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>The narrative I play out for myself is one of helper.
>That's not really a narrative so much as an individual role.
Yeah, in my opinion, do no harm is a far more comfy role because to be of help can become tiresome as resentment can build due to lack of being appreciated for all the efforts.
However, this is what I believe separates atheists from believers.
See atheists are really just a manifestation of pride and blindness whereas the believer is motivated beyond fear to actually effect help without harm either.
>I have no idea what the civilizational narrative is going to be like.
>I'm not sure I'll be able to recognize it.
>Might manifest as I'm dying.
>I may never see it.
It's honestly not that hard to realize that nothing really changes that much because there's really nothing new. History has been hijacked by liars for power to hide this fact. But the power they think they aquire is actually their own trappings.
Sure, technology makes it seem like there's newness all around us, constantly progressing towards the stars with an upward trajectory of self-determination, and this too is vanity as Solomon would have written it.
Civilization is as simple as being civil, helping, and not harming, and tyranny is the illusion of help but harmful. And that fact never changes.
The inversion of the natural roles has happened many times throughout history, only to be restored again and again and again.