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Almost the total opposite of "jealousy", but nonetheless an unpleasant emotion more like "pity". Pity is sometimes described as an "ugly" emotion. It presumes
by nonrandomstring 3y ago
Almost the total opposite of "jealousy", but nonetheless an unpleasant
emotion more like "pity".
Pity is sometimes described as an "ugly" emotion. It presumes you're
in a better position to judge someone else. Getting over pity is a big
life step of getting over yourself. Grace and compersion rush into the
space left behind. Alexander the Great (probably a super genius) said
he admired Diogenes, and that if he wasn't himself - so in touch with
his own ambition - he'd like to be Diogenes, a man so in touch with
his ecstatic humility.
Anyway with respect to technological enslavement, I think it goes
deeper than "pity". I once saw a small child running around with a
tablet photographing everything and (probably copying a parent) saying
"I have to capture moments". That sent a fucking deep chill down my
spine.