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> Once we let go of outcomes, we can look inward and focus on the things that truly matter: To become a good person with values, who has character, and is good
by nh23423fefe 4y ago
> Once we let go of outcomes, we can look inward and focus on the things that truly matter: To become a good person with values, who has character, and is good at what they do. That’s the biggest reward in life. And it’s 100% in your own hands.
As if this wasn't some programmed delusion. There never was a time when people acted normally and then were corrupted by some new thing. Pretending civilization is normal instead of hunting and gathering. pretending being rich and famous is bad is cope. sure tell yourself all those rich people are "poor in spirit" whatever that means.
> We’re no longer driven by values, morals, loyalty, or family, we’re driven by what the media emphasizes.
"we're not driven by [good words], but instead by [emergent collective attention]"
well duh. it was never as you said it was. media is just civilization-level gossip. and people love gossip because its so informative. media isn't an actor, its a mirror.
- mikkergp 4y ago> pretending being rich and famous is bad is cope. sure tell yourself all those rich people are "poor in spirit" whatever that means. I don't think that's what the author is saying. Being rich and famous is fine(well, plenty of people would disagree on the famous part https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/bill_murray_411631 https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/bill_murray_411631) , wanting to be rich and famous at the expense of your own mental health, when you're probably not in a position to become so is not, especially when it causes you to disengage with your own desires, rather than engage more fully.
- mrwnmonm 4y agoDo you work in the media?
- pessimizer 4y ago> media isn't an actor, its a mirror. No, media is not a platonic abstraction, it's like 20 companies, tops, with public chains of command. It's not the emergent expression of the collective unconscious.