From 9a1285c29238e788cbf83f3c44ca577f935528a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Imhoff Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:47:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] chore(life-rules): reword and reorder --- src/pages/life-rules.mdx | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/pages/life-rules.mdx b/src/pages/life-rules.mdx index 3ecf3b4..95f881c 100644 --- a/src/pages/life-rules.mdx +++ b/src/pages/life-rules.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- layout: ../layouts/PageLayout.astro title: Life Rules -updated: 2025-01-04 +updated: 2025-01-10 description: My personal rules and principles for living a meaningful life. A guide to how I try to navigate life. intro: These are the rules, beliefs, and principles that guide my life. backLink: / @@ -77,14 +77,15 @@ I try to live by these rules, beliefs, and principles. They are taken from every ## 🌟 Philosophical Principles - Freedom is non-negotiable -- Freedom over authoritarianism - There is no such thing as absolute security. Freedom always comes before security. - Anyone who wants to trade freedom for security deserves to lose both. - Fuck Collectivism +- Fuck Socialism - Fuck bureaucracy -- Individualism beats collectivism -- Decentralized beats centralized -- Sovereignty beats dependence +- Freedom over authoritarianism +- Individualism over collectivism +- Decentralized over centralized +- Sovereignty over dependence - Subsidiarity over centralism - Small is beautiful - Less Marx, more Mises @@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ I try to live by these rules, beliefs, and principles. They are taken from every - Follow the Money - Cui bono? Who benefits? - Always ask about the incentives +- Light is the best disinfectant - Don’t change an existing system until you fully understand it (Chesterton’s Fence) - Less television, more thinking for yourself - Take the red pill, don’t live in the illusion that some think tank, elite group, or politician constructed for you @@ -126,11 +128,12 @@ I try to live by these rules, beliefs, and principles. They are taken from every ## 🌍 Social Attitude - Tell the truth, or at least don’t lie. Not to yourself, not to others. -- You can tell all the lies you want, but don’t force me to pay for it +- You can tell all the lies you want, but don’t force me to consume or pay for them - All state television must be abolished! -- Don’t be a _Mitläufer_ (passive follower). Be the 25 % in the [Asch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments) and [Milgram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment) experiments. +- Don’t be a _Mitläufer_ (passive follower) +- Be the 25 % in the [Asch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments) and [Milgram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment) experiments - Resist the war against excellence, individualism, and the urge to conformity and mediocrity -- If you make everything equal, you reach the lowest common denominator. +- If you make everything equal, you reach the lowest common denominator - Exit via voice - Put your money where your mouth is - Vote with your feet @@ -155,6 +158,7 @@ I try to live by these rules, beliefs, and principles. They are taken from every - Do meaningful things - Cultivate real friendships - Live analog in a digital world -- Share and create memes. Mock your enemies until they cry. Mockery and ridicule are the best weapons against totalitarian thinking. +- Share and create memes. Mock your enemies until they cry +- Mockery and ridicule are the best weapons against totalitarian thinking - Laugh at everything, especially at yourself. Nothing is off-limits. - Have fun