According to folklore, St. George rescued a princess who was about to become dinner for a dragon that had settled near the city of Silene, allegedly in modern-day Libya. As luck would have it, St. George was passing through and saved the princess by beheading the dragon. He got so much acclaim for his bravery and is said to have inspired people in Silene to convert to Christianity. A great story, but more fantasy than reality.
Saint George in retirement syndrome goes on to tell us how he killed the dragon but wasn’t satisfied. He was convinced that there were still more dragons around every corner to slay and kept on looking for dragons that didn’t exist. He searched everywhere and started killing smaller and smaller creatures until eventually he was swinging his sword at clean air like a crazy person. He couldn’t stop himself.
Relate this to anytime you solve a problem. Inflating the size of what you’re facing to re-live the merits that came with solving bigger issues in the past is a slippery slope that will leave you delusional. This could take many forms, from socially uncalibrated responses that overdramatize trivial situations to the modern left. It could distort your reality to the point that at exactly the best time to ever live are things portrayed as having never been worse.
a museum, but with thoughts. 