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Countless people complain that a meal for the rich (please think of a meal with Buffett costs 19 million US dollars), may be a waste of money that many people may not earn in their lifetime; there are also countless people who do not understand why a star would rather Buying countless extravagant but one-time-use things, and unwilling to help a poor school-less child. Although this kind of accusation is not unreasonable, if you really want to improve your cognition, you can’t look at the problem so narrowly.
Maybe we will lament the injustice of nature, why some people already have so much, why can they have more? Others have only a little bit, but this little bit will be lost, God is so unfair Yes! It sounds reasonable, but in fact it is not. The reason why the lamenter sighs like this is simply because he stands in the position of those who have only a little but can’t keep it, and judge right from wrong.
Because of their own interests, individuals have a sense of unfairness. A blue whale can swallow several tons of fish and shrimp in one bite, but it does not engage in bloody bites and kills on its prey, which makes it seem less dangerous than the vigorous and fierce killer whales. For the thousands of small fish and shrimps that are swallowed by blue whales, I am afraid that killer whales are much cuter than blue whales, because killer whales do not eat them at all.
A meal for one creature is another creature’s tens of thousands of lives. This kind of event happens all the time in nature, but because it has nothing to do with our immediate interests, we don’t feel unfair. The extravagant consumption of the rich can greatly stimulate our nerves, because we find that we have so little. . . . With such care, there is such unfairness.
The life of an ant is no less humble than that of a Mercury bear, only the setting of life tasks is different: the Mercury bear may have to work, deal with interpersonal relationships, write a lot of words, and express a lot of opinions; an ant may become a worker ant, fortunately Bitters serve the queen ant for a long time, work, and hunt for food with mates. In contrast, the giant Mercury bear seems to have some advantages. It can talk, laugh, run, and fall in love, but the ant will not feel any indignation, because it does not want to compare with me. In its mental model, there is nothing about The concept of Mercury Bear; Mercury Bear will not compare with it, even if it is an ant queen, Mercury Bear will not envy it at all, because in Mercury Bear’s mental model, it does not affect Mercury Bear’s interests, nor is it The comparison object of Mercury Bear.
A person who obsessively cares about the same work, his income is not as much as others. Even if others work harder, have a higher EQ, or have better connections, he still feels unfair.
All the unwillingness is nothing more than wanting to get but not getting and not wanting to lose but losing. Not wanting to continue to be a slave to the established fact requires active, purposeful, and consistent effort.
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