"your desire for status is inversely correlated with the degree of unconditional love you receive in your day-to-day real life"- this is an important hypothesis. I agree with it based on my own experience. However, have you come across any research or in-depth writing on this? The reason I ask is because if this hypothesis is true- it presents an opportunity for solving the endless consumption/comparison which is the cause of a lot of evils in today's world
good question! I don't know of research on it, but it's something I've gleaned from my own experiences and reading/hearing about the experiences of others, see e.g. this tweet as well: https://x.com/jessicamalonso/status/1570837731940642817 I agree that addressing this "scarcity of love / self-love" would solve a lot of our collective problems
"If you want people’s respect, you have to have something real to offer them." - I love this, but I think we often extort this quote into comfortable synonyms with replacing people's respect with impressions/first-take/approval, etc. I think respect is hard to come by but to earn it efficiently, you must be consistent with offerings, and also not prioritize seeking respect in the first place.
This is beautifully written. Thank you for sharing!
thank you!
"your desire for status is inversely correlated with the degree of unconditional love you receive in your day-to-day real life"- this is an important hypothesis. I agree with it based on my own experience. However, have you come across any research or in-depth writing on this? The reason I ask is because if this hypothesis is true- it presents an opportunity for solving the endless consumption/comparison which is the cause of a lot of evils in today's world
good question! I don't know of research on it, but it's something I've gleaned from my own experiences and reading/hearing about the experiences of others, see e.g. this tweet as well: https://x.com/jessicamalonso/status/1570837731940642817 I agree that addressing this "scarcity of love / self-love" would solve a lot of our collective problems
"If you want people’s respect, you have to have something real to offer them." - I love this, but I think we often extort this quote into comfortable synonyms with replacing people's respect with impressions/first-take/approval, etc. I think respect is hard to come by but to earn it efficiently, you must be consistent with offerings, and also not prioritize seeking respect in the first place.