{"id":181439,"date":"2019-10-23T17:10:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T00:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=181439"},"modified":"2019-10-23T17:19:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T00:19:21","slug":"become-a-legislator-not-just-a-commentator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/23\/become-a-legislator-not-just-a-commentator\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a legislator, not just a commentator."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The worst type of scholar is to become a commentator. To comment on something takes no real \u00e2\u20ac\u0153skin in the game\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Your opinion of your comment is subjective, and based on the knowledge of others, therefore you are protected from being critiqued on your own commentary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps a more noble and bold pursuit is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of just commenting on the knowledge of others, we should go out and create our own new rules, laws, and ideas for others. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Let me explain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The philosopher as legislator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Our duty is to create new laws, new ideas, and discovering new modes of living to the benefit of life and humanity. Of course we shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t force others to believe or do as we do, but we must create new things and approaches, not to simply comment on others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem with commentating<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When you comment on something, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not really adding much new to the table. So many scholars and individuals in the world make their living to comment, criticize, or critique the actions, thoughts, or lives of others. I think this comes from a source of weakness and fear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you critique the works and ideas of others, you protect yourself from asserting your own opinion. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Why I hate name droppers <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The problem with name dropping is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You must validate your own line of thinking or acting by saying that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153someone wiser than me who came before me did x, y, z\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

By name dropping, you relinquish your own authority to state your own opinion. You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to validate your own opinion by quoting others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instead, assert your own personal truths. State your opinion. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quote others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above all don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be afraid. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very little at stake in the grand scheme of things. You won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be burned at the stake for your opinions, nor will you become excommunicated from the community and starve to death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best life is the uncensored, direct, and free life. Freedom of speech as being of the greatest goods of all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the point of freedom of speech if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re too afraid to say what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really<\/em> on your mind? Or if you have nothing to say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be bold, audacious, and brazen in your life, thoughts, and way of speech!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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