A while back I started a push for authenticity. I wouldn't back this up anymore though. It is incredibly important to remember that authenticity is an ideal and you will never be authentic. Along with the serious problems that accompany idealism, authenticity is not an advisable way of living. Moving towards authenticity is productive but do not be authentic. It is a terrible way of living. Humans take advantage of each others vulnerabilities too frequently for it to ever hav

To preface, I'm not referring to religion at all in this post. I'm referring to more menial things of which the hard defending of them is not productive at all. A novel example would be someone talking negatively about dogs and since I love dogs, I'd irrationally defend them. When we idealize a thing and put it on a pedestal, we grow emotionally attached to that thing and the positive feelings it provides. If that idealism is brought down, we potentially, instinctively seek s

It is simple and logical that when someone does something well, they are rewarded. In a society that is functioning exactly as it should, we are rewarded exactly reciprocally for how well we do. This is incredibly complicated though. The following example shines light on the point I'm getting across. Say there was a job position that was either outdated, stretched out, or otherwise objectively just a bad job. One of the those jobs where a minimum amount of work was never good