Epistemic status: SpeculativeTL;DR: Narcissism in Lasch's sense is unhappiness with the essential embeddedness of agency in our universe, "solved" by a denial of agency that leads to non-agency.Three examplesPerson A works long hours. For years, they've wanted to find a long-term relationship, but they don't have much time to find candidates, so they have a Tinder date around once a month.Person B has immigrant parents but doesn't speak the inheritance language. They want to learn it to conne...

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