I want to make sure that the time I spend reading other people’s ideas is well spent. How do I make sure of this? Well, the one thing that I have, and that no one can take away from me, is AGENCY. If I do not act on new ideas that enter my mind, I deny my own humanity. The purpose of being human is to act, to make small changes in our collective history of the Earth.
What is ACTION? It can be something simple that you never show someone else. Draw a doodly picture, hum a made up song. But the most powerful actions are those that communicate ideas to other human beings, with the potential to change the way someone thinks.
I confess that I am afraid of laying my mind out in the open. I even have trouble making up my own mind on issues. It’s a result of being an extreme relativist, that every point of view can change given a different vantage point. But this is the heart of ACTION: collect the evidence, make up your mind, take a stance, and make it happen! Have the confidence to stand up behind an idea, then take the action to advance it. Evolution is life. Stasis is death. You have been given the power to act. Embrace ACTION.
What inspires you to take action?
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Knowledge inspires me to take action. Well I suppose knowledge coupled with empathy for life. But I find the step by step approach that you are presenting to be really interesting. I see the approach as being linear and sequential, and thus all other parts of the equation rely on ‘collecting the evidence’.
I feel as though the way the way that we collect evidence is changing, and thus could mean for a drastic change on how people take action.
At one point in time, credibility of knowledge that you came across had a lot to do with trust in character. Knowledge would spread via word of mouth and people would have trust in the knowledge that they came across because they trusted their family and friends. Moreover, the people that were spreading the information to you, most likely were sharing the information because they cared for you. Unfortunately, people would sometimes get taken advantage of, as checking the sources of the information that you came across would have been a big feat. I do feel that at this point, though, that people were more inspired to take action because there was more trust in the information
As humans developed new ways of being efficient, information sources took hold of methods of mass communication, thus breaking the need for the word of mouth. Though this allowed people to more conveniently receive larger amounts of information, the source of the information no longer filtered it for you because it cared, but rather saw you as a valuable resource for it’s own incentives. Over time, I think people began figuring this out and learned to distrust their information.
The distrust in information is what breaks the process to action. Without trusting the information that you are receiving, you will always be hesitant in moving forward to action.
The potential change that I see happening is via the internet. The internet is not only an expansive source of information, but as it stands is also completely user defined. People not only provide the information on the web but people also can choose their own paths through the information. Information is once again more easily filtered through social resources, allowing you to make better judgement on the information that you finding.
The problem now, is that it isn’t efficient enough… well and a lot of people seem to be somewhat lazy and complacent…
Knowledge inspires me to take action. Well I suppose knowledge coupled with empathy for life. But I find the step by step approach that you are presenting to be really interesting. I see the approach as being linear and sequential, and thus all other parts of the equation rely on ‘collecting the evidence’.
I feel as though the way the way that we collect evidence is changing, and thus could mean for a drastic change on how people take action.
At one point in time, credibility of knowledge that you came across had a lot to do with trust in character. Knowledge would spread via word of mouth and people would have trust in the knowledge that they came across because they trusted their family and friends. Moreover, the people that were spreading the information to you, most likely were sharing the information because they cared for you. Unfortunately, people would sometimes get taken advantage of, as checking the sources of the information that you came across would have been a big feat. I do feel that at this point, though, that people were more inspired to take action because there was more trust in the information
As humans developed new ways of being efficient, information sources took hold of methods of mass communication, thus breaking the need for the word of mouth. Though this allowed people to more conveniently receive larger amounts of information, the source of the information no longer filtered it for you because it cared, but rather saw you as a valuable resource for it’s own incentives. Over time, I think people began figuring this out and learned to distrust their information.
The distrust in information is what breaks the process to action. Without trusting the information that you are receiving, you will always be hesitant in moving forward to action.
The potential change that I see happening is via the internet. The internet is not only an expansive source of information, but as it stands is also completely user defined. People not only provide the information on the web but people also can choose their own paths through the information. Information is once again more easily filtered through social resources, allowing you to make better judgement on the information that you finding.
The problem now, is that it isn’t efficient enough… well and a lot of people seem to be somewhat lazy and complacent…
September 16th, 2008
10:40 am
For me, it’s partly a matter of being lazy, and partly of not being able to decide what is worth putting time into. Most information your receive just don’t have the authenticity and weight necessary to make you care enough, because it’s coming from whomever, not from someone that you trust.
A large reason that the Internet doesn’t inspire me to take action, though, is that it’s not personal. There’s no eye-to-eye communication on forums, and i don’t care to listen to people and their opinions on youtube.
I need humans around me to be inspired to take action. In the right group of people, I can take on almost any feat. For me, the work starts with finding this group of people.
For me, it’s partly a matter of being lazy, and partly of not being able to decide what is worth putting time into. Most information your receive just don’t have the authenticity and weight necessary to make you care enough, because it’s coming from whomever, not from someone that you trust.
A large reason that the Internet doesn’t inspire me to take action, though, is that it’s not personal. There’s no eye-to-eye communication on forums, and i don’t care to listen to people and their opinions on youtube.
I need humans around me to be inspired to take action. In the right group of people, I can take on almost any feat. For me, the work starts with finding this group of people.
September 19th, 2008
3:55 am