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''This brings us to a final issue, which I think is incredibly important, which has to do with why there are no living heroes. In effect, we almost don't believe in heroism. As soon as somebody starts to make us excited about the world and what is possible for the individual, we come to start feeling terrible about that person, unless they're trapped inside of a Marvel movie, or something like that. If you go back to the history of ticker tape parades, you will see that there were many ticker tape parades given for individual aviators, individual explorers, ships captains who put their ship at risk to rescue the crew of anotherβand, in fact, this pattern largely stopped.'' | ''This brings us to a final issue, which I think is incredibly important, which has to do with why there are no living heroes. In effect, we almost don't believe in heroism. As soon as somebody starts to make us excited about the world and what is possible for the individual, we come to start feeling terrible about that person, unless they're trapped inside of a Marvel movie, or something like that. If you go back to the history of ticker tape parades, you will see that there were many ticker tape parades given for individual aviators, individual explorers, ships captains who put their ship at risk to rescue the crew of anotherβand, in fact, this pattern largely stopped.'' | ||
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'''- Eric Weinstein''' on [https://theportal.wiki/wiki/18:_Slipping_the_DISC:_State_of_The_Portal/Chapter_2020#No_Living_Heroes The Portal, Ep 18], Released 15 Jan, 2020 | '''- Eric Weinstein''' on [https://theportal.wiki/wiki/18:_Slipping_the_DISC:_State_of_The_Portal/Chapter_2020#No_Living_Heroes The Portal, Ep 18], Released 15 Jan, 2020 | ||
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