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Maybe you’re not trying

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448 points eatitraw | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 10:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Etheryte ◴[16 Nov 25 11:43 UTC] No.45944348[source]▶
This is an idea that philosophers have played with in countless varieties, perhaps the one closest to the author's wording is Jean-Paul Sartre's concept of bad faith. Faced with anxiety, guilt or overwhelming weight of responsibility, it's often easier to subconsciously sidestep the problem and pretend you don't have a choice, even if you do. This is not even a conscious decision, it's hard to be aware of our own quirks and biases.
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1. pwillia7 ◴[16 Nov 25 11:51 UTC] No.45944394[source]▶
I think it makes sense in the same way we blot out our awareness of 90% of the external stimuli -- There is just too much of it.

We have to choose what to 'deal with' and our capacity for that and awareness of it can change over time.

I also think this goes along with the author's concept of you're not trying since you can kind of snap into awareness and then just do those things sometimes.