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America as a culture exporter, Egalitarianism eats the world, and why Social Justice isn't receding

"Moment of Zen"

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The Weird Book

Judd: There are two things that just like imprinted in my head. One is this idea that once you have the printing press, people's brain chemistry starts changing. I think it's going to be a little while before it people really grok like, okay, how does this actually change humanity? So we're in the early, early innings of that. The second one is the distinction of shame versus guilt. And I can't get that out of my head because basically Western society is guilt powered and shame is this thing that you feel default in an Eastern society. But what's interesting about the book is I think people now use it as the best terminology for the West.

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