Resist the Pull of "The Inner Ring"
In 1944, CS Lewis warned the graduating class at Kings College, University of London about the human desire to be part of an “inner circle,” an elite, an exclusive group of those “in the know.” His lecture, titled “The Inner Ring” explained the dangers of becoming obsessed by the desire to gain social status through connection with perceived elites. This dynamic is absolutely central to understanding the weaponization of loneliness . C. S. Lewis The craving to be part of an
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