Day to day, where do you fall on the spectrum? Where do you aspire to be?
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When we let politics trump science, people are needlessly put in harm's way. http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/self-censoring-fears...
we only live 24 hours a so let every seconds and minutes counts towards hours into a day
ReplyDeleteSelfish, but trying really hard to be malicious. It's not as easy as it looks.
ReplyDeleteGenerous and considerate, but about ready to chuck it all and become Steve S's henchman.
ReplyDeleteI should've mentioned, gravity pulls us towards selfish; malicious does indeed require effort.
ReplyDeleteSomewhere between considerate and generous depending on the stupidity I'm dealing with. Never malicious but sometimes selfish with little things.
ReplyDeleteCan I have different ratings for when I'm driving/gesticulating, and when I'm at work/home...?
ReplyDeleteConsiderate to generous. Usually.
ReplyDeleteDan Eastwood I pay in small coins.
ReplyDeleteSo long as they are small evil coins, we're good.
ReplyDeleteDan Eastwood Don't worry; all coins are evil. Only bills even have the potential to be good.
ReplyDeleteYou are assuming, of course, that when most people post, they're telling the truth.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Stolley I always lie, except when I don't. It's part of being malicious.
ReplyDeleteNeutral to considerate; generous on good days. Selfish when it becomes apparent that someone is trying to take advantage ... and resentful of being put in that position.
ReplyDeleteI dated a guy for 5 years that was all of the above....I married a guy that was none of the above, I'm proud of that move
ReplyDeleteGenerous, everyday
ReplyDeleteOpportunistic malicious. I don't actively seek to harm others but if I happen upon it... carp diem baby!
ReplyDelete(in reality I'm all over the chart)
For natural¹ reasons, somewhere in between neutral and considerate. I would like to be above generous, if that is even possible. 😊
ReplyDelete¹I guess you understand what I mean.
Somewhat north of neutral...sometimes that hasn't been a good thing. There are scenarios where a healthy self interest isn't necessarily a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this is correct. The reason I help others is because it hurts me to see others in pain. It's thus not a selfless act. The proper division is positive sum/zero sum/negative sum.
ReplyDeleteDeen Abiola This doesn't speak to motivation, just to net effect on the world.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, I think I was over-reacting to the world selfish.
ReplyDeleteActually, I think that line is most incongruent Most people put their wants above the needs of others. It is why most will not blink at an espresso while balking at sending money to a charity highly rated by give-well.
ReplyDeleteI don't see this as something to judge others over, just explaining what caused a bit of scraping in my mind as I read over the image. Sorry to go on so.
Deen Abiola As I said above in a comment: "...gravity pulls us towards selfish; malicious does indeed require effort."
ReplyDeleteI worked with someone whose friends rated him as kind and generous, but at work he was overtly malicious to anyone not in the chain of command above him. While I'm sure he may have justified some of that as being for the good of the company and clearing out dead wood, to me the loud ridiculing of others over completely immaterial matters (including height and ill health) just said he was insecure, which I think his incessant kissing up also reinforced.
ReplyDeleteLisa Chabot As a rule of thumb, you only know someone's nature when you see how they treat people when there's no penalty for it.
ReplyDeleteSteve S I think this is the canonical form of that rule of thumb:
ReplyDeleteYou can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/10/28/judge-character/
(Huh, Malcolm Forbes. I didn't know that.)
Spurgeon's quote is the least ambiguous, although it requires that benevolence be considered admirable and not a foolhardy waste of personal resources and time.
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