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Ego

Colin Wright
Dec 06, 2022
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Brain Lenses
Ego
In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the "ego" is part of one's personality that focuses on fulfilling desires while taking the real world into consideration. Sometimes this means setting aside one's knee-jerk, intuitive drives in order to optimize for long-term gains (not buying a snazzy, expensive jacket in order to save for the down-payment on a house) …
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