All societies are built with cognitive guardrails to prevent people from thinking clearly about mortality. It’s a first-class feature. Mythologize it, valorize it, spiritualize it, aestheticize it, but don’t let people think clearly about it. This is stupid. We should change it.
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Replying to @vgr
Just a guess but I suspect this is a feature, not a bug. imo society likely wouldn't survive such introspection. Per
@Meaningness (https://meaningness.com/metablog/stem-fluidity-bridge …) & personal experience, seems v easy to fall into nihilism if transition isn't made carefully (perhaps even guided)1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
Replying to @wminshew @Meaningness
I think such paternalism is a good thing for 10% of fragile people, but is applied to 90%
10:35 AM - 2 Sep 2018
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