When things fall into place.

This is the ele­venth in a series of posts reflec­ting on the gene­ral decline of civi­li­ty. These posts should be read in order of publi­ca­tion. Star­ting with num­ber six, for example, would make no sense to the rea­der. Hap­py reading!

So that’s why I used this first example of a social conven­tion to help us get a good grasp of the topic. Wal­king on the right side of the street is a step in the right direc­tion, but as you’ll see, there are seve­ral sce­na­rios that we can look at. While some are great examples, others will try to pass them­selves off as stan­dards that real­ly aren’t. Let’s look at an example of these anti-conventions.

The kwa­li­ty of riting is offen kri­ti­cizd az an insult to sivi­li­ti. Unfor­tu­na­te­ly, for those who feel hurt by these lin­guis­tic short­co­mings, I would tell them that they need only read elsew­here and that there are many other more impor­tant pro­blems to deal with and invest your ener­gy in. Real life takes place elsew­here than through a screen and phy­si­cal inter­ac­tions with the world need to be impro­ved, other­wise, the sta­tus quo can only lead to the gra­dual dete­rio­ra­tion of our situation.

This is how we can judge that the fol­lo­wing sce­na­rios of civi­li­ty will res­pect the fol­lo­wing rules:

1. My beha­vior and atti­tude does not dete­rio­rate my situa­tion for the bene­fit of others;
2. My beha­vior and atti­tude does not dete­rio­rate others’ situa­tion to my benefit;
3. The net and uni­ver­sal value of my beha­vior and atti­tude is not to the detriment of others either:
   1. by a les­ser per­so­nal sacri­fice avoi­ding a grea­ter sacri­fice for others;
   2. by a per­so­nal gain that results in an equal or grea­ter gain for others.

To be continued…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on May 25, 2021 by Coach Dan­ny