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You, Me, Parts of Infinity II (Questions these concepts raise... (Do…

- - - - Capitalism/Consumerism
      - Intellectual Property
      - Peach Model
      - Binaries
      - Autonomy?
      - Self defined by experiences and things; seen as consistent even though it's not
        
        Social Media
        
        Social Comparisons
        
        "Faking the Funk"
        
        Filtered reality
      - Constant stimulation + hatred for boredom = lack of creativity
    - - Onion Model
      - Nondualism
      - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXTRcsxG7IQ Relevant to the idea of interconnectivity
      - Self defined by awareness
        
        Buddhism
        
        our definition of self cannot exist if it is uncontrollable and ever-changing
        
        5 aggregates of individuals are parts in the container, but the self is the actual container; the not self is the awareness but detachment from these things
        
        Taoism
        
        Balance of forces and energy (yin/yang)
        
        We are meant of follow nature's example (water, wind); going with the flow, being in the same sphere of influence as the natural processes around us
        
        "self transcendence"
        
        Cannot be taught or discovered purposefully
        
        Vedanta
        
        Try dropping your beliefs for self inquiry
        
        beliefs are thoughts instead of realizations and awareness
      - Originally more teachings than religions
  - - - If it does exist, is it singular or does it have multiple components?
        
        Josh Tillman example
        
        External influences (audience/fame)
        
        How much is exaggerated vs. authentic?
        
        Artwork expressing identity
        
        Person vs. Persona vs. Output (Artwork) vs. Audience
        
        Experiencing vs. Remembering self
        
        Future selves
        
        “We overpay for the opportunity to indulge our current preferences because we overestimate their stability.”
        
        Merton's true vs. false self
        
        Egocentrism and consumerism vs. unattachment to emotions and liberated self/disconnect
        
        Experience reality without a lens (similar to Eastern ideology)
      - Memory Theory
        
        holes in the theory...false memory? those who can't physically remember?
        
        memory makes up the story of your life
        
        Where is the division between how you see you vs. how others see you?
      - Implications of an existing identity
        
        AKA Life as we knew it before taking HON 361
        
        Do relationships matter more in this case?
        
        How do we find our true purpose?
      - Body Theory
        
        Fungibility
        
        You remain in the same body your whole life...but is it the "same"?
    - - David Hume's philosophy
        
        no innate ideas...all based off of experience and external influence
        
        no enduring self over time, constantly changing
      - Implications of no existing Identity
        
        Do responsibilities need to be kept?
        
        Is there a point to daily patterns?
        
        How does this impact our relationships?
      - Accidental vs. Essential Properties
        
        How much of something can change before it is no longer the same thing?
        
        Theseus' ship
        
        Lumpl and Goliath
- - - - Entanglement/Interdependence
        
        Our atoms have been recycled throughout time. What else are we connected to besides humans?
        
        Interesting idea: Explanation for people feeling weird at different moon phases?
      - Conscious Observation
        
        What does this say about multiple realities? What does this say about our own control over this current reality?
        
        Atoms behaving differently when watched
        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz5EFsSbQ7U Relevant to the idea of multiple possibilities of reality
    - - Ratio of Microbial cells to human cells
      - "Holobiont"
      - "Deep Ecology"
  - - - Humans are not the center, nor are we superior