This, and Vaniver’s later review on Maps of Meaning (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZaJNuYdAAC4kzcdc7/maps-of-meaning-abridged-and-translated), point to an important blindspot of rationalists—an allergy to narrative, which leads to a loss of meaning and an ability to motivate themselves.
These two posts give some concrete ways in which to recognize an transcend this blindspot. I think common knowledge of how to create myths and narratives for oneself, and understand how they operate in others, is quite important.
This, and Vaniver’s later review on Maps of Meaning (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZaJNuYdAAC4kzcdc7/maps-of-meaning-abridged-and-translated), point to an important blindspot of rationalists—an allergy to narrative, which leads to a loss of meaning and an ability to motivate themselves.
These two posts give some concrete ways in which to recognize an transcend this blindspot. I think common knowledge of how to create myths and narratives for oneself, and understand how they operate in others, is quite important.