Likely false semi-explicit belief that I’ve had for a while: changes in patterns of behavior and thought are “merely” a matter of conditioning/training. Whenever it’s hard to change behavior, it’s just because the system is already in motion in a certain direction, and it takes energy/effort to push it in a new direction.
Now, I’m more aware of some behaviors that seem to have access to some optimization power that has the goal of keeping them around. Some behaviors seem to be part of a deeper strategy run my some sub-process of me, a sub-process that can notice when wrecking-ball Conscious Me is trying to change the behavior, and starts throwing road spikes and slashing my tires. Conscious Me, having previously not had a space for this in its ontology, just went, “Man, sure is hard to change this behavior. Guess I just have to apply more juice or give up.”
Likely false semi-explicit belief that I’ve had for a while: changes in patterns of behavior and thought are “merely” a matter of conditioning/training. Whenever it’s hard to change behavior, it’s just because the system is already in motion in a certain direction, and it takes energy/effort to push it in a new direction.
Now, I’m more aware of some behaviors that seem to have access to some optimization power that has the goal of keeping them around. Some behaviors seem to be part of a deeper strategy run my some sub-process of me, a sub-process that can notice when wrecking-ball Conscious Me is trying to change the behavior, and starts throwing road spikes and slashing my tires. Conscious Me, having previously not had a space for this in its ontology, just went, “Man, sure is hard to change this behavior. Guess I just have to apply more juice or give up.”