#individuality — Public Fediverse posts
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The individual is the "atomic unit" of #morality. Sort of like the atom is to chemistry. From a moral standpoint, the level of the individual is really where all the action is. The best place to find it, to exercise it, to appreciate it, and to improve it. Each instance in its own (possibly unique) way.
A corollary: we should exercise caution whenever joining or supporting groups or collectives. Since all but the most courageous of them will want our morals always to closely match theirs in order for our contributions to be optimized. Or perhaps even noticed.
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Comparison and Contrast
peacegroover@devinatartComparison is dumb.
There will always be someone
smarter,
prettier,
richer,
funnier,
more talented,
more articulate,
more successful,
more spiritual,
more emotionally aware—and someone
poorer,
uglier,
clumsier,
more confused,
and dumber than you.So what?
Look up long enough, and you’ll feel inferior.
Look down long enough, and you’ll feel superior.Both are lies.
Another person’s brilliance does not diminish yours.
Their beauty does not make you ugly.
Their success does not make you a failure.There is no human scoreboard.
You are not here to outrank everyone else.
You are here to become yourself.
December 26, 2011, edited and expanded August 2026
#1995 #authenticity #becomingYourself #Comparison #confidence #Creativity #emotionalHealth #Encouragement #envy #humanWorth #Identity #individuality #insecurity #LifeLessons #personalGrowth #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #reflection #selfAcceptance #SelfLove #selfReflection #SelfWorth #Spirituality #Success #Wisdom #Writing -
A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
In addition to, not as a substitute for, individual responsibility, there is a collective responsibility.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #collective #individual #individuality #mutualresponsibility #personalresponsibility #responsibility #togetherness #socialcontract
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
[… T]he individual virtues, and the necessity of character as the chief factor in any man’s success — a teaching in which I now believe as sincerely as ever, for all the laws that the wit of man can devise will never make a man a worthy citizen unless he has within himself the right stuff, unless he has self-reliance, energy, courage, the power of insisting on his own rights and the sympathy that makes him regardful of the rights of others.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 1 “Boyhood and Youth” (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #character #citizen #courage #individuality #moralcode #personalcode #personalresponsibility #rights #selfreliance #success #virtue #worthiness
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The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
"From the generic hipster cafe to the ‘Instagram wall’, the internet has pushed us towards a kind of global ubiquity – and this phenomenon is only going to intensify"
"The homogeneity contrasted with the overall hipster philosophy of the 2010s, namely, that by consuming certain products and cultural artefacts you could proclaim your own uniqueness apart from the mainstream crowd – in this case a particular coffee shop rather than an obscure band or clothing brand. “The irony of it all is that these spaces are supposed to represent spaces of individuality, but they’re incredibly monotonous."
"This homogenisation is not just a phenomenon of our own moment; it is a consequence of changes that happened long before algorithmic social media feeds, and is just as likely to intensify in the future."
"When her cafe started selling coffee online, Facebook and Instagram seemed to throttle its reach – unless it bought advertising and boosted the social media company’s own profits. It felt like algorithmic blackmail: pay our toll or we won’t promote you."
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Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka,
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/16/the-tyranny-of-the-algorithm-why-every-coffee-shop-looks-the-same
#globalisation #homogenisation #culture #sameness #uniformity #monoculture #GlobalUbiquity #hipsters #LifestyleBrag #Instagrammability #uniqueness #authenticity #individuality #instagram #cafes #consumers #habitus #NonPlaces #DigitalPlatforms #algorithm #TechnoFeudalism #refeudalisation