Human Evasion
by Celia Green · first published 1969
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…make-believe dream world) to help them cope with daily life. When the luster starts to fade, a new dream bubble (new goals and aspirations) is quickly conjured and entered. I highly recommend Celia Green's "The Human Evasion" [1] to you, something tells me you will enjoy it very much. [1] http://deoxy.org/evasion/
on “Virtual Reality Can Leave You with an Existential Hangover” ↗It is true that almost no one analyzes sanity. Your comment reminds me a lot of a particular book on the topic, The Human Evasion by Celia Green. If you are not familiar with it already, you might be interested in checking it out: http://deoxy.org/evasion/1.htm
on “Daniel Dennett: The Normal Well-Tempered Mind” ↗clearly the author is not hip to The Human Evasion by Celia Green. Those guys were just all OK with choosing a slightly different reality, because the mainstream reality tunnel is also equally flawed, and less interesting Human beings live in a state…
on “Why Were Early Psychedelicists so Weird?” ↗* Read 'The Human Evasion' by Celia green [1] * Watch 'Neurons to Nirvana' [2] Instead of avoiding the issue or running head-first into escapism (like most of the responses here are urging you to do), I advise you fully embrace…
on “Ask HN: How have you handled existential crisis in your life?” ↗…Green [1] has written extensively about the damage that can be done to precocious children by agents of the collective. Her books "Advice to Clever Children" [2] and the philosophical magnum opus, "The Human Evasion" [3] are must-reads for anyone trying to navigate this particular domain. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Green [2] https://www.amazon.com/Advice-Clever-Children-Celia-Green/dp... [3] http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C14F0FE5507047484ED5CCCF...
on “The Outsiders (1987)” ↗For a counterpoint, see Celia Green's 'Human Evasion' (available at http://www.theabsolute.net/minefield/humevas.html ), which argues that preoccupation with the social sphere is just a psychological defense mechanism against one's finiteness and limitations.
on “The Curse of Genius” ↗