Discipline for the greater common good
My algorithm on Instagram gives me two completely different sets of stories. One is of Sonam Wangchuk, who has lost weight drastically while on a hunger strike demanding education reforms, and the other is a series of fitness influencers telling me how I can, and need to, lose weight. While one is advocating for collective change, the other focuses on the self.
- ▪My algorithm on Instagram gives me two completely different sets of stories.
- ▪One is of Sonam Wangchuk, who has lost weight drastically while on a hunger strike demanding education reforms, and the other is a series of fitness influencers telling me how I can, and need to, lose weight.
- ▪While one is advocating for collective change, the other focuses on the self.
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My algorithm on Instagram gives me two completely different sets of stories. One is of Sonam Wangchuk, who has lost weight drastically while on a hunger strike demanding education reforms, and the other is a series of fitness influencers telling me how I can, and need to, lose weight. While one is advocating for collective change, the other focuses on the self. And I think it is symptomatic of what we as a society have become. Self- improvement has completely overtaken collective and community improvement.The fitness and wellness influencers think the only indicator of discipline today is doing hard things such as “waking up at 5 a.m.”, “dunking your face in ice”, “seven-step skin care”, and “getting your protein intake”. But the fitness world did not invent discipline.
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