Polojko's Blog! – Page 268 – "The only person you can't learn from is yourself"

Insult

He insulted me to the core, and we just met. I wonder if he would do the same, if he knew me any better? And to whom is this important, other than to my vanity?

So much humiliation, insult, stupidity, and bitterness accumulate during life that the only we can do is to try to forget, if we can. I still get into rage-fit when recalling some episodes from my past.

Surplus

Eco activists are bombarding our conscience on daily basis, in order to preserve natural resources. I agree with their appeals, but am unclear about their motivation: why is that important? To enable more people to live/survive and new to be born? There are too many of us, already…

Problem

The industrial revolution brought us an increased standard of living, plenty of jobs, exhaustion of natural resources, pollution, and – ultimately – a population boom. Post-industrial era, however, will bring us decreased standard of living, a decrease in available jobs, etc. The end result will be – a decrease in the human population. The problem, however, is – what to do with people that are already here?

Instance

Each of us is just an instance of a class called human.

Measure

The true measure of professional success is whether you can live off of your efforts. If not, it’s time to change it.

Specimen

If I didn’t: drink, smoke, lose my hair and teeth, let my potbelly grow, etc. I’d be humankind’s specimen.

Complications

If it weren’t for complications, life would be very simple.

Self-involved

The way to crack myself up: by reading a few of my aphorisms!

Stealing

Socialism v. Capitalism, part 12458: Both systems enable stealing on the highest level.