TROM is a project that aims to showcase in detail the root cause of most of today’s problems and proposes realistic solutions to solve those problems. But it is also about challenging people’s values, explaining in simple language how the world works, and providing free and good quality educational materials/tools for everyone.
It's a common malady to think oneself a world-savior. "I know what the world's problems are, and how to solve them." If you realize this kind of tendency in yourself, it's important to try to conquer it, because it's been disastrous many times in the past. The Khmer Rouge thought they were going to fix the world's problems. So did Mao. They loved their own ideas about how to fix the world more than they loved the lives of their countrymen. They were so sure they were ushering in Utopia that it made perfect sense to them to order people to do things at gunpoint.
I think the core mistake is essentially hubris. Thinking highly of oneself, and having a low opinion of others. This naturally results in wanting to substitute one's own intelligence for the higher-order intelligence of all people working together. But no one, and no group, is as smart as everyone. So this kind of intelligence substitution tends to have terrible results.
Hubris can be corrected. Meditate and study other people and you'll find out that 1.) you're crazy and need to work on yourself and 2.) other people are astoundingly intelligent and talented. The natural result is humility and gratitude.
Or, hey, perhaps I'm wrong. Then I suggest you do something much more persuasive than making a web site: implement your ideas at small scale and simply document the wonderful new way of life. If it's good, people will want to take part in it. There won't be any need to persuade anyone with arguments; the results will speak for themselves.
But this kind of person never does that. If they could, they would. They can't, so they don't. Despite not being able to make it work with ten friends, they want to roll it out worldwide, and, funny thing -- it tends to require the destruction of stuff that's already working.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 17.3 ms ] threadI think the core mistake is essentially hubris. Thinking highly of oneself, and having a low opinion of others. This naturally results in wanting to substitute one's own intelligence for the higher-order intelligence of all people working together. But no one, and no group, is as smart as everyone. So this kind of intelligence substitution tends to have terrible results.
Hubris can be corrected. Meditate and study other people and you'll find out that 1.) you're crazy and need to work on yourself and 2.) other people are astoundingly intelligent and talented. The natural result is humility and gratitude.
Or, hey, perhaps I'm wrong. Then I suggest you do something much more persuasive than making a web site: implement your ideas at small scale and simply document the wonderful new way of life. If it's good, people will want to take part in it. There won't be any need to persuade anyone with arguments; the results will speak for themselves.
But this kind of person never does that. If they could, they would. They can't, so they don't. Despite not being able to make it work with ten friends, they want to roll it out worldwide, and, funny thing -- it tends to require the destruction of stuff that's already working.