True. It also isn’t very reassuring to know that some of the paths which I’m now pursuing will, if successful, give me high status (within a different community) in addition to the status boost one gets from being rich. I do know that I’m still being somewhat pulled by status considerations, but at least now I’m conscious of it. Is that enough to avoid another hijack? Probably not merely by itself. I’ll just have to try to be careful.
Why are you even trying to avoid status considerations? How does avoiding status considerations help you reach your instrumental goals?
Or, more precisely: what makes you think that conscious awareness and attempting to avoid status considerations will be any more successful at changing your actual behavior than any other activity undertaken via willpower?
I’m not trying to avoid status considerations. I’m only trying to avoid them hijacking my reasoning process in such a way that I think the best ways of achieving status are also the best ways of achieving my non-status goals.
I can’t completely ignore status considerations, but I might be able to trade a high-status path that achieves no other goals, to a path that is somewhat lower in status but much better at achieving my other goals. But that requires being able to see that the paths actually have different non-status outcomes.
This is very clear. Others should refer back to this for a refresher if the topic becomes confusing. I know it’s set my head spinning around sometimes.
True. It also isn’t very reassuring to know that some of the paths which I’m now pursuing will, if successful, give me high status (within a different community) in addition to the status boost one gets from being rich. I do know that I’m still being somewhat pulled by status considerations, but at least now I’m conscious of it. Is that enough to avoid another hijack? Probably not merely by itself. I’ll just have to try to be careful.
Why are you even trying to avoid status considerations? How does avoiding status considerations help you reach your instrumental goals?
Or, more precisely: what makes you think that conscious awareness and attempting to avoid status considerations will be any more successful at changing your actual behavior than any other activity undertaken via willpower?
I’m not trying to avoid status considerations. I’m only trying to avoid them hijacking my reasoning process in such a way that I think the best ways of achieving status are also the best ways of achieving my non-status goals.
I can’t completely ignore status considerations, but I might be able to trade a high-status path that achieves no other goals, to a path that is somewhat lower in status but much better at achieving my other goals. But that requires being able to see that the paths actually have different non-status outcomes.
This is very clear. Others should refer back to this for a refresher if the topic becomes confusing. I know it’s set my head spinning around sometimes.