similarly, thinking from the pov of a “self” causes the sense of self to stay static. progress feels non-existent unless it is explicitly tracked or reflected through the eyes of another “omg u’ve changed so much”
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world understanding requires being able to think in higher level concepts like male, female, animal, plant, dominant, submissive, race, etc… rather than only through self even though everything observed necessarily involves self in some form
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the desire to simplify the world is anti-bullshit in its INTENT but often oversimplifies to the point that it is destructive e.g. “play the note you read” boils down piano playing and is how computers play sheet music. but it strips out music theory
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“just hoard cash” or “men and women are the same” or “racial and cultural differences don’t matter” are similar attempts at simplification and equalization they destroy the higher level understandings and are actively hostile to the creation of higher level abstractions
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like the piano example, equality is achieved by reducing everyone into an algorithm robotically following instructions. “may i hold your hand. may i kiss you now. i will now engage intimacy protocol”
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many are proud that they think in terms of equity or gold or bitcoin rather than cash the equivalent alternative for thinking from the pov of self is thinking from the pov of the future(child) or god(legacy)
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this is not to day that these are better. abstractions imprison just as much as they free but it might be interesting to ask occasionally “does the denominator make sense for this problem statement?”
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