debt implies faith in a better future. the more debt one incurs the more one lives in a "story". while reality is robust since it's always just Literally There, stories are far more brittle due to constant upkeep reqs.
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This is why deflation is typically considered bad. It's not good because "yay cheaper prices" but catastrophic b/c The Whole Damn Raft is Made Up of Story.
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this would imply that when the story breaks down, cultures with high savings should be more robust. however, saving are also a way of preparing for a better future. (though it's more about getting through the shitty present than looking forward to the amazing future)
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Hmm... so one story is: "When amazing things X happens, I'll..." and the other is "When I get out of this shithole, I'll..." The latter story is driven by desperation and generates hard work while the former needs imagination and generates special snowflakes
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When the story dissolves, the former sinks into depression and meaninglessness. The latter becomes a bucket of crabs with each crab resentful of the crabs that try to climb their way out of the shit bucket.
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Neither story lives in the present moment as that accepts hedonism as a virtue. However hedonism, similar to the above stories, also requires an "I" in the "Now I'll just..." the weakness of stories is the "I"https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1329928143495262208 …
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if the assumption is that every problem is due to a limiting belief(story) then this can be used to dissolve that story. if the assumption however is that a certain story MUST play out as NEEDED then this information is useless.
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so when grandpa says "This ain't so serious, back in MY day blah blah blah" he is offering the same energy that can dissolve a limiting belief but also can be incorrectly used to attack the Meaningful Story directly (or indirectly as collateral)
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so.... first become a writer, THEN become an editor. first have a goal, THEN take on debt. first learn to create, THEN learn to destroy. (debt is a way of destroying certain futures to increase the probability of desired ones)
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