Let's go out on a limb here and consider that people aren't overly self critical, and the problem is actually that they can't do anything about their failure to meet high self expectations, because they are in effect trapped in a prescribed lifestyle where they have no power to make meaningful change.
Let's go out on a limb and consider that while being less critical of yourself addresses the symptoms of disappointment, it doesn't address the causes of inutility of smart and capable people.
Let's consider that the quote "it is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society" is actually pretty insightful.
We are, as a culture and a species, failing in myriad ways. In my humble opinion, we should feel bad and we should change as well. We're just powerless to do much because of the strength of institutions that exist out of ritual and not out of rationality.
We're left to hate ourselves, because nature and ignorant humans with money and power do not care what we think, and have an answer for everything we do.
Let's go out on a limb and consider that while being less critical of yourself addresses the symptoms of disappointment, it doesn't address the causes of inutility of smart and capable people.
Let's consider that the quote "it is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society" is actually pretty insightful.
We are, as a culture and a species, failing in myriad ways. In my humble opinion, we should feel bad and we should change as well. We're just powerless to do much because of the strength of institutions that exist out of ritual and not out of rationality.
We're left to hate ourselves, because nature and ignorant humans with money and power do not care what we think, and have an answer for everything we do.