I agree with this 100% and it also explains NFTs etc to a degree that people seem uncomfortable to admit. People are purchasing talismans, or certificates of talismans — and those are powerful and worthwhile things to buy, actually, if you decide it is so
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The most important story is the one you tell yourself about who you are and what it all means, this is a critical loadbearing pillar of the book I have spent ~3 years writing (and probably won’t make more than ~$30,000 from over the next year)
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A crazy thing is that a seemingly meaningless existence can become relatively more meaningful just by thinking about it
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people who don’t believe in the power of stories still live in a world directed by those who do
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not that i disagree, but this is the most interesting pushback on this idea i’ve seen so far, from ran prieur:
ranprieur.com/me.html


