Social Insanity

Disclaimer (a standard placeholder in my posts now) : I swear this is not a sadistic post to demonise the most precious thing in life. So please don't hang me for the Disney/Rom-com fetishes, seriously this is a post to celebrate love – like the actual one which gives life meaning, worth living for and the one which is done without conditions and expectations.  Also, all the fallacies, patterns are gender neutral, they are completely interchangeable for men/women. I know despite different physiological constructs, both genders, bleed red, have two ears and eyes and more importantly are vain, self-centred, seek attention, addicted to admiration, self-serving, always dissatisfied with what they have and constantly obsess & idealise what they don’t have, look to manipulate and get manipulated for whatever they have surrender their self-worth to – as sadly they are both HUMANS and suffer from the shortcomings of being one!  P.S. Apologies in advance for free hand examp...

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...