You're Almost Definitely More of a Jerk Than You Think You Are

Wanna make people who suffer with mental health issues, imposter syndrome, and self image issues feel instantly crappy? Write a headline like that.

Um, but the author surely is exempt, right?

I mean he very clearly thinks he's right about all those "Jerks" being kind of over-inflated.

If he's right, then the very best, very most creative and correct people who have vision and the most (deserved) self-confidence are still "Jerks" if they recognize that any of their peers are bloom'in idjits.

And the bloom'in people taking pot-shots at them, like this author, are then "Not Jerks"...

right... got it.

So unless everyone is exactly equal in worth, nearly everybody with awareness is a "Jerk", and many, but not all, of them are wrong.

That's like, your opinion, man. Maybe stop being a jerk and try and see things from my perspective...

I think a jerk is just someone who evades / sabotages communication efforts around the analysis of a given action. Or someone who knowingly holds onto bad assumptions in the presence of new information.

The first line of defense against jerks is communication. It seems that more jerks emerge when communication is stifled and mutual understanding is never reached.

I found this an odd article to read. Some of it seemed exceptionally interesting and insightful, while other parts felt very /r/iam14andthisisdeep.

(Maybe my jerkish fraction failed to empathise with some parts!)

I really hope that's not true.

Good.