I think they’re pretty different. My read on on Lotus Eating is basically “addictiveness is considered harmful and there’s a bunch of things out there that can hijack your attention”.
My thoughts on Attractor Theory are more about “note the ways your preferences will change in response to actions you take and act accordingly”. While this certainly often includes how certain activities can be spirals, I think it goes more breadth-wise and prescribes a more general strategy for which actions to take.
Musings on Lotus Eating can get a lot deeper into the “whys” and “hows” of whether or not X counts as Lotus Eating, whether or not you could secretly benefit from X, etc. Attractor Theory just notes that getting spiraled in could be a consequence of certain actions, and you can take this into account.
This triggered Valentine’s Lotus for me. Are the concepts similar on a deeper level?
I think they’re pretty different. My read on on Lotus Eating is basically “addictiveness is considered harmful and there’s a bunch of things out there that can hijack your attention”.
My thoughts on Attractor Theory are more about “note the ways your preferences will change in response to actions you take and act accordingly”. While this certainly often includes how certain activities can be spirals, I think it goes more breadth-wise and prescribes a more general strategy for which actions to take.
Musings on Lotus Eating can get a lot deeper into the “whys” and “hows” of whether or not X counts as Lotus Eating, whether or not you could secretly benefit from X, etc. Attractor Theory just notes that getting spiraled in could be a consequence of certain actions, and you can take this into account.
Oh, that’s right, thanks!
I think I misremembered/misunderstood Lotus and the concepts got jumbled together.