The Road To Hell, Incorrect Common Knowledge, and Random Tidbits
The Road To Hell
I read a quote recently that “the road to hell feels like heaven,” and I feel like it does a very good job of succinctly articulating the concept of “easy decision: hard life, hard decisions: easy life.” To do great things, you have to do hard things. If you choose the path of least resistance, life doesn’t typically play out the way you would like.
Unfortunately, there is an economic incentive to make everything about everyday life more addictive, accessible, inexpensive, and destructive. This has led to the average person today being lazier, poorer, less focused, and fatter. This undeniably impacts the long-term quality of life for most individuals. To avoid these potential missteps, we must be aware that the powers that be want you to be a docile cow, which they can milk for every last dollar (and then some with BNPL). They won’t be happy until you are in debt, brain-rotted, and so far out of bounds that you have no hope of saving yourself. And the second you snap out of it and realize the mess you’ve gotten yourself into, you’ll be conveniently reminded that it’s Saturday night, which means you can order some weed and pizza to get delivered, and bet money (that you don’t have) on the Football game all without leaving your couch. The genie is out of the bottle, and he ain’t gettin back in (it is only going to get worse).
Incorrect common Knowledge
I think our default setting as humans is to believe things. We hear things and accept them as they are without any verification. I heard in passing that sipping water before bed instead of taking full gulps (or vice versa, I don’t remember) will help you fall asleep faster. I have absolutely no idea if this is true, but every time I drink water before bed, I think about it. Anytime I hear someone say something, I try to question it, not as a way to be a know-it-all but as a truth-seeking activity. I refuse to believe things without real proof. It is surprising to see how much of our everyday accepted wisdom is either completely false or not exactly true. With the Library of Alexandria at our fingertips, we might as well leverage it. Do the work and do the reading.
Random Tidbits
Money solves most problems, but not the most important ones.
No one can make your life better except you.
He who cannot obey himself will be commanded.
Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.
The culture you immerse yourself in is the person you become.