Growth through expansion of oneself in the broadest sense of the word

from Diary 2023-12-03 growth by extension of broad self.

• Extend your own

from /villagepump/2023/12/02 - Live = Grow type mental model - The establishment of this mental model at a young age causes cognitive dissonance, recognizing that at some point you will decline - By shifting the boundary of “self” at this time, it is possible to interpret that “self” in the narrow sense has declined, but “self” in the broad sense has not declined. - This time of year, we tend to think of this “extended self” as “AI!” I tend to think - Historically, in the long period before the advent of computers, wasn’t it “organization”? - But the leader of a 100-person organization was a scarce resource that could only be one in 100. - AI could give more people a sense of continual growth. - Extension of moratorium - Retirement - wet leaves - A baby who is suddenly cut off from the organization he mistakenly thought was his body “because I’m retired” and doesn’t know what to do. - In the Showa era, the opportunity for that form of “extended self” was occupied by men. - Instead the woman had the child as an extension herself? - I think that’s a bit of an exaggeration. - Of course there were those types of people, but they don’t seem to be the majority.

relevance - Humans are temporary caches

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