The quote says that we seek the object of desire as a means to bring our lifes into balance. As a spoke lately about Eliezer in relation to story telling it means Eliezer is trying to safe the world from UFAI in order to fulfill his psychological need to bring his own life in order.
The way I imagine Eliezer he would tell you that you misunderstand him if you would treat him like he just wants to safe the world because he has a strong need to bring his own life in order. He might tell you that psychoanalysts are full of crap if they identify an imbalance in his life as a course for his quest to safe the world.
Most people are not seriously out in a quest to safe the world. If you believe in what the psychoanalysis textbook said you might ask: “What event happened that brought so much imbalance into Eliezer life that he went into the quest to safe the world?”
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The quote says that we seek the object of desire as a means to bring our lifes into balance. As a spoke lately about Eliezer in relation to story telling it means Eliezer is trying to safe the world from UFAI in order to fulfill his psychological need to bring his own life in order.
The way I imagine Eliezer he would tell you that you misunderstand him if you would treat him like he just wants to safe the world because he has a strong need to bring his own life in order. He might tell you that psychoanalysts are full of crap if they identify an imbalance in his life as a course for his quest to safe the world.
Most people are not seriously out in a quest to safe the world. If you believe in what the psychoanalysis textbook said you might ask: “What event happened that brought so much imbalance into Eliezer life that he went into the quest to safe the world?”