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Re-reading what I wrote in middle school brought on quite the shock. I am more mature now. I like to think that I'm intelligent, but I have my doubts. In brief, I shall cover what I've learned since then:
1. Social comparison can be positive and negative. People who fall into the latter camp do so because of shame and guilt carried from a troubled childhood. Further involvement derives from vanity and pride.
2. Lazy people with privilege are rewarded in a patriarchal and capitalist society. It is not a definable trait that can be assigned. Use of the term instead reveals who that person has deigned fit to assign blame to for their own failure to teach and motivate.
3. There is no "secret to the universe" that can be resolved with a simple equation that slots the whole of existence into neat little boxes to further sort and categorize.
4. A judgmental attitude is the result of insecurity and low self-esteem. This behavior is a coping mechanism that can provide a false sense of superiority and control, enabling bravado and arrogance.
5. AI will not bring about the end of the world. What we fear is simply man's own hubris- artificial intelligence is merely a vehicle for suspension of disbelief.
6. Two contrasting things can coexist so long as explicit follow through does not render the other incongruent.
1. Social comparison can be positive and negative. People who fall into the latter camp do so because of shame and guilt carried from a troubled childhood. Further involvement derives from vanity and pride.
2. Lazy people with privilege are rewarded in a patriarchal and capitalist society. It is not a definable trait that can be assigned. Use of the term instead reveals who that person has deigned fit to assign blame to for their own failure to teach and motivate.
3. There is no "secret to the universe" that can be resolved with a simple equation that slots the whole of existence into neat little boxes to further sort and categorize.
4. A judgmental attitude is the result of insecurity and low self-esteem. This behavior is a coping mechanism that can provide a false sense of superiority and control, enabling bravado and arrogance.
5. AI will not bring about the end of the world. What we fear is simply man's own hubris- artificial intelligence is merely a vehicle for suspension of disbelief.
6. Two contrasting things can coexist so long as explicit follow through does not render the other incongruent.
