optimisms in progress (!)

[badinfluence]

personal identity is the enemy of personal progress.

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we are already responsible for ourselves long before we are able/allowed to take responsibility for ourselves.

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"progress" (of the (hegelian?) historical variety) is defined meaningfully only in hindsight. the work that is worth doing now always appears as a catching-up, as (

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[gillan]

personal identity is the enemy of personal progress.

Word.

It's a defense mechanism really. A shield between us and the world and scary, scary change.

[noetickerf]

How did I miss this? I really really like it, especially the SNAP!