(January 1, 2018 at 7:46 pm)Haipule Wrote:(January 1, 2018 at 4:40 pm)Astreja Wrote: So what's wrong with being "selfish" when considering the pros and cons of pursuing a particular way of life?I think that is being discriminating and healthy. Yet I wonder, when did being discriminating or, to discriminate become a bad word. Should we rather be indiscriminate? That would be a really bad idea when pursuing a way of life.
Most likely the word "discrimination" has been tainted by its association with racism and similar things. It has also been used in a more positive (but still a bit off-putting) sense in ad copy, such as "The |car|watch|whisky| for the discriminating gentleman."
I agree that being indiscriminate is a rather bad idea. Life is much too short to scatter one's efforts in a hundred different directions. In many ways we become who we are by a process of editing out things that don't quite work for us, concentrating on the things we see as more important.
