We’re increasingly alienated from ourselves in the modern day and it’s only getting wrose. Why is discipline so hard nowadays? There are entire industries built around cultivating discipline. Chronic felt reciprocity vs extraction as a result of capitalism and its effects on the nervous system (yes, low grade chronic stress still impacts you). Environment as feedback systems allows you to engage in participation vs hostile alienation.
How did this cultural narrative develop? Discipline as continual relinquishing or desire and self-imposed restriction, lack of self-trust.
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