{
  "id": 17065761,
  "title": "Stop trying to find yourself",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/stop-trying-to-find-yourself",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Big Think",
    "slug": "big-think",
    "url": "https://bigthink.com/series/conversations/joe-folley-stop-trying-to-find-yourself/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Philosopher Joe Folley is skeptical that there’s a core self down there to find. In this Big Think Conversation with Jonny Thomson, he makes the case for a self that gets built rather than excavated — and argues that the attention it takes to build one has been quietly thinned down into something you spend, trade, and optimize. Then: why nearly everyone reads the wrong Camus book, and why Camus…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}