Human behavior is contingent upon the incentive and consequence structure surrounding them.
This was a major part of the last 2 Night School episodes.
As I also explained, this idea precipitated the Celestial debate in the book of Job.
According to the story, God praised job as an upright and incorruptible man.
The devil contested that it was inaccurate to judge a man’s faithfulness in the presence of the incentive structure motivating him to be faithful.
He maintained that once the incentive structure was removed, the man would reveal his true self.
God disagreed with him but was open to putting his theory to the test.
And they bet on it.
Eventually, the devil lost the bet, because though his overall theory was correct, Job proved to be in the tiny minority of men who did not require an incentive structure to be faithful.
Job even prodded at the consequence structure with “Even though He slays me, yet will I trust in Him”
Job’s behavior was not a mainstream experience, that’s why a whole book was written about him.
The majority of humanity will fail their equivalents of the incentive-consequence test.
Can you be faithful to THE WAY on the strength of conviction alone?
Or are you like the rest of men who need an incentive to be consistent, or a consequence for leaving it?
When the 21st century Canaanites flaunt their spoils, does your heart start to waiver and wonder if perhaps their path is worth dabbling into?
Do you still remember who and what you are?
Are you still accountable to the rituals, taboos and non-negotiable standards of this identity, regardless of what’s apparent?
Stay Unreasonable,
— J.O.
PS: Tomorrow, we will be sending out Night School study notes and afterthoughts as usual for our ongoing series: The Architecture of Advantage.
This edition will feature simple life upgrades (tested by me) across medical health, psychology and business, that will set your quality of life apart from the 99%.
If you’re not registered to the TAA series, you can get on it here: https://obidi.co/taa
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