I like to swim upstream and my Future is my Past
I like to swim upstream. What this means? Life is a circular mote flowing downstream. Life’s a gigantic circular mote. Most people float and surrender to the currents’ of life’s river. And the unaware people don’t pick up on the fact that it’s merely one gigantic circle they keep revolving in. I’ve surrendered. I’ve let [...]
A Riddle for the Wise
What am I?
People dream of me.
The dream of me nonstop and want me. The can’t stop thinking about how much good I’ll do for their life, their dreams, their future.
Without me people may feel deprived, but even with a ton of me people may feel more empty than before.
Not the [...]
Discipline and Punish? Nay, Positive Feedback and Learn
This is some fairly old school psychology stuff, but worth remembering. Regarding Learning and Punishment. Radical behaviorist, B.F. Skinner, the father of operant conditioning, says, the only thing people learn from getting punished is how to not get punished the next time (i.e. we don’t learn from punishment. period!)
Skinner says that there are [...]
