Reflections From a Murky Pond

Self inspection is for most people very difficult, especially when such musing and pondering centers on one’s place in the grand scheme of life.

Oh My God! I’m An NPC!

And yes! We are most of us merely NPCs, bit characters in someone else’s story, forever doomed to play out our small parts and be forgotten, having done little at all which will be remembered by history. But this would be a harsh realization and most people won’t ever make it and will vociferously reject it if it is pointed out to them.

Tags: Ego | Employment | Gaming | Hubris | Humor | Jobs | Life | Meaning | Merit | Musings | NPCs | Self Awareness | Society | Worth

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Of I and Them, Obama’s Defining Narrative

Obama is a creature of words and, as such, his words provide the definition of the boy who would be America’s ruler and who has been foolishly installed as the POTUS. Most telling of the words that define Obama are, “I” and the variant forms of, “Them,” and how he uses them to define the narrative surrounding himself and, extension, how the boy seeks to define himself and his place in history and the American narrative.

Obama loves to use “I” whenever someone does something that is laudable in order to insinuate himself into the situation and take credit for it’s happening. Conversely, he will always speak of “Them” whenever something is unpleasant, wrong, or criminal in order to shield himself from any blame being attached to him.

That’s Obama’s defining narrative. Taking all the credit and none of the blame, in both cases whether deserved or not.

Tags: Narcissism | Obama | Politics | Responsibility | Self Awareness

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One should always strive to be honest in one’s arguments. Most importantly, one should be honest with their self about the nature of their arguments on any topic.

This does not, in this case, mean that one should not deceive those that they argue with. It means that one should not lie to themselves about what their underlying position on an issue in contention is.

When engage in an argument over any issue of substance one should always strive to be cognizant of what one’s aims truly are, irrespective of what tools of debate one uses upon others. This is especially true when one has a measurable chance of winning the argument and enacting or preventing change to a subject or system.

The above is not just mere philosophy or some exercise in moral rectitude; it is a matter of pragmatic necessity. If one is not honest with one’s self about what is desired, it is possible, probable even in a more complex, real world scenario, to completely win the argument and not come close to achieving the goals one actually desires.

Tags: Ethics & Morality | Goals | Honesty | Lies | Philosophy | Politics | Self Awareness | Society | Truth

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