“Fanfiction”
Using knowledge as a defense against acting. Acting gives you feedback from the world that confronts you with who you are and thus threatens your self image (map of yourself).
The spirit is “I know, therefore I don’t have to do”. A conscious increase of learned helplessness/loss of agency by growing one’s circle of concern while keeping one’s circle of influence static.
Deliberately adding to the map at the expense of confronting/getting intimate with the territory.
Usually done in groups that self-validate.
