Oddbean new post about login | logout Thinking you're special is a harmful delusion and the more innately, indispensably, and superhumanly special you think you are, the greater your capacity to do harm to yourself and others.
@f0b4120c Some of my most dangerous delusions of my youth were thinking I was somehow different yet better than everybody else. It was a coping mechanism. One that turned me into an arrogant ass for a long time. Honestly, the more I find out how typical I am in a lot of ways, the better I feel.