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I do like Alan Watts. Not a huge fan of Stoicism as it's used today because it tends to be fueled, not by reasonable detachment and objective thinking, but by apathy and low empathy. The comments on that video is full of complaints about 'virtue signalers' which are out to expand their tribe and look good. But that very sentiment being expressed *is* virtue signaling. A judgement about the values being expressed by others being inferior to your own.
There needs to be a happy middle between raising awareness on issues with good social value and lambasting with personal judgements which adds a sort of social fatigue to new changes. And some self-reflection on where the desire for expanding change is coming from, and who it's benefiting, and why. But insulting people's passion is, imo, not the way to go about any of that.
To beware virtue is a provocative idea.
Trickery! Trickery! Trickery!
It's really about bewaring solutions to problems, both
of which are inadequately considered. This is a theme
of the podcast, Freakonomics. I highly recommend it.
I don't need perfection (fortunately).What resonated with me is the idea that I really don't know how to fix myself. Lots of available ideas of self-improvement. Maybe they will work or maybe you are just exchanging one set of problems for another.
And, if we lack the knowledge to perfect ourselves, what makes a person feel they need to go about telling others all of the things they need to fix.
I generally like Alan Watts but I understand he is not for everyone.
If you are interested/have time, I found this video to be in sync with my views.
It seems to be somewhat of a theme lately to profess one's ignorance and, of course, immediately expand that to everybody else.I generally like Alan Watts but I understand he is not for everyone.
If you are interested/have time, I found this video to be in sync with my views.