About Ego Search

Me "about whether ego search is good or bad." Wife: "Good or bad, for whom?" I "for me personally." Wife: "What exactly?" me

• Egosa has advantages and disadvantages.
• Advantages
  • I find references to things I've written in the past, and I read them back and develop my own "I thought this then, I think this now".
  • Seeing other people's references to something you have written in the past and developing the idea of "I see, that's one way of thinking about it.
• demerit
  • The desire for approval brings about a bad state of mind.

My wife said, "Why don't you just ego-sniff yourself when you're fine?"

• Good mental health is necessary for the benefits listed in Egosa to be utilized.
• Don't do ego-surfing when you're mentally overwhelmed and lacking energy.
  • Poisoned by the thought of seeking healing.

I see. In other words, a system that automatically notifies you of "mentions of you" is as undesirable as one that mechanically conveys ego-survey results without taking into account the mental state of the recipient.

The ideal system would be to software observes human mental states, and when you are full of energy and don't have a task to focus on at the moment, it would gently tell you, "By the way, you mentioned this article. - [Don't eat steak when your stomach is upset.

Reminder: Social proof is beneficial for maintaining mental health.

• This is the result of an ego trip.
• When you are mentally healthy, ego-surfing and seeing a lot of positive reviews, social proof makes you more resistant to a few negative opinions.
• On the other hand, when you're mentally weak and you ego-surf and see negative opinions, it puts you in a corner.
  • When you're mentally weak and you see positive feedback, you could become addicted.

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