nihilistic anxiety is a particular case of what I'm talking about, where the thing that you want is a system of meaning
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Replying to @The_Lagrangian @Meaningness
It sounds like what you're talking about is just depression.
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Replying to @gravity_levity @Meaningness
perhaps- interested in different articulation b/c I think the word "depression" is curiosity stopper
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Replying to @Meaningness @The_Lagrangian
This may be right, but it feels pretty foreign to my experience.
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Depression, to me, does not deny that things have meaning. It denies that I have access to them.
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In other words, depression asserts to me that I am worthless as a vehicle for effecting meaningful change.
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Replying to @gravity_levity @The_Lagrangian
Thanks! That’s a distinction I need to cover. Note taken!
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Replying to @Meaningness @gravity_levity
Kegan's taxonomy of depression has got you covered!pic.twitter.com/VlirMFVJLh
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Replying to @The_Lagrangian @gravity_levity
Amazing how influenced by that book I am. Didn’t realize until I re-read it a year ago.
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As we tweet, I am writing a post about political cognition in the Kegan framework.
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