The Necessity of Social Validation in Developing Autonomy - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 13

About this episode

The episode discusses the transition from conformity to autonomy through the lens of social validation and expertise in the solarpunk context.

In this essay, I outline the movement from Expert to Achiever, and beyond. To grow out of conformity we must conform to Experts who represent our emerging ideal. That means that our ideal is intimately bound up with what our culture takes to be "expertise". If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/

People in this episode

Host: Will Cameron

Topics covered

• social validation
• autonomy
• conformity
• expertise
• solar punk

Keywords

• social validation
• autonomy
• conformity
• expertise
• solar punk
• self-development
• cultural ideals

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