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Defy Conformity: The Most Common Addiction
Cut out the noise
Multifaceted Channels
The primary channels we receive information from include:
- News
- Music
- Television
- Social Media
- Advertisement
- Friends/Family/Colleagues
And from these channels we learn how to think, how to live, what to desire, and what we should do with our lives.
We’re constantly being deluged with messages that become the building blocks of our personality.
We are rarely our own person because we constantly assimilate to the type of person the world tells us we should be.
- Are your desires your own?
- Is your personality your own?
- Are your thoughts yours or influenced by society?
Are your wants and needs yours, or have you acquired them through enculturation?
Do you find people attractive based on your unique likes or what society deems attractive?
Did you choose your career because you love it? Did you fall into your career by default, like many? Did you choose your career based on the recognition and respect you hoped to…





