The background behind the reason that I'm trying this experiment out.....

A big problem that I've always had with myself in life, are two personality traits that rank in in 'the extreme' edges a bell curve.
Conscientiousness, and Openmindedness.

These are two of 'The Big 5' personality traits... (the other three being neurosis, agreeableness, and extroversion).

Over the next days I'll be doing a deep dive into the subject of personality traits in general, and how they effect one's own perspectives of the world, both for good and bad.
The most interesting thing about this is not the traits themselves and how they manifest themselves out into the world; but how these traits influence behaviours and how you process external stimulus,..
...How it moulds your perspectives !

On their own, personality traits give a general insight into a persons psychology and how they might act, or react, under certain circumstances.
On their own, they can be useful, if not blunt, tool.
This is why HR departments are so in love the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, (which is kinda funny in and of itself. Why?
….Because those with the strong personality traits which makes them suited to working in HR departments in the first place, have the very personality types that are blind to the kind of qualities in others, ones that would be an addition to pretty much any forward thinking , companies....or rather, those companies with a non bureaucratic mindset).
The paradox is sublime, and it's so indicative of the many crazy things that are going on in today's insanity in the world.

I Digress...

Back to the personality traits that I was talking about in reference to myself – conscientiousness and open-mindedness.

*The others 3 traits mentioned above will also be addressed, relative to myself, later on...

I'll get naked for everyone, so you can do it yourself in the comfort of your home, and your own mirror.

….mutual nudity is the preferred state - of course – but only if you have the courage...(more about all of that, later)...

^this statement of intent (above) is an expression of the personality trait open-mindedness, btw...^

What does these mean ?.....

(the edited screen shot above is of a fairly generic and accepted interpretation of 'The Big 5' – The 'industry standard', if you will)

My model of personality testing/profiling is a little more complex that those outlined above, with some additional factors introduced into the model.

So..... I'm as UN-conscientious as fuck, and open minded to pretty much anything.
It wouldn’t be difficult for anyone to look at my posts, rants and thoughts on the block chain over this last five years, to see my head is all over the place, and as undisciplined as hell.
Is tenacity, conscientiousness?
Yes - and no.
'Tenacity' is a an adjective that's been thrown in my direction multiple times, on social media.
Yes, I AM tenacious.
Yet UN-conscientious...
Hmmm...How does that work, then ?
Tenacity in me, is a quality driven by emotion. (passions, principles - ethical wrongs, injustice, sophistry, etc)
Contentiousness is a quality based in the NON- emotional.
Perseverance and commitment to work that may very well be boring as hell, but seen as necessary.
Continuousness is an expression on an inner self -discipline. (it's both good and bad, depending...)

*A quick anecdotal snippet to see how - from the external viewpoint - they can be confused..
I spent around 6 years laboriously painting up my American Civil War lead and plastic miniatures, for my passion at the time – War gaming !
(chess with thousandth pieces).

It was commented on at the time about how I had 'so much patience', sitting down most nights in the living room, watching TV and painting away....

It was an incorrect, external perceptive...
You see, I wasn't being conscientious - I was being tenacious.
What was perceived as conscientiousness, was actually me painting away, very determined to have my armies looking their best, while fantasising about all the campaigns I was going to design, and reshaping the events of the American civil war – all the while listening to anything interesting that might be said on the brainwashing box in the corner.
I was passionate about my endeavor not disciplined.
There was no hard work at all, involved.

OK, so once an in depth understanding of your own personality traits are deeply understood, and how the very subtle interplay between them all has been fully reconciled, the question then becomes :

How to leverage your own qualities, while at the same time minimizing your 'weaker areas'.

(this works on the premise that traits themselves are pretty much immutable by the time adult hood is reached.
Behaviors can be modified, but the underlying personality traits ? - You're stuck with em.

My own lack of conscientiousness means that I jump from one idea to the other, and find it difficult to pursue ideas and projects once I've arrived to a satisfactory conclusion (for myself).
E.G. - I've created four very profitable business from 'the ground up' in my working life, and made one company the most profitable in the 34 years prior to me working there.
For me, the wad of cash was merely representative of my ideas coming to fruition.
The wads of cash told me I had done what I set out to achieve – the money itself holding no particular value in and of itself.
I pretty much walked away from my businesses, losing all interest in any future endeavors pertaining to that specific project.
My curiosity has been satiated.
Yup, that there is a serious lack of conscientiousness, alight.

Ok, Ok, you came here for title, and so far all I've been going on about so far concerns 'personality traits' and has nothing to do with it, amiright ?

NOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooo....You are wrong (if that's what you were thinking).

This is me attempting to:

A) Use my 'Openness' personality trait to it's best advantage while, at the same time, minimizing my (let's be honest) absolutely, fucking dire, 'conscientiousness' personality trait.

B) Work within the confines of a flawed model to best advantage.

C) Change the flawed model (almost impossible, but hey - loving 'close to almost unachievable' problems is like a moth to a flame for someone with 93% Openness trait, and an underlying penchant for fuckuppery as a way to realise honourable ambitions.

D) MAKE...PEOPLE... THINK.

E) To see if my 'game of ethics' has any observable results – both in form (behaviours), and ethos (guiding beliefs that can characterize in an underlying structure in a communities actions)

F) Improve MY OWN behaviours that, if successful, will contribute to 'the appearance' of contentiousness, if not ACTUAL conscientiousness... 'Getting into shape', as it were.

And so, onto TGoE...

The Game of Ethics...

1. 'Follow MY yellow brick road'
   Rather than trying to be too structured in my posts (pesky lack of conscientiousness), I'm going to post in a 'steam of consciousness' style with the goal to filling in a more complete and interesting picture for the reader, as time goes on.

It WILL be looking at the question(s) of the day from all kinds of very different angles such as philosophical, psychological, humorous , etc....using a 'shotgun of thoughts', approach...

My posts will then link to the next posts in the journey of 'the yellow brick road' – and so on.
In effect, each days posts will be one loooooooong post. Or even series of days. With many segues.
Tenacity ? – tick
Contentiousness ? – Closer.

The reasons behind this initiative:

1/ I don't to waste 90% of my time coming up with a billion ideas a day, to then rationalize and procrastinate a million other reasons to not write...which ends up with me not writing anything !
(I've gotten so out of shape in that regard over this last six months).

2/ It will create an environment where each individual has to question their own ethics, and if they're living within their own ethical codes (and if not, why not?).

3/ It will add to ctimes initiative of burning a % of rewards to null. (how?..well, I can't tell you that right now - so lets see where my 'meandering streams of unconsciousness posts' takes us, shall we?)...

I hope that this becomes as much of a fun adventure game for my readers, as it will be for me!...A fun game!

*The lack of fun and interaction on this block chain (and others) says far more than many are willing to admit to... (in my opinion).

Because all my posts will be connected and not stand alone pieces – I'll number them.
That way, if any readers have their interest piqued, or are just bemused as to what the actual fuck is going on, it will enable a chronologically ordered, 'step by step', reading.
Some posts may be as long as this one, others may be a meme or three, and only a few words, others may appear to be totally tangential to the question or issue initially posited ... (but will, almost certainly, not be).
It's all connected.

Here is a poorly, but accurate, paraphrased statement by Stefan Molyneux, concerning the support of his channel with donations...
“ I put in the work, and deliver the product for free. As part of that contract with the viewer, I give them the opportunity to donate – it's not mandatory.*
I do this as a gift. A gift of opportunity for the viewer to decide to donate or not. It offers the honorable discharge of a social contract.
I offer a product , and you give a donation if you find value in that product.
There is no coercion, just voluntary action.
Honor and ethics go hand in hand, so by giving you this gift of opportunity – to execute a honorable and ethical action - you give yourself something far more valuable than money or tokens - The observable action that allows you, yourself, to grow as a self sovereign-ed and more powerful, human being.

Stefan also goes to great lengths to point out – and even to berate anyone for feeling guilty – anyone who cannot donate due to their own financial position/circumstances at the time of viewing his material; and if that IS the case, then he wants you to watch the show and enjoy, without any negative shame/guilt, emotions (this is in reference money/crypto donations to his show, and not DpoS upvoting, where there is no actual cost).

The great thing about ethics and freedom – You can't cheat it, and nothing is free.

For example, if you read all my posts and obtain value from them (not like, or dislike, happy or angry – but value) and then 'cheat' yourself by not donating – I.e extracting value without giving back – No one will berate you for it.
No one will even know – except yourself.
You will know....And even if that knowledge leaves your consciousness, it will still continue to reside in your UN-conscious mind.
And that is not good for your mental health.
Or your perceptions of the world, or your decision making processes in the future.

If, however - you do not live by any ethical code that does not entail the ethos of reciprocation i.e - a parasitical mindset – one of 'take, take, take', while giving back as little as is possible (just enough to allow for the parasitism to continue) then nothing of the above paragraph of S. Molyneux's, will mean anything to you.
'It will be water off a non ethical, ducks back', as it were.
That's between you and your god, or non god, (if you're religion is really atheism...oh, the irony).
You can't cheat anyone but yourself in this regard.
The best of luck, and.......

Love Is The Law.

It is – without a doubt - the easiest law to break in the entire universe ,while at the same time, totally impossible to not serve the sentence for contravening it...
Cool, uh ?
(the parasitical mindsets are now scratching their heads after reading this post - totally unable to conceive of this 'reality'...bless...)

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