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I wonder some of the time what role self deception can play in finding meaning. If we only have so much agency to make a difference in the world, how much shoul
by havblue 4y ago
I wonder some of the time what role self deception can play in finding meaning. If we only have so much agency to make a difference in the world, how much should we beat ourselves up over the inability to change it?
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI don't think that's a question of deception at all. Just measure yourself up against the amount of change that you can and want to have on the world. It's pretty simple. If you want to save or improve 10 lives, do that. It doesn't matter if there are millions of people still starving. You still made the incremental change that you wanted to
- ccooffee 4y ago> If we only have so much agency to make a difference in the world, how much should we beat ourselves up over the inability to change it? Definitely something to consider. For a long time, I justified my actions with a combination of "well, I'm doing good with the money", "if I didn't do this, someone else would so quitting doesn't accomplish anything", and "unlike a narrative protagonist, I don't have the capability to change the world".