Catching up on My Backlog of Notes
/ Putting some last arbitrary thoughts here in an effort to catch up on a long backlog of writing. Although some of these may or may not warrant deeper thought.
- Trying to clarify harm vs. hardship. I think something about harm is axiomatically bad. Though harm is not hardship. Harm offers no constructive lessons, right?
- Maybe a year ago, I had this thought that “people will always disagree with you simply because it is an option” which has some truth to it but I’m trying to be much more receptive of those who disagree/challenge/are skeptical of whatever the question/solution is.
I’d say I partly believe it but it is a simplistic saying.
A better phrase could be “As silly as it may be, the non-consensus/non-popular/potentially controversial views need not be immediately written off. Many are, but probably not 100%.”
tl;dr Hardship is good, while harm is not…and non-consensus doesn’t mean “to ignore”.
Cheers,
Vish
Published on June 13, 2023.