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The article subtly flips the script at the end so much we might be missing the point if we look too much into the title of the article. The "system" we've coll
by skim_milk 6y ago
The article subtly flips the script at the end so much we might be missing the point if we look too much into the title of the article.
The "system" we've collectively developed forces blank slate souls to develop and play out our learned behavior in order to survive, or feel like we're surviving, in the world. But, as the article explains, we do not (typically) inherently hold, are not born with, nor do genetics code for, these "dark" or "light" traits. Therefore the emergence of "dark" or "light" tendencies is really more decided by the family, community, and economic systems. It is not that a "dark" or "light" trait necessarily allows a person more to succeed, but it suggests that some family, community, and economic systems require a person to develop what we would label "dark" or "light" traits from our perspective in order to survive. It appears the point of the article is: when we come across a person with "dark" traits, it is not entirely THEIR fault they have "dark" traits, it is more OUR fault we cannot shape our family, community, and economic systems to produce people with "light" traits.
- nullsense 6y agoWe're not blank slates when we're born, and it's well established that it's ~50% genetics and ~50% environment. Edit: furthermore it's compounded by the fact that the environment changes the expression of the genes (Gene × Environment interaction) and the genes influence the environment (gene-environment correlation rGE)
- cutemonster 6y ago> are not born with, nor do genetics code for, these "dark" or "light" traits How did you come to believe this? (You read this somewhere, or it's your own idea, or someone told you, or something else?)