Strongly agree. Another benefit is that it exposes you to a broader swath of the world, which makes your models of the world better / more generalizable. I often feel like the rationalist community has “beliefs about people” that I think only apply to a small subset of people, e.g.
People need to find meaning in their jobs to be happy
Everyone thinks that the thing that they are doing is “good for the world” or “morally right” (as opposed to thinking that the thing they are doing is justifiable / reasonable to do)
Strongly agree. Another benefit is that it exposes you to a broader swath of the world, which makes your models of the world better / more generalizable. I often feel like the rationalist community has “beliefs about people” that I think only apply to a small subset of people, e.g.
People need to find meaning in their jobs to be happy
Everyone thinks that the thing that they are doing is “good for the world” or “morally right” (as opposed to thinking that the thing they are doing is justifiable / reasonable to do)