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290 - John Vervaeke - How to See the End of the World

The Symbolic World

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The Failure of Self-Esteem

Someone who really thinks they're wretched usually doesn't have a problem. But if you don't think you have much, then all your faults just become opportunities for you to get better. And I think that even the whole idea of self-esteem that the modern West has developed is a failure. The empirical data is self-esteem has been a failure.

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