Post-individualism
by Severin Matusek and · updated 2mo ago
Post-individualism
- The quality of owning freezes you forever in "I," and cuts you off forever from the "we.
phoebe added 1y ago
- As Dr. Nichola Raihani, British psychologist and Professor of Evolution and Behavior at University College London puts it, “The history of life on earth is a history of teamwork, of collective action, and of cooperation.” While traditional discussions of how humanity became the dominant form of life on Earth have focused on competition, the truth i... See more
from Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- While left and right seem totally polarized, they share one thing: the worship of the self.
from No One is Kenough by Freddie deBoer
rob hardy added 1y ago
oftentimes when folks think about existing in groups, their self sort of gets lost. But, actually, caring for yourself—and, maybe, reinventing the individual narrative that has been so Americanized into something that’s going to contribute to the group’s care—is what I’m getting at.
from What if care is the work? by Alexis Aceves Garcia
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- 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.
from What does your stupid art even do for the world? by Alex Dobrenko`
sari added 10mo ago
So we all know that the hard boundary we place between ourselves and the world is somewhat artificial. Sure, on one level you are a separate being, different from any other. You can move your own arm, you probably can’t move my arm. On the other hand, your life is a product of an incredibly complex enmeshment of influences that can be traced back l
... See morefrom Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #40 by Creative Destruction
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
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
from Is Capitalism Making Us Sick? by Devon Frye
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- Hyper-individualism rests upon an emancipation story. The heroic self breaks free from the stifling chains of society. The self stands on its own two feet, determines its own destiny, secures its own individual rights. Hyper-individualism defines freedom as absence from restraint. In this way, hyper-individualism gradually undermines any connection... See more
from The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life by David Brooks
sari added 1y ago
Burnout, then, is an outcome of an interaction between burnout producing environmental factors and individually susceptible workers.
from Self-Care is Not the Solution for Burnout by The Beautiful Truth
Keely Adler added 4mo ago