thesotiris

@thesotiris · 1 day ago

Drunken late-night existentialism: If philosophy doesn't get you down, you're doing it wrong

We cannot grant purpose or meaning to our existence because we did not create our existence. Every arbitrary “meaning of life” we come up with is a desperate self-deluding coping strategy towards add...

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@thesotiris · 1 week ago

A huge thank you to everyone who has given me BCH on here. Only today did I realise I was collecting money and positive comments here. Thank you again.

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@thesotiris · 1 week ago

On voluntaryism: The voluntaryist moral position

What is voluntaryism? Voluntaryism is not a political system, a social solution, or a utopia. It doesn’t describe how things should or should not work. Voluntaryism is a moral position from which s...

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@thesotiris · 2 weeks ago

I asked AI about the 'child abuse - war' connection

Even machines comprehend the tragedy of child abuse When I asked several AI engines to expand on the association between child abuse and war, they came back highlighting a distinct correlation, as w...

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@thesotiris · 3 weeks ago

The Roman Empire was Socialist: Squashing the SPQR wet dream in 9 steps

Appeal to definition fallacies concern themselves with form rather than function. Yes I am well aware that the word “ socialism ” appeared well after the Roman Empire was reduced to nothing but dust,...

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@thesotiris · 1 month ago

How school damaged your mental health [part 2]

Schooling-abuse awareness, and what we can do about it In part 1 , I argued that state schooling damages your mental health by depriving you of your sense of self-ownership . It does so by forcing...

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@thesotiris · 1 month ago

Why I reject free will... And why you should too (Follow-up to Free Will Exists!)

Every time I suggest that free will may not exist, I get a lot of emotionally-driven flack - we don’t like to be reminded that perhaps we aren’t as free as we told ourselves we were. Yet unfree wi...

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@thesotiris · 1 month ago

Master or Jack of all trades? How to manage your skill-set portfolio

Some assert that a “ Jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one. ” Others insist on the ideal focusing on and achieving virtuosity in a single craft, free from...

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@thesotiris · 2 months ago

Your warrior archetype: To rage or not to rage?

The destructive - and often self-destructive - warrior male archetype describes the man prepared to dismantle, sacrifice and cut his losses, if it means staying true to purpose. He is unafraid to let...

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@thesotiris · 2 months ago

Should there be limits on capitalism or should the free market prevail? (Quora question)

Loaded question. Here me out: What is ‘capitalism’ and what is ‘free market’? ‘Capitalism’ is a loaded term used by Marx, who was not an economist and had never worked a day in his life to demonize...

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@thesotiris · 2 months ago

The Invisible Hand of Incentive: Free Markets vs. Government Intervention

The ‘invisible hand’ (coined by Adam Smith in the first book in economics ‘The wealth of nations’) is an allegory illustrating incentive as the greatest predictor of human behavior. Voluntary interact...

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@thesotiris · 3 months ago

My religion

In my case for the simulation theory , I explain how the emergence of a universe out of nothing, and the existence of a god from nothing, seem equally plausible. I show the weaknesses of the evoluti...

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@thesotiris · 3 months ago

The Hell Of Endless Aspiration: When Motivation Backfires

Let’s face it: there is no cure for psychological trauma. All the humiliation, indignity, abuse, shame, fear and guilt that deeply scarred your past cannot be fixed, no matter how many appointments y...

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@thesotiris · 3 months ago

Free Will Exists! Does it..?

People insisting on “free will” are selling you something. Hear me out… Free-will advocates either want to flatter your decision-making skills before they lead you on to buy what they sell (and make...

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@thesotiris · 3 months ago

Socialism = Fascism

Identical ideologies competing for the same ideas The difference between socialism and fascism is that of Coca Cola and Pepsi; same shit, different branding, same collectivist audience. They are in b...

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@thesotiris · 3 months ago

Morality & Efficiency Without Government

Why Incentives, Rather Than Threats, Work Better Ethically And Productively This is the fundamental theory of morality and efficiency in an orderly society that functions spontaneously without govern...

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@thesotiris · 3 months ago

Who Takes Care Of The Environment Without Government? - Stateless Environmentalism Made Easy

“ In the proposed voluntaryist stateless free market, who will protect the forests, the air, the oceans, and historical heritage sites? ” First off, the government is doing a poor job at protecting...

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@thesotiris · 4 months ago

How School Damaged Your Mental Health [Part 1]: Why State-Enforced Schooling Is Dangerous

On my first day in school, I felt that there was something wrong with the whole institution of schooling. On that first day, I was thrown into a prison-like yard, and forced to interact with problema...

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@thesotiris · 4 months ago

What would happen to monetary currency under proposed systems of anarchy? (Quora question)

Means of exchange (money) have always emerged organically and spontaneously throughout history. No state enforcement was ever needed. Free markets have used gold, silver, precious stones, salt, and b...

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@thesotiris · 4 months ago

How To Prevent The Next War

Why The "War For Peace" Trope Is Dangerously Illogical... And What You Can Do About It As if I needed more black pills for my colossal disappointment in the human condition, I caught a tweet the othe...

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@thesotiris · 4 months ago

"How do you respond when someone lies to you?" (Quora Question)

Admit Your Responsibility In Being Lied To... I’ve caught people lying to me in the past, and I got frustrated until I realised that I was partly responsible. Hear me out… First, how do you know th...

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@thesotiris · 5 months ago

The Burden Of Principle: The True Meaning Of The Lord Of The Rings

Every timeless story has a call to adventure , hero’s journey , moral dilemma , and most importantly, a realization . Without a realization, the story doesn’t linger in your mind and soul. Few s...

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@thesotiris · 5 months ago

What Makes A Man: 18 Steps From Boyhood To Manhood

When I was younger, I was insecure about my manhood. I had an abusive father who missed no opportunity to remind me daily what a failure and disappointment I was. He went out of his way to advertise...

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@thesotiris · 6 months ago

How To Tell Who's On Steroids

You can’t know for sure who is currently using Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs), or who has used them in the recent or distant past. This is because there are different types of PEDs, different freq...

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@thesotiris · 6 months ago

Here's How To Tell If You're Brainwashed: Self-Reflection For The Intellectually Honest

I used to write propaganda for army intelligence. My mission was to draft the psychological profile of the enemy, define narratives that served our interests, and communicate them in a way that was re...

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@thesotiris · 6 months ago

Why Is Modern Art So Ugly? Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud

You’ve probably wondered: What the hell is going on with modern “art”. It’s so expensive, so it must mean it’s good, right? But, let’s face it: you think it’s crap, yet you are too afraid to say it ou...

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@thesotiris · 6 months ago

Here’s How You Write A Story With A Moral: Storytelling basics

Movies, novels and other formats of storytelling fail when they offer no moral realization by the end. A moral of the story is something that is the result of the protagonist’s struggles, the thing t...

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@thesotiris · 6 months ago

The “Body Count” Issue

The more partners you’ve had in your past, the more miserable you’ll be with just one, because your mind becomes accustomed to variety. Each time you invest emotion and physical intimacy in a new per...

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@thesotiris · 6 months ago

The Truth About Leadership: What leadership is, what it's not, and what fake leaders look like

You scroll down the vomit-inducing toxic positivity of LinkedIn in hopes of finding the perfect inspirational post to get you through your difficult day. The endless regurgitated “motivation” quotes f...

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@thesotiris · 6 months ago

Increasing Stock Value Through Effective Internal Communications

Internal Communications in a sentence: If you can't convince your employees of your value offering, how on earth do you expect to convince the customers who has your competition to consider on top o...

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