Thank you for explaining. What I hear in this is that rationality also works like an esoteric hobby, and for people who want more friendships built on commonalities, adding an uncommon use of time is counterproductive.
I think I don’t experience the same negative effects because my “it’s good to interact cooperatively with people different from oneself” needs are met instead by some location-based volunteering hobbies. I live in an area with low enough population density that “vaguely competent and willing to show up and do stuff” buys one a lot of goodwill and quality time with others, which is a whole other social hack of its own :)
Thank you for explaining. What I hear in this is that rationality also works like an esoteric hobby, and for people who want more friendships built on commonalities, adding an uncommon use of time is counterproductive.
I think I don’t experience the same negative effects because my “it’s good to interact cooperatively with people different from oneself” needs are met instead by some location-based volunteering hobbies. I live in an area with low enough population density that “vaguely competent and willing to show up and do stuff” buys one a lot of goodwill and quality time with others, which is a whole other social hack of its own :)