Sreek's Blog

Thoughts, ideas, and writings from Sreek

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Amoral egoism
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Amoral egoism
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It is obvious that individuals commit actions. These actions are motivated by their desires and their self-interest—for example committing charity improves one’s self-image. Pyotr Kropotkin in an anarchists morality said “If the man who gives away his last shirt found no pleasure in doing so, he wou...
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Amoral egoists summarized
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Amoral egoists summarized
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1. Self as Reference Point: The individual’s interests, desires, and judgments are the only guide for action; no external moral or social authority constrains the self. 2. Practical Evaluation, Not Duty: Actions are assessed based on whether they increase the self’s freedom, power, or independence;...
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Amoral Egoism
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Amoral Egoism
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1. It is known that individuals always act in their self-interest that is to say that all their actions are driven by their desires and needs. Even charity for example, is carried out for the improvement in one’s self image for example. 2. All moral or political systems have little to no actual bin...
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Website feature update
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Website feature update
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Dear User, Hello, I am the maintainer for this website. Last week I moved a new update from dev to production. • Now comments can be rated from 1–5 stars simply click the star you wish and your rating will be added • On hover, you can see a voting histogram. • You can give gratitude to a user by...
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Repeat great words
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Repeat great words
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They say repeat great words, repeat them stubbornly. Well give me some of your most liked quotes etc. write them in the comments and/or tell me and I will include it in the post. >“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” > — Captain Jack Sparrow. >Humilit...
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The Colon
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The Colon
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In recent years, there has been a resurgence in people rising to the defense of the em-dash due to its usual employment in texts by Large Language Models. The humble colon however has been left behind. When I was younger, I used to write posts in a small shoebox. I never sent them. But I signed...
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When I write
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When I write
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- - - - - - When I write, I wish to convey my thoughts to you the reader. At the same time, I wish to sound profound—at least to my imagined readers— I am sure of very little but I am reasonable sure of the low reading of my posts here. That hampers my ability to write leading to a dreadful inertia...
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Mind afoot
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Mind afoot
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--- *“It is said that in the future there shall come a time when all gladness shall fail and sorrow shall sweep the lonely land.”* If you have any feedback on my writing style or this post in general, feel free to comment. --- As I write these very words, I’m on a walk through nature. Some of t...