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I totally see where you're coming from, but remember, everyone needs to feel special. Even David Brooks. Even you. You can't go through life thinking "I am expe
by nickbauman 12y ago
I totally see where you're coming from, but remember, everyone needs to feel special. Even David Brooks. Even you. You can't go through life thinking "I am expendable", it's immolating and unsustainable. What is human in each of us is what reveals us. It often undignified (David Brooks, for example, feels that he's not lived a life worth living but then he writes a book about it. That's so not going to work, yet there he is.) It's definitely imperfect. But this is the sheet music of who we are. You're not going to escape it either.
- bko 12y agoSome take great comfort in the belief that they are expendable. There are no standards to live up to but their own. That person can focus on his own worth and friends and family around him without any guilt about not properly serving 'society', as defined by NYT Op Ed contributors.
- CamperBob2 12y agoYou can't go through life thinking "I am expendable" Take an introductory astronomy class. You'll find you don't have a choice.
- landryraccoon 12y agoReality and what you think don't have to have any relation. What people believe and what is objectively provable are only weakly correlated.