In general I just don’t create mental models of people anymore, and would recommend that others don’t either.
That seems to me prohibitive to navigating social situations or even long term planning. When asked to make a promise, if you can’t imagine your future self in the position of having to follow through on it, and whether they do that, how can you know you’re promising truthfully or dooming yourself to a plan you’ll end up regretting? When asking someone for a favor, do you just not imagine how it’d sound from their perspective, to try and predict if they’ll agree or be offended by the assumption?
I don’t know how I’d get through life at all without mental models of people, myself and others, and couldn’t recommend to others that they don’t do the same.
That seems to me prohibitive to navigating social situations or even long term planning. When asked to make a promise, if you can’t imagine your future self in the position of having to follow through on it, and whether they do that, how can you know you’re promising truthfully or dooming yourself to a plan you’ll end up regretting? When asking someone for a favor, do you just not imagine how it’d sound from their perspective, to try and predict if they’ll agree or be offended by the assumption?
I don’t know how I’d get through life at all without mental models of people, myself and others, and couldn’t recommend to others that they don’t do the same.