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Collective unconscious connects all active minds

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Nothing says individuality quite like realizing your deepest thoughts are actually shared on a universal psychic server. The collective unconscious theory suggests that beneath your unique personality lies a massive, shared reservoir of ancestral memory. So no, your existential dread is not even original, it is just inherited software.

Collective unconscious connects all active minds
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