• I thought there were several steps to desire for approval.

  • 1: I want to be approved by my geographically localized surroundings.

  • 2: I want to be approved by everyone on the Internet

  • 3: I want to be approved by everyone in the world.

    • However, it is temporally localized because it is not prepared for continued existence after death.
  • 4: I want to be approved by everyone, including the future.

    • It gets to this point where it becomes something like “immortality.”

I’m beginning to think it’s a desire for immortality after all.


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