Unironic basicness has the structure of a self-fulfilling prophecy: “I have no particular talents, interests, hobbies, quirks, privileges, or tastes.”
A belief in ones own essential indistinguishability.
Paradoxically, it is quite a narcissistic belief if you think about it.
Conversation
Replying to
Vedanta also encourages indistinguishability of the self. But "sitting on your ass" does not follow from that.
Replying to
I’ve started calling this mentality “reverse FOMO” (still no pithy name for it). I actually remember exact moment I switched from FOMO to anti-FOMO, and realize lately how important small bits of FOMO are to maintain.
1


