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		Henchman21 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are there so many rationalist cults? IMO we can’t define hubris anymore. The concept has become foreign.

ipnon 5 months ago [–]

We should conceptualize it the way the Ancient Greeks did, which is the belief that human ingenuity can somehow overcome the will of the gods.

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