Post-individualism
Severin Matusek and
Post-individualism
we grew up and got it drilled into us that the problem is dependence. Don’t be needy.
Freya India • The Age of Abandonment
“Individuality can only be valuable when it is not individuality for its own sake but individuality for the human community.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
The self is not unitary and separate from others; peopling occurs in the context of mutual-mental-modeling relationships, which continue to affect each person when he is alone.
ribbonfarm.com • The Essence of Peopling
someone who has low self-esteem is really a narcissist in disguise, because both share the obsession with the self, no matter if it’s awesome or awful.
Alex Dobrenko • What Does Your Stupid Art Even Do for the World?
If You Want to Live a Life Rich in Meaning, First You Must Learn How to Do Nothing
Nadine Levytheguardian.com
“I’m not interested in myself per se. I’m interested in myself as theme carrier, as host.”
― David Shields, Reality Hunger
Contribute your skills to an existing effort – make it possible. Build the website, raise the funds, recruit the talent, plan the events. As Bill McKibben puts it, “Faced with the kind of crises that we face, the most important thing that an individual can do is to not always be an individual.” Move from I to we .