Literary Discussions

I think that whenever we attempt to gain our desired ends by trickery or deception then we build a house upon the sand so that it does not have a firm foundation and will collapse... Emmanuel Kant spoke of the "categorical imperative" which mean that you should take any action and then universalize it so that everyone does it and see if it still seems prudent... well, to take a slightly different slant, think of that politician Weiner who had an attractive and pregnant wife, who was himself young and handsome and successful, but he chose to do a foolish thing by sending inappropriate photos to women he hardly knew.  Now that will follow him around for the rest of his life.  So whatever plan you conceive to achieve your goals, ask yourself what would happen if somehow you became famous and what you did became public knowledge and then ask yourself if you would be OK with everyone knowing. IN FACT this is totally analogous to Diaspora with private aspects and public posts. Except in life assume that every word and deed will become a public post and get in the search engines sooner or later. I grew up in the 1950s when no one mentioned sex.... and I was age 30 before my first experience. Now things are very different. Anyway, if you wait until someone who really wants you comes along you will not die from deprivation for love is not like air or water or food. Just my thoughts.