By "blogging" I mean specifically something like the meaningness project, your "gonzo density", manifesto-building etc.
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Yeah, chip-on-shoulder is not very workable for that. It can power things like standup, music, entrepreneurship, polemic, journalism, etc. Taleb is a rare longform resentment/spite guy.
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Entrepreneurship/polemic/journalism is roughly the exact combo I'm going for. Good disentanglement.
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Except in the rare cases of actual Count of Monte Cristo style actual revenge against people who provoked the resentment/spite, the emotion is generally an instant-gratification one, like scratching an itch, not an anticipation-based one in striatum circuitry
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We should deconstruct "resentment". I mean something like "desire to fight", which seems heart of all writing/shakering.
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When I'm fundamentally content, I have 0 desire to fight anything. Anger/rumination/sense of loss get me back to that.
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I'm the opposite, A/R/SoL stifles me completely. I can't be generative again till I let go. But that's just me. Fundamentally content is not the same as restful to me. That state makes me randomly curious/exploratory/mind-wandering.
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I actually have Extremely Fringe & Undiscussable Pet HBD theories this might be an Anglo-Saxon thing or something.
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*backs away slowly scanning for tiki torches*
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I am wearing new balance shoes right now & feel slightly guilty about it lol.
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actually had to google this one. jesus christ, people.
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