Wonder how much of the “Nothing matters and I can’t care about anything” blues is a result of the (imo fake) idea that people should care about big vague important abstractions instead of real specific things
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People who are focused on specific things seem to have better judgment than people who focus mostly on vague abstract values
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Replying to @literalbanana
Could you wonder a bunch more about it and then maybe figure out THE ANSWER and then I dunno, write about it or something? This has been a BIG MOOD for a lot of my life recently
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Replying to @utotranslucence
indexical therapy! (honestly I think that’s what a lot of late wittgenstein is)
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Replying to @literalbanana
Ok thanks for the google homework, will go learn these things
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you probably saw my latest which is about this too https://carcinisation.com/2020/01/27/ignorance-a-skilled-practice/ … but I like your idea of a more personal/therapeutic version
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