CringeSophy

An archive of my thoughts

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The conditioned class - the people talk radio, television, and pop magazines are designed for.

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4/ would be an unachievable and unhealthy goal. This is my issue with idolizing people. There are billions of us, no idols attributes are unique. Only their lucky environment.

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My Problem With Idolizing People: I believe that we do not truly idolize people for their innate being, rather, for a set of attributes/characteristics that they've developed. The problem is, many of our idols are celebrities who are more often than not lucky

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3/ unrecognised for their abilities. So in conclusion, I think we should not idolize people but instead idolize attributes people have. We can't guarantee we are born into the family Musk was, but we can develop his attributes. Seeking to be him is

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2/ If he was born before the internet, would he still be a person people idolize despite being just as capable as he is now? I feel like many people possess identical attributes and traits to those we idolise, but they were simply unlucky and live

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1/ Take for example Elon Musk, he has a set of attributes many people idolise and seek to emulate, but would he really be in this situation on attributes alone? It's unlikely, it takes a combination of attributes and luck to become a celebrity.

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Those who enter directly into the workforce are often too tired to grow wise. Although they shouldn't be blamed for this. Let us hope that it is technology that liberates humanity from this system.

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The luxury of going to university is that you get a lot of time to think. Sometimes you'll free yourself from prejudices. Perhaps that's why many believe it to be a left-wing indoctrination machine.

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It really is true - the more you learn of history, the more you understand the present.

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When contemplating quitting activities I am addicted to, like music and video games, I worry about how fun life will be without them. Now I realise I am the addict. No better than those I criticised for things I considered lesser addictions. It's time to take back my attention.

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I am trying my best to avoid dopamine thieves. Harder said than done, in the age of engineered addiction.

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You look back to when you were 12, what a fool. You look back to when you were 20, what a fool. Is there ever an age that you can reflect on and not think this? No, because you should always be growing.

Being embarrassed at your former self means you’re doing something right.

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I find that members of my family have lost the art of thinking. Any conversation that requires a little bit of thinking, prior or current, always ends in a lecture, not a conversation. Is this what 50 years of mindless labour and commercial television does to someone?

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What separates man from animals is the ability to think - to be human is to wonder. What concerns me is that it is so normal to go through life wonderless and inquisitive: to be more animal than man.