[jagrsw]

Skilled essay, but not an argument. Opens with "As Jung notes" as an appeal to authority, then more name-drops.

Misses clear definitions (what counts as "friendship with self"?) and the mechanism (how X->Y). Anecdotes/quotes != proofs.

IOW, prestige != proof. Two quick checks 1) strip the names - does the reasoning still stand? 2) Flip to counterexamples - does the thesis survive? We all know people who are hard on themselves but deeply loving to others.

Nice essay but treat it as a opinion to test, not a truth to inherit. The thread reads as if the case were already proven.

[raddan]

I usually treat “think pieces” like these as mere mental stimulation. It’s pretty difficult to say anything definitive about how everyone should live or how everyone should think, but I don’t think that means we ourselves should not reflect on those things. After all, we live and think, and why not try to do those things better?

[Foreignborn]

it at least seems like it has a modicum of human thought, whereas this GPT drivel does not.