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nvpkp

@nvpkp

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Jan 15

six years ago someone asked whether i thought people were fundamentally good or bad, and without skipping a beat i said “good! of course!” ☠️ it has been a * w i l d * r i d e * since then

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

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Jan 15

how u feel bout dis

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

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· Dec 28, 2021

@meditationstuff uses the phrase "myopic selfish desperation" to talk about "evil" and i love it, so concisely descriptive; here i'm focusing on the myopia https://meditationbook.page/#54

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nvpkp

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Jan 15

me: it takes me years to respond to new ideas also me: *considers for 3 seconds* looking for an explanation of evil carries some implication that it exists, which is part of what im contesting here. trying to pin down the “true nature” of a person along a moral axis, however…

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nvpkp

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Jan 15

i have found a lot of truth in the earthly-heavenly split more so than in the good-evil split. if i say it concisely like that do you know what i mean?

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

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hmm those words have associations for me but i’m curious what your associations are?

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nvpkp

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Jan 15

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in terms of what is vs what ought to be i guess. i have a shallow understanding of where these distinctions come from, she talks ab it in existential kink. is it jungian? buddhist? magick? satanic? i dunno

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

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Jan 15

hmm so like orienting towards people in terms of their preference for what is vs. what ought to be?

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