This means that existential cringe is actually a signal pointing you to where you can make the most progress quickly.

Cringe fields are where our biggest self-improvement gains are likely to come from, because they point to parts of the self we haven't allowed to develop — there's only so much you can continue to squeeze out of your core strengths, but you can get noob gains from focusing on your core fears. This means that existential cringe is actually a signal

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Perhaps you fear being seen as worthless — so you chase prestige, and find yourself coincidentally interested in occupations valued by your society, with friends who also have high-status jobs, and you try to be just a littlemore impressive than they are.