Nah, unless you're using some overly narrow definition of "ego", I don't think this is true at all.
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That many egos then go rogue is a sort of social cost of reifying this tool as an identity. It is *not*.
You need your ego for safety. It is not you, will never be you, and you don't need to take it so seriously when it's not doing its primary job.
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A properly assigned ego is a very small thing.
It shows up occasionally to offer feedback ("this offends me") or guidance ("that would hurt"), but does not pretend at agency.
If you take good care of yourself, the ego is mostly quiet. If you do not, it will strive to block out other signals.
It's just doing its job.
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I understood it to be a sort of "ego is enemy" framework, common when rubbing up against outsize egos (one's own or that of others).
My idea is that this is giving ego a lot more power and importance than it merits, and is also an unfair dismissal of a useful tool.
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