Post-individualism
Severin Matusek and
Post-individualism
In the United Nations’ IPCC most recent climate change mitigation report, the word “lifestyle” appears 193 times. The authors write, “The acceptability of collective social change over a longer term towards less resource intensive lifestyles, however, depends on the social mandate for change. This mandate can be built through public participation,
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unselfing.social
If You Want to Live a Life Rich in Meaning, First You Must Learn How to Do Nothing
Nadine Levytheguardian.com
one way to manifest positive externalities is to consider the success of others as your own.
Sam Hart • Positive Sum Worlds: Remaking Public Goods
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
David Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
