I think the core is being excessively self-focused, in repetitions/layers, and ignoring outside world - ultra-advanced omphaloskepsis
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I’m interested in how a domain, work of language or art, mathematical proof, movie, etc. can be “up its own ass”
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A certain level of focus on tools is acceptable, but after a while we expect people and things to “get on with it” whatever “it” is
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What are the most “up its own ass” things you can think of? Feel free to include things you like that are nonetheless up their own asses
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I think "up <x> own ass" is an inherently individual (*) activity. Are you suggesting that a field can "be an individual" in any meaningful sense? (*) ideally "private-time only"
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I think the activity creates its own privacy but that can be experienced in groups as well as by individuals
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I think topology is what you are looking for
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yes like the klein bottles right
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Sounds like the way “utopia” is sometimes defined within architecture.
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oh explain?
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