There are 3 ways of making meaning. By market share: Superego methods: 90% (religion, Straussianism, Science! genocides, etc) Ego methods: 9% (rationality, ethics, manifestos, etc. It doesn’t work at all but it doesn’t stop people from trying) Id methods: 1%. Aka gonzoing.
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The trick is to move fast enough that second guessing dwell time is minimized, and the third guess of the previous choice blues into the first guess of the next choice.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1129889904501055488?s=21 …
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Id methods fail via a stall mode, when you find yourself unable to create a strong yes/no response. This is anomie. Superego methods exist primarily to bridge anomie gaps in id methods. They don’t really work any better than ego methods but they at least keep id on life support
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Most people don’t move fast enough, or irreversibly enough to experience gonzo meaning between long periods of superego-supervised treading water. Brief adult moments of id-in-charge driving feel like out-of-control, dangerous, exhilarating rides. Which they can be (aka hedonism)
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The trick is to survive long enough into adulthood that the hedonistic core of id-in-charge quietens enough that it can be sidelined by a mature gonzo life stream
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Hedonism is like the conventional explosive that implodes the radioactive core of a nuclear bomb to create the nuclear explosion,which is the gonzo phase proper
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Scary stuff, man. Maybe I’ll try it one day.
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This reminds me of the whole “be like water, my friend....” But lacks the associated serenity.
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jumping out of planes and suchlike?
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