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/4 Sorry, forgot one: the value system “what I really want is power, so I will do whatever the howling void of narcissism dudes want to get it.”
March 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
/4 Sorry, forgot one: the value system “what I really want is power, so I will do whatever the howling void of narcissism dudes want to get it.”
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/3 Then there’s the value system “what’s on TV?” Or “how am I going to make rent this month and if I miss another day of work because the baby’s sick I will get fired and we’ll be living in my car.”
These value systems don’t have worthwhile “debates” over “policy.”
These value systems don’t have worthwhile “debates” over “policy.”
March 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
/3 Then there’s the value system “what’s on TV?” Or “how am I going to make rent this month and if I miss another day of work because the baby’s sick I will get fired and we’ll be living in my car.”
These value systems don’t have worthwhile “debates” over “policy.”
These value systems don’t have worthwhile “debates” over “policy.”
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/2 Another value system is “we want to destroy government, destroy universities, destroy American leadership, destroy modern American society.”
Another value system is “I am a howling void of reactive narcissism and petulance with no values at all,” like Trump and Musk.
Another value system is “I am a howling void of reactive narcissism and petulance with no values at all,” like Trump and Musk.
March 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
/2 Another value system is “we want to destroy government, destroy universities, destroy American leadership, destroy modern American society.”
Another value system is “I am a howling void of reactive narcissism and petulance with no values at all,” like Trump and Musk.
Another value system is “I am a howling void of reactive narcissism and petulance with no values at all,” like Trump and Musk.
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It's been a long time since I read the Meditations, but as I recall it was mostly Marcus Aurelius writing *to himself* about how much he didn't want to be emperor and was inventing a new philosophy of self-hatred to cope. "Life is bearable if you never feel anything" just isn't healthy.
March 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It's been a long time since I read the Meditations, but as I recall it was mostly Marcus Aurelius writing *to himself* about how much he didn't want to be emperor and was inventing a new philosophy of self-hatred to cope. "Life is bearable if you never feel anything" just isn't healthy.
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Per Techbros: burn libraries down to make AI books the only game in town!
March 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Per Techbros: burn libraries down to make AI books the only game in town!
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If I had a nickel for every white guy I met in college who was in love with stoicism because they skimmed an article on it and thought,
"Suddenly, my pathological fear of expressing or interrogating my emotions isn't a problem, but a philosophy that makes me better than you!"
I could pay rent.
"Suddenly, my pathological fear of expressing or interrogating my emotions isn't a problem, but a philosophy that makes me better than you!"
I could pay rent.
March 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If I had a nickel for every white guy I met in college who was in love with stoicism because they skimmed an article on it and thought,
"Suddenly, my pathological fear of expressing or interrogating my emotions isn't a problem, but a philosophy that makes me better than you!"
I could pay rent.
"Suddenly, my pathological fear of expressing or interrogating my emotions isn't a problem, but a philosophy that makes me better than you!"
I could pay rent.
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Genuinely, we owe that man so much.
I'm so, so glad I found Pratchett in my teens, or I might have been the same way.
March 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Genuinely, we owe that man so much.