Usefulness Community

The way Kafka shows how our worth is tied to our usefulness is honestly brutal. Looking back at the story, the real tragedy isn't Gregor’s transformation at all. It’s the way his family changes, stripping away their own humanity once he’s no longer 'useful' to them.

I've never been anyone's favorite😔❤️‍🩹

I've never been anyone's favorite, not even my mom's, although I know she loves me, but not like those mothers who constantly brag about their children. I'm not anyone's best friend. I've had best friends, but I'm not their best friend. In friendships, I've always played the role of the friend... read more

The usefulness of AI

I want that automated answering machines to check the person identity before answering calls. Its pretty cool

A stone that cannot be warmed is useless. Raising someone who cannot be tamed is ungrateful.

I recently heard this phrase "a stone that cannot be warmed is useless, raising someone who cannot be tamed is ungrateful". To me it sounded like a blend of some metaphorical wisdom from different traditions, though it is not some direct quotation from any canonical source. So I looked it from... read more

Finding True Happiness

Finding True Happiness True happiness is not to be found in self-gratification, but in the path of duty. God desires man to be happy, and for this reason He gave him the precepts of his law, that in obeying these, he might have joy at home and abroad. While he stands in his moral integrity, true... read more

The Caretaker

Miranda Mercer is an ordinary woman who has deliberately built an extraordinary life. Fully aware of the supernatural, she stepped towards it by choice rather than accident, never out of fascination with power, but because she trusted the people involved. She has never wanted to become something... read more