I can’t say that’s *wrong*. Maybe your model was too optimistic. (Mine was, once.) But what if we just said that it’s - humbling? It takes a lot of weight off us, too (once we realize perfection isn’t an option, rough edges are here to stay)https://twitter.com/Locus_of_Ctrl/status/1048080114972413952 …
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That means that you could be a lovely, unique human being but your success or failure, even your virtue, will depend on who your people are, who you trust *That’s how the cosmos works*. There is no third way; your options are copying good models or pretending that you aren’t
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The thing about imitating other people is that it turns humans into a type of hyper-connected "brain substrate" through which cultural memes spread which take on a life of their own -- at our expense (see decline in fertility etc).
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Have you read horizontal memes / vertical memes?
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no, is there a link?
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@EvolutionistXX blog, search those words
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