05-11-2016, 05:17 PM
I think the core of my point was around notions of 'superiority', and how the self feels in relation to other selves.
Excellence is definitely appreciated; it's when it is used as a wedge over lesser skilled individuals, that it then becomes a negative tactic.
Think of different types of teaching: you have ones where the 'teacher' approaches it from the point of view of an equal, and regarding the student as the (future) adept, and that it is just facilitating an 'unfoldment'.
or the type of 'teacher' who sees their students as something to be moulded into an image of themselves, and is not really interested in individual and unique differences.
As always, it's the attitude with which you approach something in relation to other-selves that determines it's nature.
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I get your point here.
But I also think 'deception' is used when outright force is not available. If one has outright might, then why even the need for deception? In some cases, it might be more 'efficient' to use deception, I can see that, but again, this is just the 'method' which is most readily available, and able to be deployed for a specific use.
Excellence is definitely appreciated; it's when it is used as a wedge over lesser skilled individuals, that it then becomes a negative tactic.
Think of different types of teaching: you have ones where the 'teacher' approaches it from the point of view of an equal, and regarding the student as the (future) adept, and that it is just facilitating an 'unfoldment'.
or the type of 'teacher' who sees their students as something to be moulded into an image of themselves, and is not really interested in individual and unique differences.
As always, it's the attitude with which you approach something in relation to other-selves that determines it's nature.
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(05-11-2016, 04:49 PM)Aion Wrote: The key aspect of any true STS motivation is that of the use of deception for the sake of advantage. So, if you have someone who is cheating, using codes or a hack as a way to be superior, then I would venture to say the person is actually using STS tactics. Someone who just practices, plays a lot and gets really good is, imo, perfectly deserving of the confidence and pride which comes with the achievement of that skill. As such, gloating, boasting and arrogance are not, imo, at all STS in and of themselves and would only be so if the claims were not in fact true and thus deception would then come in to play.
So while such a person is obviously still just hanging out in the orange and yellow, I think it's silly to suggest such self-centeredness as being true STS polarization.
I get your point here.
But I also think 'deception' is used when outright force is not available. If one has outright might, then why even the need for deception? In some cases, it might be more 'efficient' to use deception, I can see that, but again, this is just the 'method' which is most readily available, and able to be deployed for a specific use.