When you say “see no intrinsic fun in” do you mean “this doesn’t sound like fun” or do you mean “I have tried this, it wasn’t fun, and I don’t anticipate rationalists being able to do it in a way that would make it fun”? If the former, do you think actually trying it would be valuable in the name of gathering more information? In general, what are your thoughts on comfort zone expansion?
The latter. I’ve been through all sorts of community forming rituals, and always found them nonsensical and mostly unfun. Comfort zone expansion is good, but if a tried thing is not working out, it’s not working out.
When you say “see no intrinsic fun in” do you mean “this doesn’t sound like fun” or do you mean “I have tried this, it wasn’t fun, and I don’t anticipate rationalists being able to do it in a way that would make it fun”? If the former, do you think actually trying it would be valuable in the name of gathering more information? In general, what are your thoughts on comfort zone expansion?
The latter. I’ve been through all sorts of community forming rituals, and always found them nonsensical and mostly unfun. Comfort zone expansion is good, but if a tried thing is not working out, it’s not working out.