So... I don't trust LLMs, and they are extremely dependent on humans noticing when they as research assistant go wrong.

I am curious what you (or anyone else that notices this thread) think about the following (the end of a longer chat session).

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Is Berman's book "Worldview-Expanding"?

Berman’s book is excellent for understanding why Westerners feel so "alienated" and "fake." It explains the origin of the itch that modern Westerners feel—the sense that "this isn't the real me."

However, if you are looking for a philosophy that treats community as the starting point (rather than a lost ground to be reclaimed), you might find more resonance in Communitarian philosophers like Charles Taylor (who wrote The Ethics of Authenticity) or in the Indigenous scholars who discuss the "Relational Self," such as Leanne Betasamosake Simpson or Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Berman shows you the exit from the Enlightenment's trap, but he is still standing in the hallway of Western history. He authorizes "resistance," but he doesn't necessarily provide the "interconnected protocols" that Indigenous worldviews have maintained for millennia.