The trouble is that multiple meanings of ‘care’ are involved here. If I’m a really good artist, I’m not going to care1 about producing a quality picture, but I am going to care2 about producing a quality picture. The difference is whether you’re thinking about ‘doing it right this time’, or ‘doing it right, however many tries that takes’
It certainly seems like a perverse incentive, but when I think about it, it’s really just the difference between wanting a magic bullet and being willing to work hard to achieve your desired outcome. The only real alternative would be a world that incentivized wanting magic bullets.
Or to put it another way: One of those types of ‘care’ should be written
‘is desperate’/‘enslaved to their emotions’.
(i’d format those numbers as superscript, but I haven’t found how to.)
The trouble is that multiple meanings of ‘care’ are involved here. If I’m a really good artist, I’m not going to care1 about producing a quality picture, but I am going to care2 about producing a quality picture. The difference is whether you’re thinking about ‘doing it right this time’, or ‘doing it right, however many tries that takes’
It certainly seems like a perverse incentive, but when I think about it, it’s really just the difference between wanting a magic bullet and being willing to work hard to achieve your desired outcome. The only real alternative would be a world that incentivized wanting magic bullets.
Or to put it another way: One of those types of ‘care’ should be written ‘is desperate’/‘enslaved to their emotions’.
(i’d format those numbers as superscript, but I haven’t found how to.)