Non-practice

I enjoyed listening to a podcast with Theodor Paleologu.

During the interview, Theodor Paleologu mentioned the difference between being a leader and a follower.

It made me think – all this time, I’ve been doing follow-ups, this means I’m a follower.

And I enjoy it very much and think it’s adding some value.

But the leadership is the event itself.

I’m doing a follow-up (an article with videos & photos) to a leader (an event in which ideas are presented).

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Baron saves himself from being drowned in a swamp by pulling on his own hair.

Baron Munchausen – Wikipedia

There are limits to the human intelligence. We can only go so far.

Yet, people can create AI, a system that, in a few years, will likely be much smarter than even the smartest people who ever lived on Earth.

We are able to create something that is better than us.

Baron Munchausen was a fictional character with fictional deeds. Well, it seems humans have achieved fixing this.

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I recently read about this, I think, in a book – people overrate the happiness brought by variation.

You go to an event, they have a Swedish buffet (Smörgåsbord (Swedish: [ˈsmœ̂rɡɔsˌbuːɖ] ⓘ, lit. ’sandwich-table’) is a buffet-style meal of Swedish origin. It is served with various hot and mainly cold dishes.).

A natural tendency is to taste from a lot of different foods, as they are all available.

But, likely, you’ll enjoy a few of them, and dislike much many more.

If you have to choose 8 pizzas for a party, you might pick 8 different ones. How about picking 2 or 3, with lots of repetition?

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Someone does something wrong. I react. Perhaps, just a bit, I overreact.

I’m the one who’s to blame – I reacted poorly.

The original blame gets. forgotten.

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Let’s say someone upsets you. Then, you, being upset, you treat someone harshly.

The logical conclusion? You did a bad act, as a reaction, follow-up, or consequence, of a bad act.

I think things are much more complicated than this. Yes, after losing something you likely feel bad, after you succeed in something, you feel good.

But ups & downs are much more complicated than this.

It’s an illusion – the idea that you can constantly feel good, only ups, only happiness, and when someone does you wrong, that person is automatically to blame.

Life is much more complex than this.

If you were to move to an isolated island, with a beach, plenty of food, and all the basic necessities, you might feel fine for a while, but after a while, the Paradise you’re in might make you feel sad.

With all the basic necessities covered, you’ll likely feel poorly on a beach.

I’m not saying you should be a masochist and try to bring pain and difficulties into your life.

But living from pleasure to pleasure will also not bring you happiness in the long run.

If you are behaving poorly, there might be many more reasons than someone doing something bad to you. It’s not that simple.

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(„the good always triumphs” was a motto/line from Radio Guerrilla)

I have friends who prefer to see movies with happy endings.

I don’t quite get this.

I prefer not to know how a movie ends, to see some suspense.

Also, comedies tend to be quite boring.

It’s not easy to make good humor, and most movies have silly lines when talking about humor.

When I go see a play, I prefer it not to be a comedy.

Comedies tend to have low-quality humor and a predictable outcome.

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Sometimes, people say, „we’ll pay you less money in the first month. And then – then we’ll see.”.

There’s a joke like this: „- We’re going to visit the ophthalmologist today at 2 PM. – And then? – And then, we’ll see.”

But sometimes, the first month is the hardest, not the easiest.

Also, people generally quit something to get a new job.

Some CEOs receive starting bonuses just to get a job.

There are no right or wrong recipes; things must adjust to a situation.

Yet, I thinking paying a smaller salary for the first month might be wrong.

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