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I had the same reaction. I’m an endlessly skeptical and often cynical person. Whenever I see someone confidently believe they are “right”, I instinctively trust
by ultramegachurch 5y ago
I had the same reaction. I’m an endlessly skeptical and often cynical person. Whenever I see someone confidently believe they are “right”, I instinctively trust them less. This article made me realize this is just my own flavor of righteousness.
That’s not to say righteousness is inherently bad. The only reason people make decisions is because they believe they’re right. I enjoyed this article but perhaps it’s overly reductive. I don’t know what we can do to cure righteousness, and maybe that premise itself is nonsensical.
- bluetomcat 5y ago"Right" is relative to one's particular situation and social surroundings. One thing could be right for a remote-working individual living in a big city, and it could at the same be wrong for country dwellers. Different types of communities function in different ways.
- JackFr 5y agoMy take away is that all we can hope to do is our best, and recognize that we’re all trying to do our best. No one is the villain of their own narrative.
- titanomachy 5y agoI think severely depressed people can sometimes be the villain of their own narrative.
- phkahler 5y agoIt's fine for people to want to do good. It's not fine when its driven by subconscious emotional motives.