#sebastian-junger — Public Fediverse posts
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Loving #Tribe by #SebastianJunger. He reads the audiobook. I wonder what libertarians think of it. We're social creatures who need to be working towards the collective good to be happy. Economic disparity ultimately makes us more depressed as a society. Thinking of ourselves as separate striving individuals is just an unhelpful myth propagated by psychopaths.
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Unnecessary
Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.
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#InspirationalQuotesBookReviewed_ #MeaningOfLife #Quotes #SebastianJunger
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Comforts
Comforts, once gained, become necessities. And if enough of those comforts become necessities, you eventually peel yourself away from any kind of common feeling with the rest of humanity.
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#7ForSunday #InspirationalQuotesBookReviewed_ #Quotes #SebastianJunger #Society
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In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger review – from here to eternity https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jul/07/in-my-time-of-dying-how-i-came-face-to-face-with-the-idea-of-afterlife-by-sebastian-junger-review-from-here-to-eternity #Autobiographyandmemoir #Journalistsafety #SebastianJunger #Journalismbooks #Philosophybooks #Warreporting #Culture #Books
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In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger review – back from the brink https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/22/in-my-time-of-dying-by-sebastian-junger-review-back-from-the-brink #Autobiographyandmemoir #SebastianJunger #Culture #Books