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Re:Daqri Smart Helmet by monkmartinez on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @02:48PM (#11205516)
Indirect control is the same as no control. If I try to project what others may think, I am attempting to trick myself into thinking I have control of the situation. I don't. My emotional response to "what others think" is something I can control. Therefore, I chose not to emotionally attach "what others think" to my thoughts to the best of my ability.

I can only control my thoughts and the actions borne from those thoughts.

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Re:Daqri Smart Helmet by aidenn0 on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @03:26PM (#11205767)
> Indirect control is the same as no control.

I couldn't disagree more

> I can only control my thoughts and the actions borne from those thoughts.

This part I completely agree with. If one doesn't at least try to attempt to work out the consequences of the actions borne from those thoughts, then one is being irresponsible.

If you walk into a bar, pick the largest drunk man in there and call his mother a whore, then there's a decent chance you will get punched. You did not punch yourself in the face, but to pretend that you had no control over this consequence is ridiculous.

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