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>political realism (i.e. everything is power dynamics) Can you explain how that doesn't apply to everything else? I see every interaction as power dynamics. I

>political realism (i.e. everything is power dynamics) Can you explain how that doesn't apply to everything else? I see every interaction as power dynamics. I agree with your points and your ideas, are you saying that not being naive, you are cynical because its an accurate model of reality, like the slippery slope "fallacy" The article seems to say that we should change our models when its useful to, instead of rationalizing it, the challenge seems like something worth trying though. We need to be delusional sometimes, its useful too.

guerrilla 5y ago
I think it does apply to "everything" else. I'd also add I think those interactions are more than power dynamics too. I think you'd agree, I just wanted to be clear. Yes, I see it as a spectrum with naïveté and cynicism as the extremes as far as a descriptive framework of how the world works and I think I'm near the latter extreme in my definition of it. Yes, that's why I said defaulting to distrust and skepticism. One should always allow the possibility to be convinced otherwise. There's no way to build relationships or really get anything done otherwise.
- GhettoComputers 5y ago
  I think the sad thing is that like the article said, we fall into those patterns because we see it all too commonly, and because negative information travels faster, its easy to etch that into our brains. Its useful to be delusional, a lot of new business owners are and some even make it despite the odds! One example is marijuana legalization, amazing how fast its gone, if someone told me that I would be able to put an 8th of weed into a cartridge, buy it for $20 and it not to have a smell in a few years I would call them insane. Good things are happening, and like you said things can get better (depending on your measurement of better), but not being naive is often the more useful action, although there are times I dived into something hoping for the best, it not working out most of the time, but the times it did, I don't regret it. In the US I saw Oregon decriminalize drugs, and as a trend I would hope to see more of that and I am going to be more optimistic about that occuring. I think its best summed up as I regret not doing things rather than trying and not succeeding, as long as (like you said) it was a pragmatic risk.

guerrilla 5y ago

I think it does apply to "everything" else. I'd also add I think those interactions are more than power dynamics too. I think you'd agree, I just wanted to be clear. Yes, I see it as a spectrum with naïveté and cynicism as the extremes as far as a descriptive framework of how the world works and I think I'm near the latter extreme in my definition of it. Yes, that's why I said defaulting to distrust and skepticism. One should always allow the possibility to be convinced otherwise. There's no way to build relationships or really get anything done otherwise.

GhettoComputers 5y ago
I think the sad thing is that like the article said, we fall into those patterns because we see it all too commonly, and because negative information travels faster, its easy to etch that into our brains. Its useful to be delusional, a lot of new business owners are and some even make it despite the odds! One example is marijuana legalization, amazing how fast its gone, if someone told me that I would be able to put an 8th of weed into a cartridge, buy it for $20 and it not to have a smell in a few years I would call them insane. Good things are happening, and like you said things can get better (depending on your measurement of better), but not being naive is often the more useful action, although there are times I dived into something hoping for the best, it not working out most of the time, but the times it did, I don't regret it. In the US I saw Oregon decriminalize drugs, and as a trend I would hope to see more of that and I am going to be more optimistic about that occuring. I think its best summed up as I regret not doing things rather than trying and not succeeding, as long as (like you said) it was a pragmatic risk.