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sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 4 days agoThose sound particularly relevant to me right now. I’m kind of crashing out over the inherent sadism of human beings so maybe that would help.
I’ll also start watching for his name to come up more places. The world needs more actual good agents right now. I need to believe that’s not a lost cause.
Akasazh@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah particularly Man Kind is a good read to get your mind off the general madness that drains your soul, almost by design. The key advice if the book is to wean off the news cycle that keeps reminding us about the inherent evil of people.
If you interact with actual, normal people in everyday lives most of them aren’t sadists and just want to live their lives and be good.
And then he shows many historical examples about how that’s actually what drives most people.
So yes, that might be what you need. I’m not generally for glorifying people, but Bregman has my highest respect.
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Okay, I’ll start with that one then. I’m skeptical of “Just turn off the TV” perspectives but if he’s got some new angles then I’m still open.
Weirdly enough I’ve found out that there’s a certain flavor of “annoying” that a person can be that activates most people like the Manchurian candidate. Or at least Americans, leaving my home country for the first time kind of showed me some perspective on it.
Akasazh@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah I get ya, I’ll refrain from further proselytizing and let you form your own opinion.
I find that annoying bit of self-righteousness is assuaged by people practicing what they preach and not sitting back and pointing out the flaws of other.
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
You don’t have to, it’s sound advice for most people in most situations. But actually, what do you mean? Like I can minimize my own annoyance or I can be less annoying to others?