This post is to make publicly available a few prompts/questions I came up with aiming to uncover blind spots around identity/self-concepts.
Select a trait X that you believe you have, and where you like that you have it (e.g. rational, kind, patient...)
Try to imagine a character that is a caricature of someone with trait X. Or another way to think about this: The way Spock is a Straw Man version of a rational character, what would a Straw Man version of a character with trait X look like? (referred to in the following as X-Spock)
What are blind spots an X-Spock is likely to have?
In what sorts of situations is an X-Spock especially likely to fail?
What would an X-Spock have a lot of trouble admitting to? (e.g. someone who considers themselves courageous may be unable to admit they are afraid)
What are traits that seem like opposites of X?
Could the opposite traits actually be beneficial?
Is what seems like an opposite trait in actuality orthogonal? (e.g. rational and emotional)
Prompts for eliciting blind spots/bucket errors/bugs
This post is to make publicly available a few prompts/questions I came up with aiming to uncover blind spots around identity/self-concepts.
Select a trait X that you believe you have, and where you like that you have it (e.g. rational, kind, patient...)
Try to imagine a character that is a caricature of someone with trait X. Or another way to think about this: The way Spock is a Straw Man version of a rational character, what would a Straw Man version of a character with trait X look like? (referred to in the following as X-Spock)
What are blind spots an X-Spock is likely to have?
In what sorts of situations is an X-Spock especially likely to fail?
What would an X-Spock have a lot of trouble admitting to? (e.g. someone who considers themselves courageous may be unable to admit they are afraid)
What are traits that seem like opposites of X?
Could the opposite traits actually be beneficial?
Is what seems like an opposite trait in actuality orthogonal? (e.g. rational and emotional)