What Is Evil?

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: May 9, 2010

Right and wrong do not exist in the eyes of the universe. Right and wrong are the constructs of human mind, which makes them automatically biased and subjective. That makes it difficult to define it and even harder to discuss it. But, I have not set out to define what wrong or right is. I have set out to talk about what wrong or evil represents or what it means.

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Law As A Moral Compass Of A Society

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: April 30, 2010

The recent global financial crisis, which originated in the United, caused a lot of discussion worldwide. There are a variety of topics, which can be discussed, but one that I think deserves the most attention is the law.

Law defines what is legal and what is illegal. It tells us the boundaries within which the firms and individuals can operate. Law sets up the rules, which we must follow or face consequences otherwise. Consequences are of course a matter of enforcement of the law by the government. Government has the role of an utmost importance: it has to create the laws, interpret the laws and subsequently enforce them.

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Simple Theories In A Complex Reality

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: April 26, 2010

We, human beings, like predictability and we resist to change. Predictability eliminates uncertainty, which in turn makes our lives comfortable and easy. Change, on the other hand, creates uncertainty and fear. Naturally, predictability and change has their own trade offs. Predictability costs us growth and change creates growth. Nothing in life is free.

The nature of life however is change and uncertainty.

Already, there is a conflict. We like predictable, life gives us uncertainty. So, we try to predict life and we try to predict and anticipate change. Throughout human history, we tried to come up with theories, which would predict the ever changing reality. In my opinion, we did not do such a good job at it.

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Do You Give Your Power Away?

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: April 22, 2010

The above question is much important and relevant than it has ever been. The issue of giving your power away might be the underlying cause of the current financial crisis. Let me explain.

Others have only as much power as we choose to give them. Your government, your boss, your girlfriend, your children, your co-workers, your friends, your enemies have only as much power as we choose to give them. In essence, power is about choice. Under normal circumstances, nobody can make you do anything against your will.

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On Distortion Of Price Of Certain Goods

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: April 19, 2010

After reading “Freefall” by Joseph Stiglitz, I realized that the prices of certain goods are way understated (some are grossly overstated).Price distortion is a serious issue, which has a huge effect on our consumption of goods. For example if diamonds where really cheap, everybody would probably have a pair. In essence, if prices are understated, it accelerates the consumption of a good and increases the rate of externalities.

I am talking about two types of goods in particular: nonrenewable resources and goods the result in negative externalities.

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The Importance Of Vision

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: April 15, 2010

Sometimes we just make the wrong decisions. Sometimes we become shortsighted and focus only at the things that are the most convenient and most pleasant at the moment. Some of us even confuse that with “being in the moment”. All of the above simply means that we are discomfort averse individuals.

We seek out pleasure and try to avoid discomfort. Inherently there is nothing wrong with that. However, if you look deeper into that all sorts of problems rise to the surface.

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Slow To Smooth To Fast

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: April 13, 2010

Just recently, I started attending mixed martial arts class. It is truly amazing to learn the things your body can do. Mixed martial arts is all about teaching your body to do things it has never done before. At first it can be difficult, but over time, your learn how to do it the right way.

Probably the best advice I have heard regarding learning some thing new is summed up in the following short phrase: “Slow To Smooth To Fast”.

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Weekly Update

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: April 11, 2010

I know I have not written anything in an over a month. Just in case you were wondering why that was the case, here it is: I had nothing to write about.

At some point of time, I felt like I could no longer draw upon my knowledge or experiences to provide any additional value adding articles. Instead, I have spent the month reading books, working, and working out. In that time, I have learned a lot, and starting this week I am going to restart posting twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays.

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Few Lessons To Be Learned

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: March 18, 2010

Did you ever think that there just a few real lessons to be learned in life? Just a few. No more no less, but a few simple lessons. No matter how many more of personal development books you are going to read, no matter how many articles that will promise you to change your life you are going to read, the messages that you will come across are going to be the same.

I realized and I was relieved and so should you. It simply means that you can cut out all the BS that you see on the market today and save yourself time and money. Today’s personal development, self-help, psychology, leadership and change market is filled with the same message that just packaged differently.

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Optimizing Your Life

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: March 16, 2010

Today we are going to learn another rule of economics as it applies to your practical life. There exists a concept called the Law Of Diminishing Returns, which simple states that increased activity results in increasingly diminishing returns with each additional unit of input. If we were to graph, it would look something like this:

On the horizontal axis you would have any activity and on the vertical axis you would have a benefit derived from that activity.

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