The term “weirdness points” puts a different framing on the topic.
I’m thinking maybe I/we should also do this for “recommendation points”.
The amount I’m willing to bet depends both on how important it seems to me and how likely I think the other person will appreciate it.
The way I currently try to spend my recommendation points is pretty fat tail, because I see someone’s attention as scarce, so I want to keep it for things I think are really important, and the importance I assign to information is pretty fat tail. I’ll sometimes say something like “I think you’ll like this, but I don’t want to bet reputation”.
But maybe I’m too averse. Maybe if I make small bets (in terms of recommendation points), it’ll increase my budget for future recommendations. Or maybe I should differentiate probability the person will appreciate the info and how much they might appreciate the info. And maybe people will update on my probabilities whether or not I say I want to bet reputation.
Epistemic status: thinking outloud
The term “weirdness points” puts a different framing on the topic.
I’m thinking maybe I/we should also do this for “recommendation points”.
The amount I’m willing to bet depends both on how important it seems to me and how likely I think the other person will appreciate it.
The way I currently try to spend my recommendation points is pretty fat tail, because I see someone’s attention as scarce, so I want to keep it for things I think are really important, and the importance I assign to information is pretty fat tail. I’ll sometimes say something like “I think you’ll like this, but I don’t want to bet reputation”.
But maybe I’m too averse. Maybe if I make small bets (in terms of recommendation points), it’ll increase my budget for future recommendations. Or maybe I should differentiate probability the person will appreciate the info and how much they might appreciate the info. And maybe people will update on my probabilities whether or not I say I want to bet reputation.