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caelum19  ·  2718 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: John Perry Barlow's Principles of Adult Behavior

    - Reduce your use of the first personal pronoun

I love the wording of this. Scratch that. That's brilliant wording.

Any thoughts about the reasoning behind this?





lm  ·  2718 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Probably to avoid centering things on yourself; perhaps to reduce the distinction you draw between yourself and 'the world'. A more holistic view.

user-inactivated  ·  2718 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is an enlightening perspective. Thank you for putting it that way.