The Terrifying Paradox of Self-Awareness
A video on YouTube. In Self-Improvement, a Krater category.
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This video explores the paradox of self-awareness, comparing Western philosophical traditions that urge finding oneself to Eastern philosophies that view the self as an illusion, and concludes that the search for a permanent self can become another cage.
From the video
Answers: Why does self-awareness make us anxious and how do we escape the trap of self-analysis?
- paradox of self-awareness
- memory reconsolidation
- attachment theory in relationships
- choice architecture and anxiety
- Western vs Eastern philosophy on the self
- Anata or no-self in Buddhism
- Zhuangzi and the butterfly dream
What it concludes
- Self-awareness creates an observed self that is fundamentally different from your authentic self.
- Every time you recall a memory, you rewrite it, making recalled memory vulnerable to being updated or distorted.
- The Cruel Irony of self-awareness is that the people most committed to it become the biggest victims of its darker consequences.
- The default state of inadequacy is a part of choice architecture.
- The only way to find yourself is to lose yourself by taking risks and acting without constant self-criticism.
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