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+\iarticle{2023-01-30}{The Governmental Lifestyle}
+
+\begin{multicols*}{2}
+	\isection{Discussions on Bisexuality}
+	In recent years, I occasionally encountered the discussions on how bisexual people should be considered
+	in terms of potential spouse-prospects and potential spouses.
+	One common concern was that a bisexual person might be at higher risk in
+	surrendering to paternal and maternal pressures for heterosexual marriage,
+    which would lead to the ultimate betrayal of love and the ultimate destruction of relationship.
+
+	I argued otherwise.
+	Suppose that B and D are similar persons where B claims to be bisexual while D remains silent with the presumption of being homosexual.
+	The statement from B makes no evidence that B is more likely than D to be non-homosexual;
+	D may be concealing the fact that he is also bisexual.
+	While it is an acceptable general speculation that bisexual people are more likely to claim to be bisexual,
+	in this particular case, the single difference in self-claimed bisexuality does not make B more probably being bisexual than D.
+
+	Later, I realized that this way of thinking was not merely probability theory; it also hinted the idea of Due Process.
+	The voluntary disclosure of information of a person from himself shall not be weaponized against himself.
+
+    \isection{Story of Attitudes}
+	Recently, I exchanged ideas with a friend who was impressed by seeing his father socially interacting with someone
+    in a way so different from what would be used with him and his mother in a family context.
+    Being a 27-yo man means that this phenomenon would not be a surprise for him,
+    given the knowledge on human society and human minds, but still an impressive scene to witness, in his opinion.
+
+    I enjoyed the story and suggested that many humans had developed the skill of using different attitudes,
+    or even different personality customs, in social interactions with different kinds of people,
+    which, as a skill was valuable, but I would prefer not to practice.
+
+    Personality flexibility and attitude flexibility are valuable skills, but they come with a burden ---
+    the user is compelled to do the computation of searching the optimal attitude
+    for each particular person in each particular context of socialization.
+    On the contrary, I prefer using the same attitude to everyone is every context.
+    It is an energy-saving measure, and it has profound implications ---
+    one who cannot accept the truth, of my being what kind of person I am, may not be entitled to surplus attention from me,
+    which is an important foundation to facilitate any attitude customization.
+    This forms a paradox --- one will have access to my attitude customization operation only if it does not need it.
+
+    I display one face to all people from all backgrounds in all times,
+    and I am satisfied with my consistency.
+
+    \isection{Governemt \& Principles}
+    A qualified government abides to principles; abiding to (commonly endorsed) principles is the source of governmental legitimacy.
+    Abiding to principles frees a government from trivializations of operations and contradictions of decisions.
+
+    I find it a good lifestyle to live like a government.
+    In the story of bisexuality, I prioritize the principle of Due Process over exploring suspicions on a per-person basis.
+    In the story of attitudes, I prioritize the principle of Consistency over customizing for individual expectations from other people.
+
+    The governmental lifestyle implies that one shall be resistent from foreign influences ---
+    any input must be filtered, investigated, and validated, before being submitted to influence top-level policy decisions.
+    % This implication might perhaps fit in the ``introvert thinking'' category from Carl Jung;
+    % I am not sure how professionally would the people who do not have Ti as the Dominant or Auxiliary function be enjoying this lifestyle.
+
+    % Mask of Solitude Basalt
+\end{multicols*}
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