Post-individualism
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Post-individualism
That’s the thing about attachment—you need to depend to be independent. You need a stable base to venture out. Something to rely on to take risks. Some stability to cope with chaos. Otherwise you can’t explore with confidence. If you fear abandonment, you won’t risk romance. Words will feel traumatic. You will stay stagnant, afraid to move. Maybe
... See moreFreya India • The Age of Abandonment
we grew up and got it drilled into us that the problem is dependence. Don’t be needy.
Freya India • The Age of Abandonment
If you suffer, the fault resides within you, and so too does the solution: You need to learn how to think, feel, and act differently
Devon Frye • Is Capitalism Making Us Sick?
You are not part of the human race, you are the result of it.
They're blind to a simple truth: complex minds can't develop on their own. If they could, feral children would be like any other. And minds don't grow the way weeds do, flourishing under indifferent attention; otherwise all children in orphanages would thrive. For a mind to even approach its full potential, it needs cultivation by other minds.
Ted
... See moreunfortunately, there are no rules in human nature that turn economic abundance into a sense of personal abundance
Paul Millerd • The Individualism Myth | #241
Our society’s individualism, largely driven by technological advances and the illusion of endless progress, will no longer be sustainable – will not be able to last – in a world where anthropogenic climate change is a constant and growing threat.
Rupert Read • Welcome to the Chaoscene
