A Boring Dystopia

A more accurate way to write my original statement would be:

isDeceitful() ? immoral : trustButVerify() ;

I'm saying that honesty is the filter by which I navigate social environments. I allowed the topic to percolate for about a day and jotted down a list of thoughts and observations regarding morality. No, it's not AI just cause it's a list.

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- morality is a mechanism to find alignment in the social sphere and is heavily influenced by coercive traditional dogmas
- noone is responsible for the emotional state of others, which is, in reality, an oft indeterminable state to outside observers. empathy is but a narrow band of perception, not ample foundation to codify rules of conduct
  - people lie, insecurity is sufficient justification for many
- complicated or overly prescriptive moral frameworks are oft smokescreens which allow manipulative/coercive behaviors to proliferate, akin to religious dogma
  - reaching for good/bad binaries is a clear sign
- in my experience, those with convoluted moral frameworks have a history of poor decision-making, are manipulative, and/or are allergic to accountability
  - this is not gender-war drivel. it's a function of cultural programming. in my anecdotal experience, the distribution isn't very lopsided

- i posit that a personal philosophy based upon radical honesty minimizes misalignment and creates opportunity for low-friction synchronicities
- life doesn't need to be so complicated. humans manifest complexity, to our own detriment, in pursuit of ego adornments or to mew for group selection
- introducing fuzzy complexity into our social lives is like application of the US tax code
- KISS
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Is it deceitful? Left. Otherwise: right