Backfire
Dec 31, 2014, 11:40p - Poetry
Sadness
is the pain
of emotion.
Both persist
to effect
their removal.
They are then
unique
as suicidal states,
their appearance
necessitating
their very destruction.
But what
if relief
is not found.
Does the mind
recognize its masochism,
and terminate the interminable?
Or is it insulated
from the effects
of its motivating
power?
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rosa
- Feb 12, 2015, 10:13a
so, i'm not sure that they are unique ... there's a sense in which all motivations/goals/desires are like that. a desire is satisfied when you no longer have it; once a goal is achieved it's no longer relevant.
this guy (teaches at MIT) argues that we need some interminable goals in order to feel like life has meaning/is worth living:
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx/midlife-crisis.pdf?c=phimp;idno=3521354.0014.031
nikhil
- Feb 14, 2015, 6:13p
I think you are right. If I think about another emotion, anger, it seems like it exists also to cause its extingushment. I act angry so that others might behave differently, so that I will stop feeling angry at them. Perhaps all negative emotions have this self-destructive drive? Positive emotions, like satisfaction, should motivate the prolonging of their existence, e.g. if I am satisfied, i should keep doing whatever i did to make myself feel satisfied so that i can feel satisfied longer.
So maybe negative emotions should motivate their self-destructive, while postive emotions should motivate their prolonging?
Rain
Dec 29, 2014, 9:22p - Poetry
We were
forced to take
the road
less traveled
into the darkness
and the rain.
I leaned
my head
cold
against the pane;
as water
streaked, then
pooled
we cried
in unison.
Sorrow
without wetness
feels like
Life
without blood.
The emptiness
recedes.
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What the LendingClub IPO reveals about its business
Dec 4, 2014, 3:01p - Investing
LendingClub is planning an IPO soon, probably on or after December 10, 2014. In this post, I will discuss why I think the standard view of LendingClub as a peer-to-peer (P2P) finance service will become outdated. Specifically, I will show that a larger portion of LendingClub's loans are being funded not by other individuals but by institutional investors, such as ... more »
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Assumption
Dec 1, 2014, 10:26a - Life
There are certain assumptions one tends to make in life. The assumption that you will someday have kids. Or the assumption that you won't have kids (right now, or ever). The assumption that you'll find a job. The assumption that you will die before your children do. The assumption that you'll find someone to share some (or the rest) of ... more »
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