Website Feedback
Closed Threads
IRC Web ChatTeamSpeak 3 (41 users)
Active: 6260 users | |
|
|
| sluggaslamoo Australia. July 13 2012 14:21. Posts 3496 | Profile Blog # |
We do follow the path of least resistance.
We sleep in
We skip homework
We sit on the couch and watch TV while people tell us what we should think
|
| | BW: Slugger[wOk] feel free to add | No Tidehunter |
|
|
| NoctemSC United States. July 13 2012 14:29. Posts 757 | Profile Blog # |
On July 13 2012 14:21 sluggaslamoo wrote:
We do follow the path of least resistance.
We sleep in
We skip homework
We sit on the couch and watch TV while people tell us what we should think
While I don't believe everyone does, I do believe that everyone has, at one point in their life been like this.
It's human nature to want to find the easiest solution to a problem.
|
| | http://www.twitch.tv/noctemsc <--Most epic fun times |
|
|
| surfinbird1 Germany. July 13 2012 16:40. Posts 999 | Profile # |
On July 13 2012 14:21 sluggaslamoo wrote:
We do follow the path of least resistance.
We sleep in
We skip homework
We sit on the couch and watch TV while people tell us what we should think
That's exactly what I thought when I read this blog. Being lazy is the path of least resistance. And it's even biologically sound because while lazying around you don't waste precious energy. |
| | life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery |
|
|
| Catch]22 Sweden. July 13 2012 19:42. Posts 2340 | Profile Blog # |
| Too bad its fucking boring :C |
|
|
| [UoN]Sentinel United States. July 13 2012 20:27. Posts 2709 | Profile Blog # |
Well that's how humans separated from other primates in the first place. Humans were always looking for and inventing shortcuts for their day-to-day lives.
E.g. why should we climb trees to get food when we can just walk around and whack the trees, and the food will come to us instead? And if the food doesn't come down why don't we sharpen the stick so the tree breaks in two? And eventually the axe came about.
Inventions are all for the sake of laziness.Last edit: 2012-07-13 20:28:45 |
| | One day I'll get around to writing my 17-minute epic. Also, exploring heavy metal. || Seize the day! |
|
|
| solidbebe Netherlands. July 13 2012 21:42. Posts 3238 | Profile # | |
|
|
| DreamChaser July 13 2012 22:33. Posts 1632 | Profile Blog # |
| Instead i wish i didnt follow the path of least resistance, thats the path that will be worn down already where the path of innovation is always an untouched path. |
| | Plays against every MU with nexus first. |
|
|
| TheGiz Canada. July 13 2012 23:03. Posts 708 | Profile Blog # |
Think of it this way:
The water is not able to go where it pleases - it goes where it can, because the mountains push it this way and that. Liquid in a free environment cannot handle force - it can only yield to it. Those in life who take the path of least resistance are the masses - they can do nothing but what the mountains make them do.
The Romans built great roads and aqueducts that left their marks throughout Europe for centuries. Who remembers the walking paths of the Celts, or the Gauls? No one remembers the coopers, or the crofters, or the smiths, who did their trade and passed on. People remember Caesar, and Pompeii, and Antony, and Octavian, and Constantine, who raised great armies and led thousands of people and made their mark. They are the mountains; their followers are the waters. |
| | Life is not about making due with what you have; it's about finding out just how much you can achieve. Never settle for anything less than the best. - - - Read my blog! |
|
|
| [SuNdae] Finland. July 13 2012 23:08. Posts 142 | Profile # |
| People always make the minimum effort possible to get what they want, everyone does. |
|
|
| TheGiz Canada. July 14 2012 00:22. Posts 708 | Profile Blog # |
On July 13 2012 23:08 [SuNdae] wrote:
People always make the minimum effort possible to get what they want, everyone does.
Bad people, maybe. I don't believe in this philosophy at all. There is a right way and a wrong way to do things. The path of least effort is not always the best way to do something. The saying, "Anything worth doing is worth doing well." would not exist if everyone just took the easiest solution possible. Anyone can do a thing, but few can do that thing well.
My gradfather had a saying: "Haste makes waste." I despise the notion of finding the impulsive, simple solution. |
| | Life is not about making due with what you have; it's about finding out just how much you can achieve. Never settle for anything less than the best. - - - Read my blog! |
|
|
| radscorpion9 Canada. July 14 2012 00:47. Posts 1328 | Profile # |
On July 14 2012 00:22 TheGiz wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 13 2012 23:08 [SuNdae] wrote:
People always make the minimum effort possible to get what they want, everyone does.
people, maybe. I don't believe in this philosophy at all. There is a right way and a wrong way to do things. The path of least effort is not always the best way to do something. The saying, "Anything worth doing is worth doing well." would not exist if everyone just took the easiest solution possible. Anyone can do a thing, but few can do that thing well. My gradfather had a saying: "Haste makes waste." I despise the notion of finding the impulsive, simple solution.
I just wanted to point out that there's a difference between following the path of least resistance to accomplish a goal and using the path of least resistance to determine what your goals should be.
I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with doing as little as you can, or seeking the shortest route, to attain a goal. It makes good logical sense to take the shortest, simplest path to achieve something. The only thing that really matters is what your goals are (do you want to have good relationships, a nice house, a great job?).
In the end even the philosophy of doing things right the first time is really just a more evolved path of least resistance, because if you put in a little bit more energy now, you save much more energy later on trying to fix things up than if you had done things poorly in the past. And of course there are also all the negative side-effects of being someone who barely completes their work; most likely you will never get a raise, probably won't be seen in a positive light by co-workers, have ongoing troubles with your boss, and risk being fired in favour of another potential employee who could do a better job than you.Last edit: 2012-07-14 00:50:29 |
|
|
| [UoN]Sentinel United States. July 14 2012 00:54. Posts 2709 | Profile Blog # |
On July 13 2012 23:03 TheGiz wrote:
Think of it this way:
The water is not able to go where it pleases - it goes where it can, because the mountains push it this way and that. Liquid in a free environment cannot handle force - it can only yield to it. Those in life who take the path of least resistance are the masses - they can do nothing but what the mountains make them do.
The Romans built great roads and aqueducts that left their marks throughout Europe for centuries. Who remembers the walking paths of the Celts, or the Gauls? No one remembers the coopers, or the crofters, or the smiths, who did their trade and passed on. People remember Caesar, and Pompeii, and Antony, and Octavian, and Constantine, who raised great armies and led thousands of people and made their mark. They are the mountains; their followers are the waters.
But the waters can make the mountains, and destroy them. Two rivers flowing side by side can create a mountain range between them over time.
And then there's the whole "shoulders of giants" thing. For example, Google should be a source of waters. It allows for less resistance because instead of say, having to do exhaustive IRL searches or going to the library, you just type what you need in the little box. Least resistance.
Yet many mountains can arise from this river. Businesses, CEO's. I bet all the presidents, prime ministers, what have you use the search engine at least sparingly. Yet they are mountains as well. They have all left their mark. Yet they too, to some extent, are following the path of least resistance. |
| | One day I'll get around to writing my 17-minute epic. Also, exploring heavy metal. || Seize the day! |
|
|
| TheGiz Canada. July 14 2012 02:44. Posts 708 | Profile Blog # |
I appreciate the moderate responses to my reply. It's just that... in my hometown there are not many high tech jobs and the local university isn't of any particular prestige. I see a lot of people do very little with their lives; dear friends of mine whom I know are very intelligent made very poor life decisions that resulted in them going nowhere. Had they challenged themselves a little they could have become much more than they are, but instead they chose to put in less effort and wound up nowhere. I could count on my hands the number of people from my year who got high tech jobs. It's heartbreaking, because you want to see your friends do well.
As has been said, there's a noted difference between no effort and efficient choices. I understand the difference; I just can't comprehend the former choice.
And to the "rivers carve mountains" analogy, rivers carve canyons and valleys. I know, I live by a huge river that has carved a big damn ravine in the last 15,000 years. There are no mountains besides, just heaps of losers on either side. Go up the river, see any mountains? No, just more losers. |
| | Life is not about making due with what you have; it's about finding out just how much you can achieve. Never settle for anything less than the best. - - - Read my blog! |
|
|
| | |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
![[image loading]](http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/534357_428856963798760_1038801950_n.jpg)
