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General comment:
Most people are very ok, but......
People are very different. We have different experiences in most respects. Most
of us have different parents, different rules to obey, different work,
colleagues, homes, financial situation, weather, climate and so on. We come from
different cultures, and we "fuel" our bodies and minds with different food &
drinks, air quality, information input etc. There is a huge lot of elements that
make us different. Even if we watch the same movie we will have different
experiences with it. Our ears, eyes, brains etc will always catch the
information in different ways. We make different associations, get different
thoughts and make different conclusions on basis of the same information, and
the friends that join us at the cinema will probably have influence on what we
think through their comments.
In addition to this we will have different goals and different advisors.
This means that we rarely can predict with 100% security how a person will react
in different situations. But on the basis of historical statistics we will be
able to calculate average reaction patterns. Based on our own experiences and
different statistics we can give some general advices to young people with less
experience:
- Never trust a person you don't know.
- Take control of your own life. A lot of people, probably also very close to
you, do things that your health and future will not benefit of. But remember
that this doesn't mean that they want to harm you, maybe they just try to be too
kind to you.
- In general people will make decisions that are good to them, not to you,
neither to the
community.
- Through discussions with people that are older than yourself you will be able
to learn a lot of things.
- A lot of people and companies etc want your money.
Journalists?
Most journalists are very ok, but......
There are many journalists, with many types of objectives. Too often a
journalist, or a newspaper etc write what they "hope" is the truth, or a story
that is more or less made to sell as many newspapers as possible. How often
haven't we seen war-type letters on the front page, and almost nothing about the
samt topic inside
the newspaper? Some types of Magazines, writing about people, are even worse.
Without journalism, and especially critical journalism the world would have been
different, so there is no doubt they are important for the communities.
- Conclusion
Be aware, and double check information that is important for you if possible. Be
critical, and don't support (buy) the ones that live on lies and exaggerations.
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Researchers?
Most researchers are very ok, but......
Researchers are often connected to funding from a company, or they may have
personal interests in getting the result they want to find. Some times products
refer to research sources that are non-existing or "low quality". About research
it is very important that they use a method that gives reliable results. Very
often there are more elements involved in daily life than the ones that are
basis for the research.
Like in the daily life some people take the opposite point of view of others. In
research it is of course interesting to check different options and
possibilities, and like in most topics, it will be possible to view the results
from many angles, depending what you want to find.
- Conclusion
Be critical to results of research. Does other researchers support the view?
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Teachers & Parents?
Most teachers & parents are very ok, but......
Teachers have different skills within the different topics, and also different
pedagogical skills. It can be a good idea to test the teacher's knowledge.
Like with other people, parents are very different. Sometimes they are right,
sometimes they are wrong. One thing is for sure, parents have a lot more
experience than children and teens, and they normally want to protect their
kids. If you think your parents are unreasonable with you, you should discuss
the topic with another adult that you trust. Very often, at least in the
industrialized world, the parents are too occupied to take care of their kids in
a good way. If this is the case, the parents will often make wrong decisions for
their kids.
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Encyclopedias?
Most encyclopedias are very ok, but......
We refer to the free encyclopedia Wikipedia in many places on our web pages.
Because Wikipedia is a very good idea, it is free to use, and it have a huge lot
of very good information. But with Wikipedia as with everything else; Don't
swallow everything you read as the truth. There may be errors, and it is a
consept based on input from a lot of people around the world. You may be an
author there as well. And some times it is hard not to be at least a little bit
subjective, right? Fortunately there are routines to secure the quality of the
information, and if you find an error there are ways to tell about it. We hope
that everyone that have something to contribute with to Wikipedia will do it, in
any language. And the same with our pages of course.
When it comes to the more traditional encyclopedias the question is if they are
recently updated, if they have national or political interests etc, but normally
they should not have other interests than telling the true stories. Please tell
us if you don't share this opinion with us!
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You or me?
Most of us are very ok, but......
It will depend of your own knowledge if you are right or wrong. Knowledge is
something very good and important, and it is almost free to get, free to have and free to use!
If you are not sure something is right or wrong, try to find out! Ask questions,
double check what people tell you, and don't be assertive if you are not sure
about the facts.
We would like to give correct advices, but we don't manage 100% either. An advice that
suits in one setting may not suit in another etc. And a statistical fact or any
other information can be used in many ways, misunderstood, and so on. When it
comes to the links we connect you to through the Page of Life we are not able to
control the information quality 100%, or at any time. We will try to find the best links
possible, based on our own research and feedback from the users. Unfortunately
we are not able to read the thoughts or know the objectives of the people that
has written or made the information in the external links, but we promise to do
as good as possible.
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The Salesman
& Marketing?
Some salesmen are very ok, but......
Unless you know the salesman and/or company very well, you should not trust him! And sometimes
it is very difficult to say "no" if you know him. The main objective of >95% of
the sales people and marketing is to sell as much as possible, independent of
the customer's need for the products.
There is a huge lot of different sales situations, differing from culture to
culture, person to person, but it is about the same, to sell, and to try to
convince you to buy a product, even if it is not something you need.
In some situations the sales person may have very good intentions, but the
company or product just isn't good enough. In other situations the company and
products may be very good, but the salesman a person without the necessary
skills and behaviour. Or you may be presented to a very ok looking product where
everything is based on anything from burglery to other kinds of fraud.
Try to learn how to deal with sales people, try to find their intentions and way of thinking,
their "secrets". Be a critical, but of course polite customer. We will try to help you to understand a salesman, or a
businessman that wants to become successful. Here is an example on sales
strategies:
Still to come.....
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Politicians?
Most politicians are very ok, but......
Normally Politicians are intelligent people, but they are in a very
special situation. And of course, it depends on the type of political system in
the country. Some have a lot of carisma, that can be misleading.
Very often the politicians depend of the votes from the people, and to get those
they need to make promises, which can be very hard to fulfil. If they are
elected to the government they normally have very good conditions for being
politicians, and will do almost anything to continue being politicians. If they
are not democratically elected, or if the country is corrupted, there is less
reason to trust a politician. But as always, there are a lot of exceptions.
- Conclusion
Politics are in most communities too much show and lies, and the systems should
be changed to the better. Unfortunately, you should take care of trusting a
politician.
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Governments?
Most governments are ok, but......
There is always a question like "What is right?".
Governments, if they are good, have as the main goal to make a good community.
Unfortunately, some governments and communities are
corrupt, and they can
never become good. Some goverments succeed, others not. And if they have success
in one topic, they may not have in another. And we, as "customers", have
different conception of the governments success regarding services, work etc. We
also have governments in different levels, for example locally and nationally.
Be aware of what type of system rules your community, and what kind of people
rule the goverment.
- Conclusion
Our opinion is that the governments, in general, doesn't manage to rule the
communities good enough. There are big challenges, especially regarding the
basic of our existence, the nature. Too much is ruled by market power and
companies with 99% focus on earning money. Factual information from a government
should be relyable, but be aware.....
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General comment:
Most people are very ok, but......
People are very different. We have different experiences in most respects. Most
of us have different parents, different rules to obey, different work,
colleagues, homes, financial situation, weather, climate and so on. We come from
different cultures, and we "fuel" our bodies and minds with different food &
drinks, air quality, information input etc. There is a huge lot of elements that
make us different. Even if we watch the same movie we will have different
experiences with it. Our ears, eyes, brains etc will always catch the
information in different ways. We make different associations, get different
thoughts and make different conclusions on basis of the same information, and
the friends that join us at the cinema will probably have influence on what we
think through their comments.
In addition to this we will have different goals and different advisors.
This means that we rarely can predict with 100% security how a person will react
in different situations. But on the basis of historical statistics we will be
able to calculate average reaction patterns. Based on our own experiences and
different statistics we can give some general advices to young people with less
experience:
- Never trust a person you don't know.
- Take control of your own life. A lot of people, probably also very close to
you, do things that your health and future will not benefit of. But remember
that this doesn't mean that they want to harm you, maybe they just try to be too
kind to you.
- In general people will make decisions that are good to them, not to you,
neither to the
community.
- Through discussions with people that are older than yourself you will be able
to learn a lot of things.
- A lot of people and companies etc want your money.
Go to see other advices.
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