No, that’s not quite what I’m saying in my post. I’m pointing at the times when a culture could either positively reinforce X or positively punish not-X, which is exactly the same amount of restriction.
Maybe, one could argue, in practice positive reinforcement creates a more precise signal, which on my model is a good thing; I like communities that clearly signal their values and aren’t adversarial to bystanders. I really don’t think this is a trick, I think the post is in fact about the differences between these two framings, including about the reinforcement/punishment distinction.
No, that’s not quite what I’m saying in my post. I’m pointing at the times when a culture could either positively reinforce X or positively punish not-X, which is exactly the same amount of restriction.
Maybe, one could argue, in practice positive reinforcement creates a more precise signal, which on my model is a good thing; I like communities that clearly signal their values and aren’t adversarial to bystanders. I really don’t think this is a trick, I think the post is in fact about the differences between these two framings, including about the reinforcement/punishment distinction.