Interesting. Not sure it’s so tautological everyone has such hero worship very strongly.
FWIW—to the degree that I’m not a rare exception: For me personally I find if anything it’s the other way round: I’m yearning for heroes I could admire as heroes but find I fail to find them. Mostly. And surely we’re all gullible in one way or another, but even those I admire most for certain things, I’m rather skeptical about what they say, and even if they say something I like, I’m skeptical about their arguments.
This sounds like I’m painting myself as a great rational observer. I don’t mean! I’m often pbly quite naive. But the point is I really have the impression I’m probably often better at debunking things from people I could more naturally have as ‘heroes’ in my life than from others. Maybe as I have more empathy to them and their claims and see the subtleties they gloss over more easily than when I see things from ‘opponents’.
Yeah, I probably pushed the “you have hero-worship” frame a bit too strongly. FWIW I don’t think I claimed everyone has hero worship very strongly. I do think that nearly[1] everyone has a case of hero-worship. Probably more cases than they think, and more strongly, bc. of Elephant in the Brain type reasons. But the vibe didn’t quite convey that. That’s what I get for writing this quickly, I suppose.
Still, if you have a case of hero-worship, then this article isn’t really for you. I hope it is a bit useful in a “more is possible” way for people who do suffer from hero-worship.
Interesting. Not sure it’s so tautological everyone has such hero worship very strongly.
FWIW—to the degree that I’m not a rare exception: For me personally I find if anything it’s the other way round: I’m yearning for heroes I could admire as heroes but find I fail to find them. Mostly. And surely we’re all gullible in one way or another, but even those I admire most for certain things, I’m rather skeptical about what they say, and even if they say something I like, I’m skeptical about their arguments.
This sounds like I’m painting myself as a great rational observer. I don’t mean! I’m often pbly quite naive. But the point is I really have the impression I’m probably often better at debunking things from people I could more naturally have as ‘heroes’ in my life than from others. Maybe as I have more empathy to them and their claims and see the subtleties they gloss over more easily than when I see things from ‘opponents’.
Yeah, I probably pushed the “you have hero-worship” frame a bit too strongly. FWIW I don’t think I claimed everyone has hero worship very strongly. I do think that nearly[1] everyone has a case of hero-worship. Probably more cases than they think, and more strongly, bc. of Elephant in the Brain type reasons. But the vibe didn’t quite convey that. That’s what I get for writing this quickly, I suppose.
Still, if you have a case of hero-worship, then this article isn’t really for you. I hope it is a bit useful in a “more is possible” way for people who do suffer from hero-worship.
[1] “~” is meant to signify “nearly”.
Yes and I might enjoy continuing to watch out for inner heroes thanks to your post anwyay; agree the Elephant in the Brain type suspicions warranted.
I see now. Yes, ~ ≈ nearly though only ≈ indeed. :-)