Why I stopped facebooking

Ever since I pondered on the way of living, natural inferences amazed and helped me in strengthening my stands. I intentionally left some incomplete phrases in my last post to elaborate further in the upcoming posts after a thorough scientific understanding. This post has some extensions from the previous post.

Human exceptionalism distinguishes us from other animals through cognitive thinking. More often than not, Bateman's principle (of promiscuity and selectivity), homosexual animals, etc., help us understand a wide variety of human behaviors and tendencies. Societies evolved from polygamy (group marriages) to monogamy. LGBT groups have become less and less vulnerable after the recent US Supreme Court ruling. Even otherwise, if a person exercises his conviction, why doesn't the same cognitive thinking prevent homophobic attitude? Why such hatred if we are kind and willing to talk to anyone without any expectations?

Such behaviors tend to stem from religious norms and reluctance to empathize. I was one of those indifferent people before I learned about the biological traces in forming sexuality. Today's ever fast paced world inspires many of us for technological breakthroughs. Irony as it sounds, the same internet which makes our lives cozier, also ignores to advertise, to a large extent, the science behind such tendencies, owing to religious beliefs and invented social taboos.

This leads to a generalized thinking of what's right and wrong. Someone might have a wrong or completely different notion of what's right in our opinion. That's fine as long as we are convinced of our judgement. In such circumstances, one cannot rule out a theoretical case of society having all possible combinations of right and wrong ideas, on a whole.

Conflicting behaviors can be attributed to this notion of conscience. To illustrate this, people have different perspectives on alcohol consumption. One cannot say if alcohol consumption is right or wrong in a universal setting. Some human traits are inherent and we frame other abilities from the living environment. Some love travelling, some excel in arts, some are passionate about hands-on things, etc. Why should people be judgmental over anyone's conscious behaviors? It is fortunate that constitutions devise plans to blend all the possible diversities in harmony. Social norms fill in the rest of the blank spaces if any. There are definitely many things to learn and adopt, if we understand different kinds of lifestyles.

We seek pleasures in boasting and uploading pictures on social media. This is where most of our time is invested apart from the main stream profession. Although, there are very good platforms like Gmail and LinkedIn which made life easier, the beneficial use of other online media is questionable. Certainly, these companies make a lot of money by innovative and selective product lines. To the contrary, nomadic travelers prefer social disengagement for however short or long time. This distinction certainly bothers me as to what level of online social engagement one should have. This might seem old-fashioned but as long as one conveys intended things to general public or specific audience through some online medium, one wouldn't overuse such forums for an indefinite long period.

Having said that, it's natural to have a similar take on money. So long as one has sufficient money for food, appearance (off course to impress partner), health care, home, personal luxuries etc., one doesn't need any extra money. Now, do we let go our passions and overburden ourselves to make extra money for no reasons? It's fine if money comes naturally but why do we need to sacrifice and rip-off poor people to save money for the next generation, if we teach our kids about independent lifestyle?

We certainly don't need others to police us as long as we understand our mistakes and not repeat them. If we brood over the past, we are for sure killing the precious use of the current time. I was a complete failure until my 7th grade in school. I didn't show any interest in learning, ventured into all lame things and never seriously understood the reality of life. We can always make a better life than the previous day's, if we aspire for new learnings and honestly work to fulfill small goals one at a time. We don't have to fear anyone until we deliberately make mistakes. No one is absolutely perfect, everyone always has someone he/she tries to compete with. It's therefore in us to choose whether to improve living standards or lag behind in a mundane life style. As the world is becoming more and more competitive, every moment of life matters. If we look back, it's hence up to us to make moments either cherishable or regrettable.

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I credit some of the ideas to my colleague. He helped me conceive some of the vague ideas I already had.