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IDENTITY OF SELF – Part 2 Last month we talked about how important it is to diversify both your community and a general idea of how to reduce friction in a diverse group on an individual level. Our culture’s obsession with labels comes with some quite dangerous drawbacks, as we are seeing today in politics. In time, not only has it made individual’s opinions easily written off as they were part of “x group”, the individuals becoming less of individuals but pawns of their ideology/group (hence making the group 1’s view pretty valid), but has diminished the greatest advantage having a diverse community which is the diversity of thought and perspective. The fact that we are no longer coming up with effective and efficient solutions today is certainly an indicator that not only our basic competence as a society has gone down but also our individualism has been diminished. We can talk about the macro solutions all day and accomplish nothing, but I would instead suggest a radical personal action that has got me some weird looks but has been a positive trade-off. Simply reject labels. You are an individual – first and foremost. Why? Because it makes you no longer you, a safer, a part of an overarching identity but less of you, less independent, more of a prisoner of your mind; Less stressed about being wrong and less vulnerable but less effective and more scared to stand for what is right and thus, making you less inclined to learn to what is right. How? When you get labeling statements such as “but you are X, X loves Y!”, respond to them and yourself ” They may love Y, but I am not myself and not just X.” This often happens to me in folthe lowing format, Friend says, “But you are Russian, how come you don’t drink?” I say something along the lines, “Well, drinking is not a good thing to, begin with, why should I hurt myself for it?” From what I have seen, the expected response is to jokingly say “I am not a very good X”, but that simply reinforces the surrender of individuality even if it is a joke. Instead, take it up a notch and double down on the comedy by adding, for example, in the case of drinking and Russian, “Well then comrade, maybe they are not very good Russians, because in Soviet Russia, Vodka drinks you!” In this way, I think not only do you make fun of the stereotype but also get to redefine what that label is afterward. At the end of the day, I think what separates an individual from a herd is what they answer to the question of why? Why do they think this way? Why do they believe this thing? Why do they think that? The answers given are what determine who that person is after all. A good person will do that thing because it benefits most people, a lawful person will do it because that is the way it must be done according to the rules. An efficient person does things or says something because it is the easiest way to achieve their goal. These may seem like basic things but as Lao Tzu says, “Simplicity, patience, and compassion are the greatest treasures.” Read More From This Writer All Post Books Business Culture Education Entertainment Food Government Health Interviews Lower West Side Business & Economic Development Medical Military & Veterans Our Community Peace People Sports Who We Are IDENTITY OF SELF – Part 2 November 13, 2019/No Comments POST TITLE (CAPITAL) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus Read More IDENTITY OF SELF October 13, 2019/No Comments IDENTITY OF SELF I am certain that I’ve written about this before, however, it is something that is part of Read More INSIDER’S VIEW: CHAN CULTURE/GAMERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO MASS HYSTERIA September 13, 2019/No Comments INSIDER’S VIEW: CHAN CULTURE/GAMERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO MASS HYSTERIA It is human nature to seek culpability in times of Read More Load More End of Content.

IDENTITY OF SELF I am certain that I’ve written about this before, however, it is something that is part of our culture that people with certain motives tend to exploit. I will argue why the fact that our culture makes a big deal out of a person’s ancestry, is not only detrimental to the individual daily but also is very dangerous on a macro scale, due to how exploitable it is by our politicians. First, let us frame the problem at hand. The first question we will address in the larger whole, America is a ‘salad bowl’, that at least on paper, celebrates our differences and encourages us to use them to achieve a common goal. Too many different results in abrasion, and is detrimental to productivity and the quality of life. Too little difference results in “group thinking” and ineffective problem-solving due to members’ inability to use different skills to contribute to a solution. For example, if you have an engineering problem but all your team members are engineers, great, but when you encounter a sales problem, your team will falter. Or when you have a too diverse team, not only will you have problems managing the personalities, but also you will not have enough members to solve the problem that requires more people in a certain department. This is exactly why teams and companies tend to lean towards the abundance of a few departments based on the challenges they face regularly as well as avoid the specific challenges their groups cannot overcome. This is not due to a lack of skill or will, but it is just not what their team is built around. This, with few exceptions, applies to any group. The solution to that problem, as it always has been, introducing a bit of agreeableness and individualism into who you are. Sure, that identity, and in this case, national/racial identity can be a part of an individual, but when it becomes a person’s main identifier, all they become is a ‘stereotype.’ When a person becomes anything but themselves or accepts a label, another person can attack that label and discredit the individual. When we talk about labels that others like to attach without a person’s conscious choice, such as race/gender/sexuality, the person who has the label attached to them can easily be smeared in the public eye at least, or be the target of attacks at worst. Generally, we avoid this by offering the person doing this kind of action, a reality check by pointing out they are an individual first; however, when one is having a one-sided conversation, such as in a rally, that is not possible, and the speaker’s words become the only thing left. Next Month I will propose a potentially radical however simple and applicable solution on an individual level so stay tuned. Read More From This Writer All Post Books Business Culture Education Entertainment Food Government Health Interviews Lower West Side Business & Economic Development Medical Military & Veterans Our Community Peace People Sports Who We Are IDENTITY OF SELF October 13, 2019/No Comments POST TITLE (CAPITAL) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus Read More INSIDER’S VIEW: CHAN CULTURE/GAMERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO MASS HYSTERIA September 13, 2019/No Comments INSIDER’S VIEW: CHAN CULTURE/GAMERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO MASS HYSTERIA It is human nature to seek culpability in times of Read More INDOCTRINATION (Part II) August 13, 2019/No Comments INDOCTRINATION (Part II) Last month we talked about “what is Indoctrination” and how to detect it as well as some Read More Load More End of Content.