Adaptive Daydream

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When the Mirror Cracks

On misuse of social influence & distorted social feedback

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Alyssa Allegretti
Feb 14, 2024
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One reason public figures, community leaders, celebrities, social media influencers, teachers, and other people who hold forms of social privilege/power/influence/high exposure often fall off the deep end of self importance, self righteousness, spiritualized grandiosity, and (in extreme cases) unchecked abuse/misuse of power, is because the most basic m…

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