# Masks

## Babies / Infants
- Think they cannot be observed by that which it can't see
- Someone will need to pay for this. Those who already knew better had a duty to stand up against manipulative tactics, but it's those who play dumb which haunt me. They want the changes, they accept the changes and want them to be forced on everyone else.
This is their leap forward, so to speak, and they're happy to cover their eyes and ears until a new serf class is rubbing their feet

## Psychology of mask wearing
- Embedded in us to feel less exposed when we cannot be observed
- Antithetical to concept of publc transparency


## Changing Perspectives: Virtual Self
- We used to make fun of people who used computers too much, date online personas, avoid sports


## Helicopter Parenting
- Enabling regression
- A means to tantalize tyrannous aspects of one's persona as an adult
- Allowing their own satisafction in resolution by proxy over challenges that are comparatively less challenging to them
- New culture of this

## Doing vs Speaking
- Culture of believing one is doing =by merely speaking
- Child mentality where we believe we are fully developed based on what we believe are other's perception of us
- All thanks and no real work

## Challenge
- Culture which is averse to real challenge.
- Always an escape route that can be used
- Excuses
- Low expectations

## Accomplishments
- Acknowledging mental illness
- Acknowledgment as an accomplishment
- One's identity as an accomplishment
- We all have our accomplishments (because we have identities)
- Inherent capabilities are less important
- Speaking = Accomplishing. Be the only one permitted to speak

## Speaking
- For power and attention
- Validation by the group
- For things that are unverifiable and not to be challenged

## Identity
- Born with the characteristics which make up an identity
- Capabilities are already set, no need to develop them
- Do as you please, if you are permitted
- If you can do it, and you like it, it is good
- No understanding of hard, tedious work
- More viable, complexity conslidated, easier to be great
- No habit of pursuit which yields perspective to look beyond identity
- Masks facilitate our ability to discern from the group
- Personal satisfaction is replaced by satisfaction of receiving attention, because needs and policy demonstrate that people are confident and compete, we just need to ensure that they are given spotlight -> recognition by others is what matters, and we must not scuitinize because it impedes their greatness, thus no expectation of being challenged. One can feel safe making absurd claims without repercussion

## Empty standard
- Having only virtual accomplishments already settled with this standard
- The mask is really for them because it becomes the presentation of their identity and digital implements