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A precondition for doing anything worthwhile is obviously being long yourself. If it’s worthwhile, by definition you’re going to grow by doing it. Hard to create worth while shorting yourself. I suspect even suicidal altruism is an inclusive-fitness way of being long yourself.
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The question is, do you have to *like* yourself to be long yourself? It’s a question that doesn’t come up in other investments. You can dislike and be long something that isn’t yourself without creating a division-by-zero type paradox.
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I don't think you have to like yourself to be long yourself. I think those are two separate things. To me, whether I like myself or not seems like an irrelevant question. In practice, I do the behaviours that are long on myself regardless of how I'm feeling at the time.
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I guess? I don't necessarily feel like I like myself a lot of the time. I have self-defeating thoughts, but I've gotten better over time at ignoring them. I have a lot of shit days and experiences. I think my self changes enough that I don't hold many opinions on it as a whole.
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