Post-individualism
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Post-individualism
“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 antithesis is that collectivist coordination is its own reward; that we “formation fly” because we simply like mutuality and interdependence more than isolation and independence, and any collectivizable rewards for doing so are simply gravy.
Venkatesh Rao • Narrative Slipstream Effects
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Post capitalism is not simply another ‘ism’ to replace previous ideologies; it is a conceptual container for social pluralities based on shared values (e.g. reciprocity, altruism, cooperation, gifting, equity consciousness, empathy, interbeing and solidarity with all Life). It stems from the shortcomings of the existing system and the lived
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suffering is conceptualized in ways that protect the current economy from criticism—namely, as rooted in individual rather than social causes, which means we must favor self over social reform
Devon Frye • Is Capitalism Making Us Sick?
