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This was very relatable. In some cultures, becoming disinterested in the world is not seen as something wrong - you end up a monk as one example. It's really,
by alexashka 8y ago
This was very relatable. In some cultures, becoming disinterested in the world is not seen as something wrong - you end up a monk as one example.
It's really, everyone else not knowing what to do with you that causes so many problems. If we viewed it as ok that a few % of the population will want to drop out of playing along and simply do their own thing without harming anyone, we'd be in a much better place.
- m_fayer 8y agoAscetic types may indeed become uninterested in the day to day grind of the world at large, but they are very much seeking some culturally-specific version of exaltation or enlightenment. The utter inability to ever feel anything but detached boredom is something very different, and eventually excruciating.