Your nervous system reacts to this symbol as... - Deepstash

  • Your nervous system reacts to this symbol as if it were the thing itself. So, you're not reacting to people; you're reacting to your map of them.
  • That's not just a metaphor; it's how your third circuit processes the world.

Reality becomes a set of symbolic proxies, and the proxies argue with each other.

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What if your entire personality was just software—written by parents, schools, ads, trauma, and culture? 🤔 This is pt. 1 of the series.

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