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Why are we so concerned with impressing each other? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by infinite_ass@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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"How impressed everybody is" is the basis of money, law, self-worth and our models of reality. But that's a pretty shabby basis if you ask me.

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[–] kinship@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

Why do we like being fooled by magicians? Why do we like being fooled by some branding or propaganda? It is our nature, you realized that. Now how do you not suffer internally with that fact? How can you turn this knowledge into wisdom? By using it for good