Post-individualism

Throughout the last few decades, our economic system has transformed society into a market, citizens into consumers, and communities into individuals

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

one way to manifest positive externalities is to consider the success of others as your own.

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