Born Egoistic

Question: Do you believe people are born bad or become bad through circumstances? Answer: This of course depends on how we define “bad”. Moreover this question cuts deep into the domain of “free choice”, since we can define something “bad”, “evil” or “sinful” only if one had a free choice in the matter. If there … More Born Egoistic

Valuable Cogwheel

Question: How can I be more valuable to my job? Answer: We all have to look at ourselves as cogwheels in a fully integrated and interdependent system. Then it does not matter where we are, what job we are doing, in what position we are, whether we are a big, shiny, “all important”, or just … More Valuable Cogwheel

The Hardest Thing

Question: What’s the hardest thing in life? Answer: The hardest thing in life is overcoming ourselves. It is almost impossible to exit our inherently self-serving, self-justifying, subjective spheres in order to start observing life objectively, transparently. After all one can’t pull oneself by pulling one’s own hair… This is why our only free choice in … More The Hardest Thing

There Are No Negative Traits, Only Purposeful Ones

Question: What are some negative human traits? Answer: There are no “negative traits”. We exist in a perfect, deterministic and “lawful” natural system where there are no mistakes, accidents, there is no surplus. Thus our task is to find the perfect, purposeful use for everything we have inside us, around us. We can reach perfection … More There Are No Negative Traits, Only Purposeful Ones

Purposeful Enhancement

Question: How can I enhance my life? Answer: I think the question in answer to your question is the following: “Towards what purpose you want to enhance your life?”. Enhancing without any particular reason is futile. Our whole life is pointless without a final, overall goal, purpose. Without such an endpoint we have no possibility … More Purposeful Enhancement

Unsatisfying Things

Question: What are the most unsatisfying things in life? Answer: What is satisfaction? Satisfaction is fulfilling a need, receiving something we really want, accomplishing a goal we yearned for. Thus what is dissatisfaction? When something prevents us from reaching satisfaction. Unsatisfying things are those that obstruct our path towards reaching satisfaction. What relates to “most … More Unsatisfying Things