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This isn’t to say that the solution is to become a selfish asshole - I think there’s an elegance in how, for most people, if you examine yourself, you will find prosocial/eusocial needs. It’s in your self-interest to tend to others
people with low-res models of themselves are relatively easy to manipulate and shepherd around for profit George Carlin was right https://t.co/bqJh9XKGgM
If you don’t define yourself (however you define *that*), a definition will be provided for you https://t.co/oOBSFQI0Yx
So in a way journaling for yourself is a radical act! It’s an act of self-ownership, self-education. It’s about setting your own curriculum, defining your own worldview, deciding for yourself what is important. I don’t think this should be outsourced to others, but that’s my POV
Marcus Aurelius was on to this (Two different translations of the same bit) https://t.co/UkvScw4l1j
Somehow only just hit me that they were both public educators https://t.co/hIeYVTuxX4
A lot of disagreements I’ve had with smart friends about how life should be lived could be framed in terms of “Can the public be educated? Is it worth trying?” Are you a sucker for trying? Can you do it without inflating your ego in the process? Should you hedge your bets?”
(Black Panther, Charles and Erik in X-Men, the Infamous games, celebrity culture...) Once you strip away the most cartoonish feel-good heroes and comically-bad “just wanna wreck shit” villains, the difference between heroes and villains is their attitude towards The People
you help others when you help yourself https://t.co/v3JkafQv4j
