Feels like this is probably only true if you don't include the catastrophic negative results that some suffer when combining courage with poor execution. Though I would argue it is still conceptually true if not literally.
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Replying to @bronzebarbarian
yeah, it is simultaneously true that many people are too risk-averse to their own detriment and that it is still very possible to take risks that result in catastrophic unrediable costs
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Replying to @webdevMason @bronzebarbarian
*unremediable, ugh pre-coffee tweets
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Replying to @webdevMason @bronzebarbarian
a very, very tragic thing is the population of people who take their own lives directly or via e.g. opioid addiction due to a loss of meaning or a chronic intolerable anxiety over loneliness or poverty, conditions that IMO can only be mitigated via powerful self-sustaining hope
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Replying to @webdevMason @bronzebarbarian
it's not anyone's "fault" for falling into such despair, but I think we could all be part of creating a culture that's protective against it — a better social safety net is part of the answer, but without a visceral hope/optimism accompanying it, it's not sufficient
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Replying to @webdevMason @bronzebarbarian
my current thinking is that a balanced structure of practical activity and consciously maintained delusion is how this is addressed; the problem is it would appear to be impossible to propagate this idea while propagating good judgment about what delusions to have along with it
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what do you mean by “consciously maintained delusion”? what’s the delusion here?
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"i am going to be rich and famous someday" "i am better than other people because i was born special" "i could have succeeded, but others sabotaged me" "the system is persecuting me to keep me from telling people the truth" "i am important because God loves me"
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@webdevMason but I don’t think people need those delusions to succeed. I think all they need is “I *can* be rich/famous/successful/etc. if I try my best”... they don’t need certainty re: the future.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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In fact, certainty (in the form of “I am going to fail”) is part of the problem!
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"success" isn't the question
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Sorry, misunderstood you. What is the question, then?
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Chaos @chaosprime"man is a social animal" sounds all fluffy bunnies but what it means is that there are deep structures in your brain that try to kill you if your perception of your social status is too low. in Dunbar-number-sized social groups most people could clear this bar. most now can'tShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes - 7 more replies
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