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There's two ways to succeed (oversimplification): being conniving and being smart. In an environment like the USA (where many of the world's smartest tend to f
by RC_ITR 4y ago
There's two ways to succeed (oversimplification): being conniving and being smart.
In an environment like the USA (where many of the world's smartest tend to flock and extreme wealth is relatively achievable), being conniving is rarer than being smart, so that's what people value.
- newswasboring 4y agoI hope rarity is not your only marker for value. Otherwise I do have a rag to sell you which I've been using for 5 years now. Totally unique, nothing else like that.
- RC_ITR 4y agoI'm not sure how to respond. I don't think being conniving is better than being smart, just sharing an observation. Do you disagree with the premise?
- newswasboring 4y agoYup. Because the way I read it you are saying one thing has value because it's rarer than the other. Maybe I read it wrong?
- RC_ITR 4y ago>so that's what people value. It's not what I value, it's an observation of what others value. I know people couch their own opinions in the views of others a lot, but nowhere did I express personal feelings. It was just trying to dig one layer deeper to contextualize the situation OP was talking about (Americans valorizing confidence games).
- newswasboring 4y agoGotcha. I misread and wrote the comment addressing you.
- trinsic2 4y agoFor me there are two worlds: - The world of Competition: Domination by action until one reaches a point of coldness that one loses oneself creating a "dark night of the soul" bringing change - The world of Love: All efforts are aligned to create well being by avoiding harm of oneself and others. If you are in the world of Competition, you will see the world in terms of black and white, gain and loss. Even my statement will be seen as a fool's position. One has to make a living in the world, even at the expense of others. If you are in the world of Love, you will see the service you provide to others is an asset and you don't have to think about "Making it in the world", harming others at you own benefit because the world provides for you exactly what you need and you some how escape all of the consequences of others you have chosen the path of competition. Which ever side you choose, will be the world you create for yourself and others. Right now the world of competition dominates, but it won't always be that way. Eventually we will all come-around, to love :D Natural laws are neither cruel or kind. The are absolutely just. The cruelty of [competition] is a passing phase of evolution. - James Allen "The Competitive Laws & The Law Of Love"