I feel like you might be on to something with that idea, that what we fear is what has already happened. But is it a black pill or a white pill? That there's no way to win the wider culture war so instead I should focus, for example, on finding school and social environments where freaks won't try to groom my kids. For you, that you're a priest, so you might as well get on with it. Perhaps it's a white pill in how it (a) releases us from worrying about how we'll succeed at tasks that we subconsciously know to be pointless or impractical, and (b) simplifies our choices for what to do next.
I suspect you're not nearly as bad a priest as you think you are. But I do agree with God's directions for you; humans are built for the eternal struggle (of building order and good in the world), and we're only truly human and alive when we're taxing our natural abilities.
There's a new guy at work, a Striver. He's always Striving. When you explain you are having a normal day, he explains he's doing motivational stuff. He's demolishing records, asking people why they don't even try to. This has earned him haters. It's pretty crazy to think - I know someone with haters.
And the haters all say the same thing, that he's wasting his life, that he's missing the forest for the trees. And he's so honest about wanting to just get money, and to go to the club, and to hit on women, it's just in your face all the time. You get the sense that he's lonely. He says he's lonely, he leans into it. It's part of his Striving. And you get the sense that, at some point, he's going to turn around and realize that he IS missing the forest for the trees, that he has mastered pursuit, but not fully pursuing the good. But he's also spot on in that he's pursuing stuff, which is a damn sight more than most anyone else is doing. And it made me realize how much more I ought to be doing, just doing it for the Good.
On one hand, I get the fear people have that Strivers will erode the norms of our world, bringing it into a zero-sum hellscape. That the wage go down but the work go up. I feel this fear.
But on the other hand, if *I* just got my shit done, as fast as possible, I'd be fine. Rich, probably. I am going to strive for what is good. And yeah, I think I am about to be lonely, and I waited to Strive until now bc of that. But it's ok.
Life, liberty, pursuit of the good. Happy Independence Day, gang.
Step 1. Become a Reader
Step 2. ????
Step 3. Priest of a flourishing parish
You can do it
You’re gonna need this one:
https://youtu.be/Y76oGXhEgKI
I feel like you might be on to something with that idea, that what we fear is what has already happened. But is it a black pill or a white pill? That there's no way to win the wider culture war so instead I should focus, for example, on finding school and social environments where freaks won't try to groom my kids. For you, that you're a priest, so you might as well get on with it. Perhaps it's a white pill in how it (a) releases us from worrying about how we'll succeed at tasks that we subconsciously know to be pointless or impractical, and (b) simplifies our choices for what to do next.
I suspect you're not nearly as bad a priest as you think you are. But I do agree with God's directions for you; humans are built for the eternal struggle (of building order and good in the world), and we're only truly human and alive when we're taxing our natural abilities.
ugh ok fine i'll look it up from the bible
Thank you for your ministry! Exodus 19:5-6
Thanks as always randy. happy america day.
There's a new guy at work, a Striver. He's always Striving. When you explain you are having a normal day, he explains he's doing motivational stuff. He's demolishing records, asking people why they don't even try to. This has earned him haters. It's pretty crazy to think - I know someone with haters.
And the haters all say the same thing, that he's wasting his life, that he's missing the forest for the trees. And he's so honest about wanting to just get money, and to go to the club, and to hit on women, it's just in your face all the time. You get the sense that he's lonely. He says he's lonely, he leans into it. It's part of his Striving. And you get the sense that, at some point, he's going to turn around and realize that he IS missing the forest for the trees, that he has mastered pursuit, but not fully pursuing the good. But he's also spot on in that he's pursuing stuff, which is a damn sight more than most anyone else is doing. And it made me realize how much more I ought to be doing, just doing it for the Good.
On one hand, I get the fear people have that Strivers will erode the norms of our world, bringing it into a zero-sum hellscape. That the wage go down but the work go up. I feel this fear.
But on the other hand, if *I* just got my shit done, as fast as possible, I'd be fine. Rich, probably. I am going to strive for what is good. And yeah, I think I am about to be lonely, and I waited to Strive until now bc of that. But it's ok.
Life, liberty, pursuit of the good. Happy Independence Day, gang.