prev What is the problem with calling people resources?

nishio When there are two people, A who (self-)acknowledgement that he/she is R and B who self-identifies as not being R, A does not consider it problematic to call others R, but B feels discomfort to be called R. A does not consider it a problem to call others R, but B feels discomfort to be called R. I am beginning to think that “Resources” just happens to be substituted for “R” in “A”.

nishio I think/think I am a resource image

  • The overwhelming majority of people think they are a resource.

Thinking about it a little more, it seemed like a phenomenon where people who perceive themselves as “R” implicitly generalize that people are “R” and apply that to others. - Identification with oneself and others

  • Just because you are “R” does not mean that others are “R.”

    • Some are R’s and some are not.
      • This is going to mean something a little different.
      • For someone who thinks “I am a valuable resource”, “Mr. A is not a resource” is the equivalent of “Mr. A is worthless trash”, so it is not fair.
  • Uh, okay.

    • Even if “I think I am ‘R,’” it does not necessarily mean that “others think I am ‘R.
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    • You’ve got a double structure.
    • The subject of the content is not necessarily “myself”.
    • I think there’s also “people” and “the world.”
  • Even if “I think ‘I am R’”, it does not mean that “others think ‘I am R’“.

    • When I wrote this and asked GPT-4o to translate it into English, he translated “myself” two different ways.
    • Even if one thinks “I am R,” it does not necessarily mean that others think “I am R.”

    • Related: Jibun and Watashi.

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