Post-individualism

That ‘individual responsibility’ idea is present in so many messages from awareness campaigns: the idea that it is our duty to reach out to loved ones and services for help; the suggestion that mental health support should come in the form of a ‘service’ at all; the emphasis on individual tools like therapy, meds, self-help, mindfulness and apps to

“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

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

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