Unemployment Beats Having A Lousy Job
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2894056An old farmer on his deathbed called for his two sons+. He told them that while his farm did not produce much, there was a valuable treasure buried in it which they would discover as they plowed the fields. He then left them each half his farm, and his blessing. When the old man had passed on, the two sons began working in the fields. They worked hard, from morning to night, but never found a brass farthing. Then, when the harvest came, it was bountiful. Their old father had told them the truth - the treasure buried in the land was its fertility, and their hard work had uncovered it! But everyone wants to believe a get-rich-quick scheme, and the two sons were no exception. They worked twice as hard as before, still hoping to find the treasure. When they found nothing, they began borrowing money to buy the land from each other. They started importing expensive tools to help them dig faster. Eventually, the clamor of creditors made them face the hard truth - they had been wasting their time. And so they fell into a great depression. + I'm tempted to say it was three, and give the youngest a cat, a pair of boots, and a sack; but that's really another story.
Categorical imperative for dummies
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/Categorical-imperative-for-CTie1II2Q.CUSSQJ0zddCwThe categorical imperative is a moral philosophy proposed by Immanuel Kant. It states that you should act in a way that the principle behind your action could become a universal law of nature.[1][4] In other words, you should act only in ways that you would will everyone else to act as well. The key aspects of the categorical imperative are: 1. Act only according to rules that you would want to become universal laws of nature. For example, you should not lie because if everyone lied, the concept of truth itself would be undermined.[1] 2. Treat humanity, including yourself, always as an end and never merely as a means. This means respecting the autonomy and dignity of all people and not exploiting or using them solely for your own purposes.[4] 3. Act according to rules that could govern a hypothetical "kingdom of ends" - a community of rational beings giving laws for their own behavior.[4] Essentially, the categorical imperative calls for moral universality - judging your actions by asking if it would be acceptable for everyone to act that way. It demands respect for rational beings and consistency in the moral rules you set for yourself and others.[1][4] The key benefit of the categorical imperative is that it provides an objective basis for morality based on reason and consistency, rather than subjective desires or cultural norms. However, critics argue it is too rigid and fails to account for nuances in moral dilemmas.[1] But overall, it remains one of the most influential ethical frameworks in modern philosophy. Citations: [1]
https://effectiviology.com/categorical-imperative/[2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bIys6JoEDw[3]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ2fvTvtzBM[4]
https://open.library.okstate.edu/introphilosophy/chapter/a-brief-overview-of-kants-moral-theory/[5]
https://owlcation.com/humanities/Immanuel-Kant-and-The-Categorical-Imperative