I like your example about your math tutoring, where you “had a fun time” and “[weren’t] too results driven” and reality-masking phenomena seemed not to occur.
It reminds me of Eliezer talking about how the first virtue of rationality is curiosity.
I wonder how general this is. I recently read the book “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind,” where the author suggests that difficulty sticking to such principles as “don’t lie,” “don’t cheat,” “don’t steal,” comes from people being afraid that they otherwise won’t get a particular result, and recommends that people instead… well, “leave a line of retreat” wasn’t his suggested ritual, but I could imagine “just repeatedly leave a line of retreat, a lot” working for getting unattached.
Also, I just realized (halfway through typing this) that cousin_it and Said Achmiz say the same thing in another comment.
I like your example about your math tutoring, where you “had a fun time” and “[weren’t] too results driven” and reality-masking phenomena seemed not to occur.
It reminds me of Eliezer talking about how the first virtue of rationality is curiosity.
I wonder how general this is. I recently read the book “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind,” where the author suggests that difficulty sticking to such principles as “don’t lie,” “don’t cheat,” “don’t steal,” comes from people being afraid that they otherwise won’t get a particular result, and recommends that people instead… well, “leave a line of retreat” wasn’t his suggested ritual, but I could imagine “just repeatedly leave a line of retreat, a lot” working for getting unattached.
Also, I just realized (halfway through typing this) that cousin_it and Said Achmiz say the same thing in another comment.