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Itās paired with a second, usually unstated claim. Most people are NPCs, but not usā¦not the ones having this discussion. We are the special ones, the real people who actually care about the world, who are really paying attention. The ones who are fooled by surface appearances.
They are selling you something: the red pill. You want to be one of the special ones? Let me guide you. Let me show you how far the rabbit hole goes. Youāre not one of those complacent sheep, right? https://t.co/UgFGKLcaWf
Itās a kind of ugly theory in itself, condescending and powered by contempt. But the true sin is that itās false. All people, not just most, have a rich, meaningful inner world, full of mystery and questions and love and concern. https://t.co/3d9jVbMKU7
That doesnāt mean we are all equally wise, discerning, driven by love vs fear, disciplined or knowledgeable. We are the same only in our deep desire for authentic flourishing and universal need to believe we are special. https://t.co/lcvd8zbYp3
Of course we all are truly unique and special. Just like everyone else. https://t.co/F8MLeLvbkh
@eshear This idea that 'other people are NPCs' I think has particular resonance today, truly cross cutting appeal Among normie friends, it's used jokingly to refer to people that are boring and don't go out Among TPOT people it is used to deride normies
The texture of subjective phenomenology is broadly comparable, but the fidelity and function of explicitly usable world models is closer to power-law distributed. This results in many people running memetic programs whose motives and intended function lie beyond the scope of their model. This is what the meme gestures toward.
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@eshear I *think* what I meant is that while nobody is an NPC, there *is* a spectrum of NPC-ness, and if you're not careful about how you live your life, you might slide towards the wrong side of it. The existence of the meme is a partial antidote to that. Maybe?