On social incompetency
2023-01-26 13:25 A far too large fraction of humanity holds severe misconceptions about what others can and want.  It is one thing to live in a society where you can’t learn to know others.
Growing up as part of a modern, Western society
2023-01-24 14:30 Of cause your parents matter emotionally provided they took care of you.  But I did not grow up with them and my two years younger brother as only points of reference.
The myth of the omnicompetent individual
2023-01-20 12:50 The belief that one is capable of correctly judging anything one comes into contact with.  To me people believing this seem to have too high self-esteem.