Book Commercials & Misanthropic Observations

It’s really all about me, even when it’s about you.

I’m chewing on a new concept.

I’m thinking about how people decide who they like, who they choose to interact with. And I’m also looking at the utter self-absorption of human beings. I get a vision of 1 person seeing other people as big toys or robots or an arcade game- the kind with a talking clown face and a whack-a-mole table.

If this toy lights up enough to capture my attention as I walk by, and gives me something fun to do, and doesn’t go too fast – makes me feel like I’m good at something, I will decide I like this game. Do we also choose who we like based on similarly self absorbed criteria?

Now I’m not saying that it’s even possible to be less self absorbed on our own strength. I’m just wondering how often my judgment calls about people are so way more about me.