#psychology #mind #metaphysical #rationality
# [[Epistemic status]]
#shower-thought
# Related
- [[Jeff Hawkins - A Thousand Brains_ A New Theory of Intelligence]]
- [[Society of Minds]]
- [[The Thousand Pieces Soul]]
- [[Kevin Simler - Personhood A Game for Two or More Players Melting Asphalt]]
- [[Plato's allegory]]
- [[Wear a mask for long enough and you become the mask]]
# Thousand Masks
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The fear of having to leave behind the comfort of his identity. The fear of loss.
Your mask is your biggest bottleneck.
Let it go.
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>[[Doublethink]] means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
~ [[George Orwell]]
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>We are each a river with a particular abiding character, but we show radically different aspects of our self according to the territory through which we travel
>~ [[David Whyte]]
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>Inwardly, we ought to be different in all respects, but our exterior should conform to society.
> ~ [[Seneca]]
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>It shows much more courage to remain dry and sober when the mob is drunk and vomiting; but it shows greater self-control to refuse to withdraw oneself and to do what the crowd does, but in a different way, - thus neither making oneself conspicuous nor becoming one of the crowd. For one may keep holiday without extravagance.
> ~ [[Seneca]]
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>He knows that he cannot reveal himself to anybody: he thinks it bad taste to become familiar; and as a rule he is not familiar when people think he is. When he is not talking to his soul, he wears a mask. He would rather lie than tell the truth, because lying requires more spirit and will.
> ~ [[Nietzsche]]
## Which mask is the best to wear?
>What is the “best” illusion under which to live? Or, what is the most legitimate foolishness?
>~ [[Ernest Becker]]
We live in thousand simulations created by our [[Brain|brain]], in this situation, which simulation do you want to experience the most often?
>The question of human life is: on what level of illusion does one live?
>~ [[Ernest Becker]]
# External links
https://meltingasphalt.com/personhood-a-game-for-two-or-more-players/