Many people are not tolerant of thinking “X is not worth it” for something X that they have come to think is worth it.
- This is attachment, so as an individual, you can just say, “Drop the attachment,” but, well, most people can’t do that, so the less strict Mahayana Buddhism has spread.
The fact that I have come to believe that I am worth X in the past distorts my sense of value in the present. - path dependency - It has a Concorde effect look to it.
- Difficult to unlearn the past
- People without past accumulation are better able to make decisions without bias.
- A kind of [Ignorance is a resource
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