Positive Thinking, Healthier Mindset

There is a new advertisement that Government is spamming the media now days. It goes something like this:

Elephant, "Hey Monkey, how have you been doing lately?"

Monkey "Bad... What I'm working now can only let me afford peanuts."

Elephant "That's not consider bad, at least you can still afford peanuts!"

Monkey in deep thoughts then replied, "Yeah, you are right, at least I still can afford peanuts, better than nothing!"

Then they both laugh. (The Giraffe is merely an extra)

End

Correct, it is good to have a positive thinking to have a healthier mindset. However, to think again, it's really hard to have a positive thinking for me in this society. I keep thinking that this advertisement is just a propaganda from the Government that telling us to be contented. How can we be contented?

If you are not aware about this, the society has changed. Thinking positive? Nah, there's a new trend. Selfishness has evolved. Humans not only tend to be selfish and yet they want gaining by not contributing. This syndrome will be the new trend and it is called Spite. Spite is evil, it is a phenomenon that occurs when a player's value of an allocation decreases when one or more other players' value increase. Thus other things being equal, a player exhibiting spite will prefer an allocation in which other players receive less than more, if the good is desirable. Humans today has learn to be spiteful. The will have minimum contribution but they want maximum rewards in return.

Some vivid examples in our daily lives.

Imagine you have 2 siblings. Your mother, Madam Dae Jung Hu is an overworked housewife. After dinner, you and your 2 other siblings dump the dishes in the basin and walk away. The intentions are: Madam Dae Jung Hu will wash for us. You and your siblings only want to enjoy the meal (rewards) but dun wish to help out in cooking or washing (zero contributions!). You and your siblings are being spiteful!

Not only you, Madam Dae Jung Hu is spiteful as well. Happen that one day she went to a supermarket. She took one item and went to the cashier to ask for a discount. The cashier replied that that item will be discounted unless spending more than $50. Without further consideration, Madam Dae put that item back. Her thinking was, she wants the discount (reward) but she dun want to spend more than $50 (no contributions).

With the field of social evolution, Spite has been nailed to our behavior as we grow up. Sad to say, it has became an instinct. The very first innocence of us has been corrupted by Spite. When we are young, we will share and contribute what we can willingly. However, as we grow up, we may think thrice of contributing. But we think nothing when it comes to receiving the reward.

With spiteful act in our society, it is very hard for me to think positively. But think again, if it doesn't bother me, why should I care so much? Hmm... I guess I need to take a break. Maybe to somewhere else, maybe outta this world.