Message from @CSPAN
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the idea that you either have it and you don't think about it is the mark of a painfully average man with no ambition nor understanding of his place in the world
hes describing npcs
yes and he's also positing them as the template for success
>theres no thought to any of this
noc
pc
>this is what happens when you're not a genetic dead end mentally ill freak
npcs are fine but theyre definitely not advantaged
@Cephei culture has been completely atomised and our previous connections to our families and communities have been rendered inert
this is what i mean by damage
not only are men not forced to interact and integrate with others but our media continually reinforces false ideas of success, leading these shut-in men to idealize and pursue illusory avenues of said success
yes but while npcs fall into this trap
you can short it and get ahead
i think NPCness is a spectrum that a person fluctuates on
you're lying to yourself if you think you've never been swayed by a powerful emotive argument from media or society
it's good to attempt to be conscious and awake at all times but i'm not sure it's actually possible to be that way 100% of the time
you can just be aware of when you're being swayed by emotive arguments and accept them or reject based on knowingly following your instincts
you can conciously develop good instincts
well
i think instinctual thought and action are exactly what emotive arguments leverage
We all get swayed, just by different shit
it's somewhat dependent on processing power
What works on me that I struggle with is gun related fear mongering
you hear an argument, you react to it, you react to your reaction, you start to actually think critically
a lot of people get stuck on step two
i think even "smart" people are prone to that as well
i know personally i'm not capable of full-time conscious thought, even when i try to remember to do so
as a lifeform we've spent what, like 3 million years in that mode?
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