I think I may have Dunning-Kruger anxiety syndrome.
I know a lot of Vajrayana practitioners with this symptom. The culture of collectively coerced humility is highly infectious 
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This is probably a ‘shadow’ aspect in my worldview. I can detect a subtle dissonance in my system, one I’m still chewing on. I don’t think I understand the issue of what actual humility is versus all the weird ‘humble’ signalling, esp. wrt: pragmatic communication vs social ease
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> but I guess in a non-political/non-state context I tend to think people should be left to do their own thing. It’s relatively harmless. Not that you were saying otherwise. I am pondering out loud.
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Interesting. My D-K anxiety relates mostly to not being able to calibrate non-Vajrayana social networks accurately. I am out of touch with work environments and unfamiliar with conversations (often unconsciously) relying on stem training.
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I am more confident in Vajrayana circles, I guess just because that’s what’s familiar. Also, group-coerced humility sucks. I dislike it intensely. My path/challenge has been to learn trust and humility from a more cynical/skeptical base. But I know what you mean & agree.
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Huh. You hit a nerve. Big reason why I have a problem with Vajrayana & Mahayana in particular. "Collectively coerced humility" is a cultural feature in Norway (see: Janteloven). It's highly corrosive in many ways, and I never had a churchy reason to aggrandize it.
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It's one thing if it's someone's personal affectation, mind, but many practitioners hold it more as universal law. This prompts abusive behaviour.
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