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humans can create talismans (meaningful objects) at will intuitive example of "humans charging a talisman" is a wedding ceremony → wedding ring you can similarly do ceremonies to imbue any object with meaning. trophies, medals. people compete very hard for some of these https://t.co/oUCkuDHU6w
2 kinds of people in the world (reductive, but useful): people who understand that they can construct their own meaning(s), pick and choose their own talismans, people who hit "inspect element" on narratives and people who don't https://t.co/O4NFz9k0r7
the people who see the game for what it is know that the point is never the object, but the meaning that it symbolizes once you start mistaking the object for the meaning, you get tripped up and lose your way as Odin asked Thor in Ragnarok, "What are you, the God of Hammers?" https://t.co/EpqPmnUZXT
until one takes responsibility and ownership for their own sense of meaning in life, they will always be susceptible to influence and control by other forces of meaning – advertising, religion, politics, a guru, whatever https://t.co/KSuYvAKnEd
