If I have a relatively stoic mindset compared to those around me then it’s entirely possible that I see more instances of the absence of stoicism being damaging (in others) than the presence of stoicism being damaging (in me). This then reinforces positive feelings about stoicism and makes me become more stoic, even though the evidence may actually point to me already being too stoic.
If I’m sufficiently different to those around me, conflating evidence from their lives with evidence from my life is dangerous—especially because spotting where someone else is going wrong feels much easier than spotting where I am going wrong.
I suspect I’ve been guilty of this on many occasions.
This post got me thinking.
If I have a relatively stoic mindset compared to those around me then it’s entirely possible that I see more instances of the absence of stoicism being damaging (in others) than the presence of stoicism being damaging (in me). This then reinforces positive feelings about stoicism and makes me become more stoic, even though the evidence may actually point to me already being too stoic.
If I’m sufficiently different to those around me, conflating evidence from their lives with evidence from my life is dangerous—especially because spotting where someone else is going wrong feels much easier than spotting where I am going wrong.
I suspect I’ve been guilty of this on many occasions.