AUTHOR: Sarab DATE: 9:40:00 PM ----- BODY:

i started out on my journey to becoming mute, with the belief that nothing anyone could/would say to me would really be of any consequence to my aspirations.

that is not to say, that people don't know things that i would like to know, or that people would have things that i would like to have or to use, but that the chances of them sharing those things with me was relatively low, or would require a lot of work that didn't seem worth it

now i think the issue isn't really a computation psychology issue, or a useful information issue, the issue is just the social nature that i (and all other humans) have inherited. so while i don't stand to benefit from being in the company of people in a material, financial, or knowledge sense; i still have the impulse in my nature to be around people.

what i am saying is, that just being around people makes me happier. i like to be in company rather than by myself.

that is the first important note to make. now what types of people or groups of people or venues i enjoy more than others is a totally different question, which really complicates social life too fucking much.

ultimately, i look at the person, and i ask myself, "will this person know what i am talking about, and be able to relate to the ideas i have?"
"will this person be a danger to me?" " is this person generally a downer or an upper?" "does this person share the same hobbies i have?"

thats pretty much it.

sure you always want to know if the person is likely or unlikely to succeed, but that goes back to the original premise, that whether or not a particular person is likely to succeed, i do not stand to learn anything from that person which will increase my chances of personal success. if i go back to this point, than i am going around in circles.

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