10 Pragmatics For Living A Higher Quality of Life
An interesting (kinda stupid) experiment
I’ve found 10 pragmatics for living a higher quality of life. But before we get started, let’s take a moment to look at and make sure we understand what is meant by pragmatics for living. Pragmatics is a subfield of linguistics and semiotics that studies the ways in which context contributes to meaning. And to be pragmatic means dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
I was inspired to put together these 10 pragmatics for living a higher quality of life after an interesting (kinda stupid) experiment I played on myself. I allowed myself to take the full force of Twitter. After listening to a podcast with Joe Rogan and Jack Dorsey with Vijaya Gadde and Tim Poole, I realized that there’s a lot of Twitter I was filtering out. A lot of the experiences they were describing were not my experiences. I had heard about the vitriol and have seen it to a degree but never realized the magnitude of anger, cynicism, negativity and outright disregard for one’s humanity.
I often wonder what it takes for someone to be cruel
It’s almost as if some of these folks out there have forgotten that they’re tweeting to an actual person. I often wonder what it takes for someone to be cruel and see a certain group as subhuman and literally remove their empathy for someone else.
Historically, what has happened in the past that allows one group of humans to eradicate another? I mean how does an entire nation tolerate systematic genocide? Whether that’s Nazi Germany or The United States. Both countries are guilty of it and both countries have moved past it.
Yet, in many ways, we as a global community are still challenged with seeing...
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