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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 3 Jan 2016

    Is focusing on one's own mental + physical health a trap that obscures the need for systemic changes to help society be happier + healthier?

    12:16 PM - 3 Jan 2016
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      2. rob delaney‏Verified account @robdelaney 3 Jan 2016
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        @avantgame No. Put on your oxygen mask first.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 3 Jan 2016
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        @robdelaney that's how I feel too. I wonder if these activists who decry tools to help depression, anxiety etc have not suffered from them?

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      4. rob delaney‏Verified account @robdelaney 3 Jan 2016
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        @avantgame Perhaps. I involuntarily visualize a Star Trek door whooshing shut in my mind when people denigrate self-help! xo

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      2. Dave Hogg  📎‏ @davehogg 3 Jan 2016
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        @avantgame Doesn't being more mentally and physically happy give you more ability to work on social justice?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 3 Jan 2016
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        @davehogg of course I think that's true but there's such an aggressive social justice movement against individual "self-help" methods now

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      4. Dave Hogg  📎‏ @davehogg 3 Jan 2016
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        @avantgame Speaking just for my own experiences, that's unfortunate.Self-care might calm the anger, but it increases the ability to help.

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      1. Rachel Weidinger‏ @rachelannyes 3 Jan 2016
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        @avantgame I read a super helpful Bust article about therapy-to-fit-in-broken-system vs therapy-to-stay-alive in ~2000. Foundational.

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      1. Kimberly Hirsh‏ @kimberlyhirsh 3 Jan 2016
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        @avantgame @DanielSolis I don't think so - I think it's like the oxygen masks on an airplane.

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      1. Kid Beyond‏ @kidbeyond 3 Jan 2016
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        9) Mindfulness can help anyone, including activists, relieve suffering in the world without creating more in the process. @avantgame

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      1. Sunyata ☮️‏ @sunyata_zero 3 Jan 2016
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        @avantgame Society has part of the responsibility for suffering, but ppl are maybe afraid of being seen as political if they call for change

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      1. Jelle Haandrikman‏ @jhaand 3 Jan 2016
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        @avantgame This talk at #32c3 touches this subject slightly. Anti-depressants as suppressor for collective change. https://youtu.be/Y65LbFWCf0A 

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      1. Paolo Roganti‏ @paolo_roganti 3 Jan 2016
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        @avantgame society is happier, healthier only if everyone take care of their own wellness in a not egocentric way wellness is social as well

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      1. Nat Torkington‏ @gnat 3 Jan 2016
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        @avantgame in education too. Outcomes correlated to poverty, but systemic resistance to change demands heroic teachers and students instead.

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      1. Kid Beyond‏ @kidbeyond 3 Jan 2016
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        8) I’ve seen activists / non-profit folks, united in beautiful intention to heal — but driving each other crazy in the process. @avantgame

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      1. Kid Beyond‏ @kidbeyond 3 Jan 2016
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        7) I’ve seen meditation help addicts and inmates build new lives that don’t involve violence to themselves or others. @avantgame

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      1. Kid Beyond‏ @kidbeyond 3 Jan 2016
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        6) I’ve seen meditation make children's classrooms a better place to learn— for many cultures / classes, not just the privileged. @avantgame

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      1. Kid Beyond‏ @kidbeyond 3 Jan 2016
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        5) I’ve seen meditation inspire folks to leave their corporate jobs and become activists working for justice. @avantgame

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      1. Kid Beyond‏ @kidbeyond 3 Jan 2016
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        4) (Deep down, I believe *any* wise spiritual path — not just my Buddhisty one — leads in these directions.) @avantgame

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      1. Kid Beyond‏ @kidbeyond 3 Jan 2016
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        3) Ultimately, these paths lead to a deeper sense of interconnection / compassion / desire to relieve suffering for *all* beings. @avantgame

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      1. Kid Beyond‏ @kidbeyond 3 Jan 2016
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        2) I’ve seen solipsism on the spiritual path. But far more often, I see it making people *less* self-involved, not more. @avantgame

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