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Poetry · 05-09-2011, 07:38 PM

I'm only responding in part about faith in humanity and the self, as the rest of the questions don't apply to me.

When I drive over a bridge, I have faith that the builders, designers, manufacturers, likely did a good job and the bridge will then likely not collapse under me.

This is not because of a faith in their desire to do a good job, provide a safe service, or other such things, but a faith in that people act in their best interests.

If the bridge collapsed, their company would collapse, their finances would collapse, their reputation, their current life style, would be destroyed.

They build a safe bridge to protect themselves and make a profit.

They take shortcuts, make mistakes, when they feel that the potential for disaster outweighed by the potential for financial- or time-gain. It is my hope that they accurately gauge this.

I do not rely on other people to act outside of their character.

I have faith in their established behavior patterns. That some people will be reliable, that others will not, that some you can tell secrets to and others you must tell nothing. That each of these traits is something that is established by their own subconscious measure of profit/loss or pleasure/pain.

Some people do charitable things because it makes them feel good. Some people do not do charitable things because they derive more pleasure from spending time on their own interests than those of others.

I have faith in this.

And I have faith in myself to access these internal motivators in the people that surround me, and I have faith that if I gauge wrong, I will recover from whatever situation occurs.

The rest is meaningless.

05-09-2011, 07:38 PM	#47 (permalink)
Poetry Crazy Location: Los Angeles, CA	I'm only responding in part about faith in humanity and the self, as the rest of the questions don't apply to me. When I drive over a bridge, I have faith that the builders, designers, manufacturers, likely did a good job and the bridge will then likely not collapse under me. This is not because of a faith in their desire to do a good job, provide a safe service, or other such things, but a faith in that people act in their best interests. If the bridge collapsed, their company would collapse, their finances would collapse, their reputation, their current life style, would be destroyed. They build a safe bridge to protect themselves and make a profit. They take shortcuts, make mistakes, when they feel that the potential for disaster outweighed by the potential for financial- or time-gain. It is my hope that they accurately gauge this. I do not rely on other people to act outside of their character. I have faith in their established behavior patterns. That some people will be reliable, that others will not, that some you can tell secrets to and others you must tell nothing. That each of these traits is something that is established by their own subconscious measure of profit/loss or pleasure/pain. Some people do charitable things because it makes them feel good. Some people do not do charitable things because they derive more pleasure from spending time on their own interests than those of others. I have faith in this. And I have faith in myself to access these internal motivators in the people that surround me, and I have faith that if I gauge wrong, I will recover from whatever situation occurs. The rest is meaningless. __________________ "You know what? Fuck the moon! He controls our water and our women. I've had enough!"