in retrospect maybe a memetic advantage i don't talk or think much about having is that i was AGI-pilled for long enough that i know what having a totalizing narrative about the most important thing feels like from the inside and i know what it feels like to step out of it
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Fantastic thread . When I first decided to come to the Bay Area, I was drawn as a casual anthropologist, fascinated by the world described in this article
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probably a relatively healthy way to do it! reminds me of the guy who told me he went circling as a way to see people's personality disorders play out, really genuinely blew my mind
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I think so! However, it had its own hazard. I was immune to totalizing views, coming from art school where we read Deleuze & Foucault, etc., but I spent many years idly envying those who'd found a unifying sense of purpose rather than seeking (or creating) my own.
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deleuze and foucault as vaccinations is p hilarious
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