User:Michael R. Burton/sandbox

Icarism/Icarist
Icarism- When someone fails at following directions because they are blinded by their own self interests and goals, causing them to hurt themselves or someone else. Icarist- A person that is keen to ignore advice or directions because of their own self-interests, causing them to hurt themselves or others

This is a psychological term I’ve created, it explains the tale of Icarus and his mindset. After Icarus was told by his father not to fly to close to the sun, he ended up doing so because of his own self-interest, and ended up falling into the ocean from his own ignorance and failure to follow advice or directions. This mindset can be applied to many people today, many people are icarists, they can cause harm physically and mentally to people by doing these things.