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On The Futility of Offering Advice
People never listen to the advice you give them, and when they ask for advice it’s specifically with a view to not following it, and have it confirmed by an external voice that they are stuck in a spiral of annihilation and death; the advice one gives them plays exactly the same role for them as that of the tragic choir, confirming to the hero that
... See moreMichel Houellebecq • Serotonin: A Novel
When giving or receiving advice, focus on the general, not the specific.
This is exactly how I navigate the perils of advice in my own writing: I try to provide the general principles, ideas, frameworks, and questions that you can take, mold, and leverage in your own way.