I think rationality ought to encompass more than explicit decision making (and I think there are plenty of writing on this website that show it does even within the community).
If you think of instrumental rationality of the science of how to win, then necessarily it entails considering things like how to setup your environment, unthinking habits, how to “hack” into your psyche/emotions.
Put otherwise, it seems you share your definition of Rationality with David Chapman (of https://meaningness.com/ ) — and I’m thinking of that + what he calls “meta-rationality”.
So when is rationality relevant? Always! It’s literally the science of how to make your life better / achieving your values.
Of course I’m setting that up by definition… And if you look at what’s actually available community-wise, we still have a long way to go. But still, there is quite a bit of content about fundamentals ways in which to improve not all of which have to do with explicit decision making or an explicit step-by-step plan where each step is an action to carry explicitly.
So when is rationality relevant? Always! It’s literally the science of how to make your life better / achieving your values.
Sometimes science isn’t helpful or useful. The science of how music works may be totally irrelevant to actual musicians.
If you think of instrumental rationality of the science of how to win, then necessarily it entails considering things like how to setup your environment, unthinking habits, how to “hack” into your psyche/emotions.
It’s an empirical question when and whether these things are very useful; my post gives cases in which they are, and in which they aren’t.
I think rationality ought to encompass more than explicit decision making (and I think there are plenty of writing on this website that show it does even within the community).
If you think of instrumental rationality of the science of how to win, then necessarily it entails considering things like how to setup your environment, unthinking habits, how to “hack” into your psyche/emotions.
Put otherwise, it seems you share your definition of Rationality with David Chapman (of https://meaningness.com/ ) — and I’m thinking of that + what he calls “meta-rationality”.
So when is rationality relevant? Always! It’s literally the science of how to make your life better / achieving your values.
Of course I’m setting that up by definition… And if you look at what’s actually available community-wise, we still have a long way to go. But still, there is quite a bit of content about fundamentals ways in which to improve not all of which have to do with explicit decision making or an explicit step-by-step plan where each step is an action to carry explicitly.
Sometimes science isn’t helpful or useful. The science of how music works may be totally irrelevant to actual musicians.
It’s an empirical question when and whether these things are very useful; my post gives cases in which they are, and in which they aren’t.