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Originally Posted by yossarian  This is the definition of narcissism. The postmodern idea that reality is your plaything that you can manipulate in whatever which way to amuse you. |
I suppose it all depends on what you mean by “reality”. I interpreted Plato’s post to be more about social norms than anything objective and tangible. I agree, I can’t change the rules of gravity by merely wishing them away. If I jump off the roof of the Empire State building, I will fall to my death regardless of how much I may wish to fly like Superman instead. If, on the other hand, I think I have to live up to the societal rules that the great unthinking collective tell me are important… I am free to decide those rules are irrelevant and create my own, ones that increase the probability of me achieving success on my terms. Society may not like that, but who gives a damn so long as I play the game intelligently?