This strikes me as a core application of rationality. Learning to notice implicit “should”s and tabooing them. The example set is great.
Some of the richness is in the comments. Raemon’s in particular highlights an element that strikes me as missing: The point is to notice the feeling of judging part of the territory as inherently good or bad, as opposed to recognizing the judgment as about your assessment of how you and/or others relate to the territory.
But it’s an awful lot to ask of a rationality technique to cover all cases related to its domain.
If all that people did as a result of reading this post was notice the word “should” in their thoughts and start tabooing it, that would be a huge boon IMO.
This strikes me as a core application of rationality. Learning to notice implicit “should”s and tabooing them. The example set is great.
Some of the richness is in the comments. Raemon’s in particular highlights an element that strikes me as missing: The point is to notice the feeling of judging part of the territory as inherently good or bad, as opposed to recognizing the judgment as about your assessment of how you and/or others relate to the territory.
But it’s an awful lot to ask of a rationality technique to cover all cases related to its domain.
If all that people did as a result of reading this post was notice the word “should” in their thoughts and start tabooing it, that would be a huge boon IMO.