Right. You do have to sacrifice some resources (time, mental energy, etc) that could be used for other things. All values do that, but some one them sabotage you more than just a reasonable resource cost.
I’m having to guess about the meaning of the second sentence but if I guessed right then I agree that the mode of decision making used by many people when ‘love’ comes into it drastically differs from a mode vaguely representing utility maximising—and often not in a healthy way!
Love often comes packed with some shitty thinking, but it doesn’t seem to lose its value if we think rationally about it.
I wasn’t referring to love as a value that has more than a straightforward resource cost, I was referring to stuff like risk aversion, hindsight bias, anger and such that damage your ability to allocate resources, as opposed to just costing resources.
I wasn’t referring to love as a value that has more than a straightforward resource cost, I was referring to stuff like risk aversion, hindsight bias, anger and such that damage your ability to allocate resources, as opposed to just costing resources.
I’m having to guess about the meaning of the second sentence but if I guessed right then I agree that the mode of decision making used by many people when ‘love’ comes into it drastically differs from a mode vaguely representing utility maximising—and often not in a healthy way!
Sorry, I had a wrong word in that sentence.
Love often comes packed with some shitty thinking, but it doesn’t seem to lose its value if we think rationally about it.
I wasn’t referring to love as a value that has more than a straightforward resource cost, I was referring to stuff like risk aversion, hindsight bias, anger and such that damage your ability to allocate resources, as opposed to just costing resources.
That’s how I took it and I agree.