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perfectionism and cynicism are demotivators
the ideal is you just do what you can
thinking it's not enough and everything sucks and then you die, or thinking about all the stuff you can't ever do... neither of those thieves of personal agency mean anything
there is no morality without action
and action, by definition, is imperfect and inadequate
such that, sitting there frozen and unable to act due to these demons of cynicism and perfectionism is just a kind of toxin
⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)
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2026-07-22 16:01:24 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…y5t8
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