christopher lasch has some very interesting ideas in 'the culture of narcissism'. one is that he very much distinguishes performance from narcissism, in fact, he says, narcissism has destroyed 'performance'. he gives the example of plays, movies, or writing that are self-conscious of their own performativity, that feel the need to call attention to their own artifice -- he views this very negatively. I'm reading his chapter on sport and it's highly interesting, because Lasch views undirected play, "pointless" activity based on some sort of display of mastery, as very important, and something that modern sport has eroded, by focusing on competition and celebrity.

I actually kind of like the anthropic ceo. I often don't agree with him but he is thoughtful and critical about AI in a way that eg sam altman is not

really funny reddit post where someone is skeptical that more people commute out of the mission rather than into the mission because they personally commute into the mission. peak america brain

obsessed w christopher lasch

I read about people who do early retirement and then complain about how miserable they are not working, and I think, you’re insane, that couldn’t be me. But I’ve been not working for 2 months and I get it

its interesting how when marco polo encountered buddhists he assumed they were some unfamiliar form of christian. like eastern orthodox