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Fascinated by his own sheer gorgeousness, Narcissus fails to notice the beautiful nymph nearby.
An interesting and very brief report on the work of psychologist Jean Twenge:
http://www.npr.org/2016/07/12/485087469/me-me-me-the-rise-of-narcissism-in-the-age-of-the-selfie
It confirms suspicions that I’ve long had, being myself a crotchety old geezer of the type who, no doubt, hates, envies, and fears both young people and independent thinking. And it’s a bit worrisome.
Could it, I speculate aloud, be related to the rise of the religious “nones” — who are particularly well represented among the younger age cohort?
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