I mean, this question is why I wrote the post in the first place. It’s not hyper-altruism. I think it’s an inadequate equilibrium, although I don’t know that calling it that actually explains anything. There was a lot of stuff at play here that is hard to write about because it’s sort of nebulous and social and I don’t remember all the details that well. Perhaps someone else in my bubble could take a stab at it?
To add more color to the inadequate equilibrium: I didn’t want to hang out with people with a lot of risk, not because of how bad COVID would be for me, but because of how it would limit which community members would interact with me. But this also meant I was a community member who was causing other people to take less risk.
I mean, this question is why I wrote the post in the first place. It’s not hyper-altruism. I think it’s an inadequate equilibrium, although I don’t know that calling it that actually explains anything. There was a lot of stuff at play here that is hard to write about because it’s sort of nebulous and social and I don’t remember all the details that well. Perhaps someone else in my bubble could take a stab at it?
To add more color to the inadequate equilibrium: I didn’t want to hang out with people with a lot of risk, not because of how bad COVID would be for me, but because of how it would limit which community members would interact with me. But this also meant I was a community member who was causing other people to take less risk.
Do people in your bubble generally find it difficult to make decisions that might seem “selfish,” or might be disapproved of by their peers?