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108 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 15h \ on: The Riddle of Luigi Mangione mostly_harmless
Santa delivered this year. :)
agency is culpability
This stung. I forgot, if I ever knew, that the cringe potential I carry around is the result of agency pursuits.
I’ve long known that people who are capable of great kindness also tend to be capable of great cruelty, because both extremes are often animated by the same crazed impulsivity.
I hadn't thought of kindness as impulsive. It's more consciously green lit, for me with a why-not, but it tends to be pretty risky too. The risk of diminishing myself is a big part of what I enjoy about being kind.
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127 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury OP 11h
I forgot, if I ever knew, that the cringe potential I carry around is the result of agency pursuits.
Meaning: the things you do that are most cringeworthy are the flipside of you being high-agency, and taking decisive action in a way that produces something bad?
The risk of diminishing myself is a big part of what I enjoy about being kind.
Man, you have become more koan-like in my absence. What does this mean? How can kindness diminish? Normally I make an attempt at guessing but you got me here.
Santa delivered this year. :)
For both of us, brother. Nice to 'see' you again :)
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108 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 10h
Meaning: the things you do that are most cringeworthy are the flipside of you being high-agency, and taking decisive action in a way that produces something bad?
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How can kindness diminish?
Kindness requires sacrifice and it isn't always paid back. The author calling great kindness and great cruelty impulsive made me wonder why they're impulsive. I assume it's because both are risky.
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New word. Like it.
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