{"id":7777,"date":"2024-08-20T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/759275490295070720-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:41:00","slug":"759275490295070720-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/759275490295070720-2\/","title":{"rendered":"759275490295070720"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf=\"{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/drhurd.com\/2014\/05\/10\/what-exactly-is-so-bad-about-an-ego-trip\/\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/drhurd.com\/2014\/05\/10\/what-exactly-is-so-bad-about-an-ego-trip\/\",\"title\":\"What's So Bad About an \\\"Ego Trip\\\"?\",\"description\":\"What does it mean to accuse someone of being on an \u201cego trip\u201d? Let\u2019s start with the concept of \u201cego.\u201d In the original Greek definition of th\",\"site_name\":\"Michael J. 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