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acidshill
@acidshill
i’m pretty sure that most all (life) advice is either very general and obvious, or specifically tailored to the individual the first kind is still often useful, which is why introspection is so important; there’s a lot of useful information *you already know*
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stealth mode thinkagainer
@thinkagainer
bro thepointmag.com/examined-life/ "It would be really nice if information that could transform someone’s values was able to be handed over as cheaply as driving instructions ... The myth of advice is the possibility that we can transform one another with the most glancing contact"
thepointmag.com
Against Advice | The Point Magazine
One of the paradoxes of advice seems to be that those most likely to be asked for it are least likely to have taken anyone else’s: their projects of “becoming” are the most particularized of all.
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