# Are You Serious?

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## Metadata
- Author: [[visakan veerasamy]]
- Full Title: Are You Serious?
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://visakanv.substack.com/p/are-you-serious

## Highlights
- Lots of people play-act seriousness for social reasons, but quit when the going gets tough. So it makes sense that lots of people are broadly cynical. Cynicism is a completely reasonable defense against fraud and bullshit. The trouble with cynicism as a defense mechanism is that you can get so good at it that you inadvertently also defend yourself against anything good happening for you ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gpesezf18wtb6vb65cey65f1))
- Seriousness is love and curiosity expressed earnestly. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gpetjaf8x8arvct9cz341mtv))