Post #2653099
2026-05-15 19:31 UTC
You’d think a hyper-individualistic society would involve people actually hyper-reflecting on and hyper-developing their own inner nature, but apparently no, its mostly outward signalling, little to no inner substance.
Am I reading this wrong or is the concept of being honest with yourself here literally represented as death?
Maybe its more accurate to just say we have a hyper-extroverted society, than a hyper-individualistic one.
Life lesson I learned from an actress playing a computer program playing a kindly old lady, in some movie, from around 20 years ago now:
Temet Nosce.
Know Thyself.
Replies (2)
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@lvxferre@mander.xyz 2026-05-15 22:13
Am I reading this wrong or is the concept of being honest with yourself here literally represented as death? I checked the author’s page and it seems to me the floating skull has nothing to do with death, it’s more like some inner voice of the other character, offering them a counterpoint:
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@N0tTr0xy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-16 00:32
But doesn’t outward signaling need some inner base?