At some point, you do need to interact with the outside world. When “everything is a scam” is a way of life, it ultimately means you cannot interact with the outside word to any meaningful advantage. Where does that lead us?
Mostly yeah, unfortunately. I have a small trusted circle of people and a slightly larger circle of people I’d potentially go to if I was desperate enough but beyond that everyone else can get fucked until they prove otherwise. We as a society really need to step it up and deal with all the scammy bullshit that is just allowed to happen if we want to be able to trust each other again.
I do in so far as I have to, I perform risk assessments and trust nothing and check everything, operating under the assumption that anything could have double motives and malice behind it. I’ve had to learn many times not to overuse occam’s razor when dealing with outside entities like e.g. neighbours when trying to deal with disputes. Everyone is capable of anything, I just try my best to be ready for 'em when they come. Being a hermit would be good, but unfortunately capitalism prevents this for me for the moment.
At some point, you do need to interact with the outside world. When “everything is a scam” is a way of life, it ultimately means you cannot interact with the outside word to any meaningful advantage. Where does that lead us?
Do we all just become hermits?
Mostly yeah, unfortunately. I have a small trusted circle of people and a slightly larger circle of people I’d potentially go to if I was desperate enough but beyond that everyone else can get fucked until they prove otherwise. We as a society really need to step it up and deal with all the scammy bullshit that is just allowed to happen if we want to be able to trust each other again.
I do in so far as I have to, I perform risk assessments and trust nothing and check everything, operating under the assumption that anything could have double motives and malice behind it. I’ve had to learn many times not to overuse occam’s razor when dealing with outside entities like e.g. neighbours when trying to deal with disputes. Everyone is capable of anything, I just try my best to be ready for 'em when they come. Being a hermit would be good, but unfortunately capitalism prevents this for me for the moment.