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2/ All children raised in an environment above a minimum level of comfort are assholes. It's cute till they are about 10.
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3/ Perceptive kids realize around 14 that others have own preferred interaction modes. This realization forks persuaders and sociopaths.
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4/ Persuaders focus on overtly influencing others' idea of what's important. Sociopaths prefer to manipulate context.
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5/ Persuaders get trapped in asshole cul-de-sac, increasingly sure they know best what's right for all. Takes huge talent to compensate.
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7/ You realize that reality of context is bigger, more interesting than people's social interaction expectations mediated by it.
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9/ This is the birth of both science and religion: an asshole sociopath realizing reality is vastly bigger than the human.
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10/ This is necessary for breaking out of assholery. What makes it sufficient is not being attached to your own sense of humanity.
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