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This author is a nonsense person. Laziness exists. . It's nice to think of humans as noble and well intentioned despite some externalities, but some people are

This author is a nonsense person. Laziness exists. . It's nice to think of humans as noble and well intentioned despite some externalities, but some people are consciously, deliberately, knowingly manipulative and deceitful and lazy. Not everyone is good. Most people aren't. We're vicious, tribal, vengeful, resentful, always looking out for whatever the biggest circle is we feel responsible for, whether it's a country, a company, a team, family, friends, or just ourselves. The reasons might make sense to the person doing the rationalizing, but that doesn't negate the fact that bad traits exist. You can't rationalize away the consequences of choice in individual life circumstances. This person is why I have very little respect for academia. If they're a "PhD," then the term means nothing.

IncRnd 5y ago
Exactly! This is the author's book, Laziness Does Not Exist - https://smile.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1982140100 https://smile.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1982140100 . The author has a gimmick they are milking.
ativzzz 5y ago
> deliberately, knowingly manipulative and deceitful I would argue that none of those traits correspond with laziness in any way. In fact, it takes a lot of work to become really good at these skills (for most people), and performing them is not lazy, but it can appear so to someone who doesn't realize they are being manipulated.
gls2ro 5y ago
> Not everyone is good Actually it really depends who is the subject of the "good" judgement. Everyone is doing what they think/feel/sense is good for them. So in this sense there is no good or bad: it is just acting out on self wants/needs. The good or bad makes sense when changing the frame or point of view from self to someone else. So good and bad appears only in relation with other people. In this sense it is subjective and history is a proof of this.

IncRnd 5y ago

Exactly! This is the author's book, Laziness Does Not Exist - https://smile.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1982140100 https://smile.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1982140100 . The author has a gimmick they are milking.

ativzzz 5y ago

> deliberately, knowingly manipulative and deceitful I would argue that none of those traits correspond with laziness in any way. In fact, it takes a lot of work to become really good at these skills (for most people), and performing them is not lazy, but it can appear so to someone who doesn't realize they are being manipulated.

gls2ro 5y ago

> Not everyone is good Actually it really depends who is the subject of the "good" judgement. Everyone is doing what they think/feel/sense is good for them. So in this sense there is no good or bad: it is just acting out on self wants/needs. The good or bad makes sense when changing the frame or point of view from self to someone else. So good and bad appears only in relation with other people. In this sense it is subjective and history is a proof of this.