People who see admiration for the big things as admiration for themselves personally.

Some people who are unsure of themselves try to become an indivisible part of something big, so that their admiration for the big thing is admiration for themselves personally.

Derived from there

• A: You start to starve when you realize that admiration for something big is not admiration for you.
• B: Starts to put the individual on full display in an attempt to turn admiration for the big one into admiration for oneself.
• C: You want to work away from the big thing to generate the accolades attributed to you, but the returns seem smaller than if you were working as part of the big thing, and you wonder which path is more reasonable

relevance - desire for approval

from Diary 2023-04-22

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