Philosophy

random musing: most of the world’s problems boil down to the problematic nature of sincerity. people are good at faking it, bad at judging it, and for some it might be impossible to have it.

Design and software at Apple. Also into AI, philosophy of mind, ethics.

"people are good at faking it"  ⇔  <sincerity>

Your comment, Sam, about 'faking it' caused me think of an adjacent dynamic to sincerity I think I kind of see.  It's this "modern TEDx/self-help" spreading of the fashionable idea "just fake it till you make it." 

To apprehend this as more about the narrative/charismatic delivery of a theatrical stage performance, than ALSO doing or making a hard thing in the world.

"Fake it till you make it."
Super useful as far as it goes (like pushing oneself into action over procrasination etc)... but after that, can kinda be a bit of a dangerous trap.  As in, you're "faking it" (...back to sincerity/integrity).

(YES/AND)

Disagree. I think it boils down to the difficulty of enacting physical changes to systems

1) single skill set to gain power

2) easy to sign documents

3) hard to enact promises

4) easy to accept the status quo, take bribes, ignore issues