Introduction For the purposes of this text, privacy terms the ability of an individual or a group to remain free from observation and choose what information about them becomes known to a given party. We primarily concern ourselves here with Information Privacy - relating to the data about a person's...
Towards the end of one of my favourite books, No Longer Human, the protagonist Yozo plays a game with his fiancé and his best friend. The rules of the game are pretty straightforward. Well there is actually one rule technically, but despite that it is a very trying experience. There...
It is important to define ‘help’ before delving further into the topic. I would like to avoid using dictionary definitions when trying to be concrete about the essence of a word. Albeit sometimes useful, dictionaries strive to provide a short and concise explanation of a word, which often strips it...
For the purposes of this text, privacy terms the ability of an individual or a group to remain free from observation and choose what information about them becomes known to a given party. We primarily concern ourselves here with Information Privacy - relating to the data about a person's self or activity. This definition covers a range of information. From your preferences, biometric data, or other properties which can be described as part of the self, to statuses written, location, etc. The ability of privacy allows individuals to freely choose what information and to whom they want to disclose it. Privacy is a subset and a necessary condition of security. If a... (read 1201 more words →)
That is your connotation of an antonym, which seldom someone uses. The world isn't in scales
Towards the end of one of my favourite books, No Longer Human, the protagonist Yozo plays a game with his fiancé and his best friend. The rules of the game are pretty straightforward. Well there is actually one rule technically, but despite that it is a very trying experience. There are no winners, nor losers, there are only participants. You can play it on a second date (don’t try it on a first one, trust me), and you can even play it alone. The game is called the “Game of Antonyms”, and the purpose is, given a word, to find the antonym, or the opposite of it. As Dazai writes:
“I had invented... (read 2180 more words →)
Expecting explicit compensation and receiving compensation are two different things. Refer to the last section: "Help MUST BE performed without any expectation for compensation. If you receive compensation (whether material or in the form of gratitude), then that is great. But you should not demand it. "
There is an easy way to evaluate your situation and it concerns the motivation for switching jobs.
Remove the compensation. Do I still want to change jobs? If yes, then I am in deed doing it with the sole intention of helping you. Compensation added? Great! It is denied? Oh, well, not complaining, I was not doing it for the compensation. If I switched jobs simply because... (read more)
It is important to define ‘help’ before delving further into the topic. I would like to avoid using dictionary definitions when trying to be concrete about the essence of a word. Albeit sometimes useful, dictionaries strive to provide a short and concise explanation of a word, which often strips it off its essence, nuance, and connotation. Furthermore, they often suffer from circular definitions(i.e. a word is defined through another, which in turn is defined through the first). When one expresses themselves fluently in some language, they exercise a great degree of intuition, characterised by more low-level processes that cannot be explained through language.
‘Help’ is an action (hence - the act of helping)... (read 3654 more words →)