, without even the need, to back it up with any hard scientific evidence. I see no need for science here. Seen science as an endeavor of our conscious mind, for a secure foothold, of what imagination and creativity has borne out, in the first place, but can not overcome its self-imposed limits. Science in itself cannot be creative.
It is not hard knowledge, evidence based, firm, solid pieces of knowledge, that matter most. You can extend, expand so much, as already pre-set boundaries, allow you. But what the goldmine is, within the science processes, what leads in leaps and bounds, are the weird and wonderful ideas created, that count.
Hard-nosed productivity, the Procrustes bed, for innovation and creativity.
In Mashable, the social media guide, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told Barbara Walters flat out that “We are not for sale.”
Further in the article it is pointed out that,
"Yahoo recently announced it was shutting down Geocities,..",
"Google (Google reviews) shutdown both Jaiku and Dodgeball .."
"MySpace (MySpace reviews) has languished and lost its lead in social networking since being purchased by News Corp."
Hard-nosed productivity, a tomb, for innovation and creativity. Creativity, as is widespread in all individuals, of all walks of life, hard-nose productivity, a Procrustes bed. As they, would stretch and shrink, creativity and creative individuals, to fit their 'Procrustean bed', drooling in hiding, sizing up profits, what they will squeeze out of the social sites.
Why would they not be content, in what they have, and try instead to make better the product, they are best at. To go with the flow instead of converging the flow, cashing it in, to their tills.
Further in the article it is pointed out that,
"Yahoo recently announced it was shutting down Geocities,..",
"Google (Google reviews) shutdown both Jaiku and Dodgeball .."
"MySpace (MySpace reviews) has languished and lost its lead in social networking since being purchased by News Corp."
Hard-nosed productivity, a tomb, for innovation and creativity. Creativity, as is widespread in all individuals, of all walks of life, hard-nose productivity, a Procrustes bed. As they, would stretch and shrink, creativity and creative individuals, to fit their 'Procrustean bed', drooling in hiding, sizing up profits, what they will squeeze out of the social sites.
Why would they not be content, in what they have, and try instead to make better the product, they are best at. To go with the flow instead of converging the flow, cashing it in, to their tills.
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Digg, a case study? Behind the scene parameters, skews and warps the product.
Reading "MrBabyMan: Digg Users Revolt, Against the One Pure Man at the Top"
"I came away from the conversation with a number of conclusions. The dominant one is this. Andrew Sorcini's MrBabyMan persona is sitting at the top of a small network of loyal friends, made up of people like SEO marketers, PR agents turned would-be social media experts and other unsavory folk. That circle is further surrounded by an even larger network of millions of Digg users who try to have fun on the site but also wish they could find success there. Many of them no doubt with they too could find a way to make a living in the snake-oil filled circus that is "new media marketing," as many of the top Digg users have done."
... made up of people like SEO marketers, PR agents turned would-be social media experts and other unsavory folk
... unsavory folk? ....
.... a way to make a living in the snake-oil filled circus that is "new media marketing
... "new media marketing" ... snake-oil filled circus?
" "All I ever wanted," he said, "was just for the stories to live or die on their own merits. If everyone was on a level playing field I would love that - because I still have the skills to find the great stories...I'm not complaining about the algorithm, but I don't want to be vilified for working within the parameters of it."
... If everyone was on a level playing field I would love that ...
... level playing field? ... what someone want ... as MrBabyMan ... when enters an activity ... usually it is not .. and why it is not ... money considerations ... in this case .. the ... "new media marketing" idea ... the snake-oil filled circus.
... for working within the parameters of it ... parameters ... in every activity ... individuals are engaged ... or even beyond the reach of individuals ... the parameters set by the system ... any system ... the range that within it ... the system survives ... exists ... the range set by the parameters ... a range of values in some crucial variables ... for the system ... the conditions that define the system ... system defined by the conditions ... a sensitive dependence of the system's state ... on the conditions ... that a change ... even a minute change would alter ... the system's state ... at any time.
Like what is mentioned ..
"He says he's totally accessible and can be reached by anyone who wants to talk to him - though he didn't know that the email addresses on his profile were visible only to his friends until it was pointed out to him in our conversation."
... email addresses on his profile were visible only to his friends
...which ... he didn't know ...
... until it was pointed out to him ...
... an ever-so-slight change that might have affected the parameters, the conditions. Which might explain ... his predicament ... the outcome state ... his rejection by other users. An upheaval for MrBabyMan.
... parameters ... conditions set ... dynamic states ... constantly evolving ... all the humbug .. in Digg ... millions of users ... submitting stories ... but unaware of the parameters ... the conditions ... the initial conditions ... their acts, their stories outside ... the range of the parametres ... do not succeed ... they are not dug ... frustrated.
"If everyone was on a level playing field ... "
... would a level playing field achieved ... for everyone ... by everyone being savvy ... of the parameters ... the conditions ... the initial conditions ... as the member MrBabyMan, aka Andrew Sorcini, is. By being savvy ... they would be expected ... to act within the parameters ... what would be surmised as ... everyone ... being ... in a level playing field. Then everyone would be expected to be as successful as MrBabyMan ... or ... success would be determined solely or primarily ... on the skills each one has ... as MrBabyMan says ... to find great stories.
... and what about these parameters that MrBabyMan is savvy ... shouldn't have these parameters being included ... or been easily surmised by ... in Diggs Terms of Service. Surely, if all users are regarded equally ... by Diggs CEOs ... they should be. The matter is ... that these parameters ... are not common knowledge ... regardless whether ... Diggs CEOs .. treat each of their users .. equally. If they are. So who sets these parameters ... or .. are they coming out of ... the "new media marketing" ... the snake-oil filled circus ... the circles made up of people like SEO marketers, PR agents turned would-be social media experts and other unsavory folk.
The money-making ... profiteering lot ... that introduce parameters ... which are not about ... finding great stories. Yielding their profits ... exploiting the desire or tendency of other users ... budding entrepreneurs ... to make a living.
What use is Digg then ... for some people to make money? Why kind of service is that? Why would any one consider ... to join Digg? ... to make money? What about the stories? Their worth should be counted on ... on how much money they make? Attached numbers, price tags ... dubious values ... devoid of meaning ... useless.
Money exercising ... their value-eroding influence ... the price-tag value that levels off every value thinkable. Value-less, no inherent value within.
"I came away from the conversation with a number of conclusions. The dominant one is this. Andrew Sorcini's MrBabyMan persona is sitting at the top of a small network of loyal friends, made up of people like SEO marketers, PR agents turned would-be social media experts and other unsavory folk. That circle is further surrounded by an even larger network of millions of Digg users who try to have fun on the site but also wish they could find success there. Many of them no doubt with they too could find a way to make a living in the snake-oil filled circus that is "new media marketing," as many of the top Digg users have done."
... made up of people like SEO marketers, PR agents turned would-be social media experts and other unsavory folk
... unsavory folk? ....
.... a way to make a living in the snake-oil filled circus that is "new media marketing
... "new media marketing" ... snake-oil filled circus?
" "All I ever wanted," he said, "was just for the stories to live or die on their own merits. If everyone was on a level playing field I would love that - because I still have the skills to find the great stories...I'm not complaining about the algorithm, but I don't want to be vilified for working within the parameters of it."
... If everyone was on a level playing field I would love that ...
... level playing field? ... what someone want ... as MrBabyMan ... when enters an activity ... usually it is not .. and why it is not ... money considerations ... in this case .. the ... "new media marketing" idea ... the snake-oil filled circus.
... for working within the parameters of it ... parameters ... in every activity ... individuals are engaged ... or even beyond the reach of individuals ... the parameters set by the system ... any system ... the range that within it ... the system survives ... exists ... the range set by the parameters ... a range of values in some crucial variables ... for the system ... the conditions that define the system ... system defined by the conditions ... a sensitive dependence of the system's state ... on the conditions ... that a change ... even a minute change would alter ... the system's state ... at any time.
Like what is mentioned ..
"He says he's totally accessible and can be reached by anyone who wants to talk to him - though he didn't know that the email addresses on his profile were visible only to his friends until it was pointed out to him in our conversation."
... email addresses on his profile were visible only to his friends
...which ... he didn't know ...
... until it was pointed out to him ...
... an ever-so-slight change that might have affected the parameters, the conditions. Which might explain ... his predicament ... the outcome state ... his rejection by other users. An upheaval for MrBabyMan.
... parameters ... conditions set ... dynamic states ... constantly evolving ... all the humbug .. in Digg ... millions of users ... submitting stories ... but unaware of the parameters ... the conditions ... the initial conditions ... their acts, their stories outside ... the range of the parametres ... do not succeed ... they are not dug ... frustrated.
"If everyone was on a level playing field ... "
... would a level playing field achieved ... for everyone ... by everyone being savvy ... of the parameters ... the conditions ... the initial conditions ... as the member MrBabyMan, aka Andrew Sorcini, is. By being savvy ... they would be expected ... to act within the parameters ... what would be surmised as ... everyone ... being ... in a level playing field. Then everyone would be expected to be as successful as MrBabyMan ... or ... success would be determined solely or primarily ... on the skills each one has ... as MrBabyMan says ... to find great stories.
... and what about these parameters that MrBabyMan is savvy ... shouldn't have these parameters being included ... or been easily surmised by ... in Diggs Terms of Service. Surely, if all users are regarded equally ... by Diggs CEOs ... they should be. The matter is ... that these parameters ... are not common knowledge ... regardless whether ... Diggs CEOs .. treat each of their users .. equally. If they are. So who sets these parameters ... or .. are they coming out of ... the "new media marketing" ... the snake-oil filled circus ... the circles made up of people like SEO marketers, PR agents turned would-be social media experts and other unsavory folk.
The money-making ... profiteering lot ... that introduce parameters ... which are not about ... finding great stories. Yielding their profits ... exploiting the desire or tendency of other users ... budding entrepreneurs ... to make a living.
What use is Digg then ... for some people to make money? Why kind of service is that? Why would any one consider ... to join Digg? ... to make money? What about the stories? Their worth should be counted on ... on how much money they make? Attached numbers, price tags ... dubious values ... devoid of meaning ... useless.
Money exercising ... their value-eroding influence ... the price-tag value that levels off every value thinkable. Value-less, no inherent value within.
Monday, 16 March 2009
Our current states represent the initial conditions of our future states.
Our current states represent the initial conditions of future states. On which chaotic development will be based upon and, along the lines of chaos initial conditions sensitive dependence principle, will unfold.
Past states are of little or no consequence to the chaos developing future states. They are effectively forgotten. Each moment is a good start for a new beginning.
Past states will certainly have shaped our current initial conditions but they are within our control. We should cut the ties that past events have created, all the unnecessary baggage that is holding us back, select the conditions chaos will apply its sensitive dependence upon, assume control on the future states.
Adverse, debilitating conditions should not be left to determine the future states ahead. Selecting, focusing and concentrating on conditions which will maximise benefit. Working towards beneficial future states. Future states certainly are unknown but they are prone to guidance.
Trial and error? Constant change? Directed?
Past states are of little or no consequence to the chaos developing future states. They are effectively forgotten. Each moment is a good start for a new beginning.
Past states will certainly have shaped our current initial conditions but they are within our control. We should cut the ties that past events have created, all the unnecessary baggage that is holding us back, select the conditions chaos will apply its sensitive dependence upon, assume control on the future states.
Adverse, debilitating conditions should not be left to determine the future states ahead. Selecting, focusing and concentrating on conditions which will maximise benefit. Working towards beneficial future states. Future states certainly are unknown but they are prone to guidance.
Trial and error? Constant change? Directed?
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