Social Insanity

Note: This article is largely based on excerpt from Everything is F*cked by Mark Manson. The catharsis builds on the philosophical notion of nature of Values. READ more: For application and framework to finding out your personalised Values. Past a certain point, maturity has nothing to do with age. There are plenty of grown-ass children in the world. And there are a lot of aging adolescents. Hell, there are even some young adults out there. What matters are a person’s intentions.  The difference between a child, an adolescent, and an adult is not how old they are or what they do, but WHY they do something Wait I have a more basic question: How are values made, why do religions and cults share them, is it a spiritual thing or like a school thing?  Answer:  The process of forming values is complex and influenced by various factors. Life experiences play a significant role in shaping our values. Emotions, such as pleasure and pain, are generated through these experiences and...

I was discussing the ironies of human condition and related perils with my inner circle (conveniently). One of friends quoted a saying in Urdu, which loosely translates into "Wisdom is in limited supply and sacred generally, however, wise people are generally unsafe and probably endangered in an ‘ignorant’ surrounding" . We deliberated this for a while and concluded that – One of many subtle incivilities of our times is that: the rare bulb’s get hanged by the crowd of candles . N.B., We are going to push this BULB and CANDLE metaphor to the next level – so strap in your cord tightly! CANDLES are afraid of the light of the BULB – they do not know ‘WHY’ it shines so bright or powered differently or does not have to be sparked by a matchstick and has different thinking/beliefs to us. He is not enticed by the same thing, he is not afraid to shine alone and even if we ostracise him, he keeps shinning. Candles can easily join heads and continue the same bandwagon/following the floc...

I came across something that has fundamentally changed the way I see things and as human being are the only species in the universe which are capable of self-reflection/self-doubt and conscious decisioning to improve their existence/life, I think it’s pretty dope. Kant believed this one rule is the core premise of all ‘UNETHICAL’ behaviour in this world: “Each person must never be treated only as a means to some other end, but must also be treated as an end themselves.” Key issue: What is a " MEANS " and What is an " END " – it takes introspection to answer this question, as it is dependent on the subject matter/scenario. Image: Mark Manson Everyday/Mango examples: If I am hungry and I need to get to a ‘burger’ – then getting into the car to get the burger is the ‘mean’ and the ‘burger’ is the end. If I really want to meet a friend, I invite him to this burger place, then meeting the friend is the ‘end’ and now the burger is the ‘means. Lying is wrong because you ar...