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Also I would argue this is also the source of great dread around AI in the west Self worth has traditionally been tied to self discipline, that success, that wealth and the American dream - was the secularists path to salvation - earn the money and earn a place in heaven without saying so as much. And because you can’t survive the idea that not doing work, that putting in the work is tied to success - you ou must have earned it - when ai feel like it breaks it - it attacks your self worth exactly and people emotionally lash out against it because it attacks the core self worth Also: I see AI anxiety significantly less in non Protestant countries imo, including east Asia

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