July
@july
As I grow older, I realize how much my youth shaped my worldview and how it is increasingly becoming difficult to change or form anew I find myself fused (often irrationally) to them in different ways, esp when it comes to ideas / rituals that are close to who I am I am surprised to find myself not disliking that
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moreReese
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If you’re okay with sharing in this forum, I’d be curious to hear what some of those perceived irrational fusions to worldviews are and if there are identifiable patterns you can trace back to specific periods of your youth
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moreReese
@morereese
For example, I am fused to a perceived irrational worldview around absolute value systems (eg notions of good and bad) that I can very specifically trace back to catholic education in my youth. Sometimes the fusion serves me, sometimes it hurts me. But it’s persistently present
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July
@july
I spent most of my formative years in Asia / Europe. I suppose I am realizing the value of cultural rituals and various religious rituals + rites. I don't feel this way about religious rituals in the US (at all) - perhaps it has to do with the lack of history, or my lack of deep personal ties to the US
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July
@july
Perhaps it is a realization that I've been overfitting on rationality. Irrationality has its place in the world (so much of what we choose to do is subconsciously decided it seems) and Tech often follows hyper-rationality as a religion, in a way (though no one wants to admit that it too, is an ideology with faults)
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