this can be almost offensive to thinky mcthoughtbois but I do think it’s straightforwardly true that past a certain minimum threshold of idea/audience fit, you have to solve for aesthetic resonance
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been having similar thoughts!
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so "shadow work" is another example of a concept with a frustrating marketing problem like "self-love", where in theory it refers to a broad universal phenomenon but the specific words suggest a much more specific aesthetic
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yea in a way Introspect is a self-help book about self-love that takes quite an elaborate journey to avoid using those two phrases
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"introspect" does have quite a different vibe from "learning to love yourself" or similar eh
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yea i dont wanna make any implicit promises in the title beyond "let's look under the hood and see what's up"
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yeah people who need self-love the most won’t touch anything that have the words self-love in it with a ten foot pole
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true, I somehow find this argument not convincing when outside looking in.
"All about people" can be said about anything, so it's lost any meaning, like "freedom".
It's like fitness programs have to sell you six-pack abs but it's all about loving yourself
true, I somehow find this argument not convincing when outside looking in.
"All about people" can be said about anything, so it's lost any meaning, like "freedom".
It's like fitness programs have to sell you six-pack abs but it's all about loving yourself4