Ontological shocks are always needed for growth, these are akin to traumatic experiences.

Ontological shocks are always needed for growth, these are akin to traumatic experiences. Those are never pretty at the beginning, even if it’s just something like an ego death. But at the end, coming down from the experience almost always benefits the person who went through it. https://t.co/QXH0a7uzve [Quoted] Harvard psychiatrist John Mack believed that the “ontological shock” of discovering that aliens exist could ultimately be productive for humanity. Mack observed that people fiercely d...