This feels like a major sticking point, though. If it does dissipate, then the fact that meditation has a profound effect on your values in a way you likely wouldn’t endorse in advance seems like something its promoters should be upfront about.
If it doesn’t dissipate, then we’re back to the conundrum that the various significant improvements ostensibly acquired through meditation don’t appear to translate into unusual efficiency at accomplishing real-world tasks. Money is the unit of caring, after all, so becoming a billionaire is instrumentally convergent even to somebody free of status-seeking and ladder climbing motivational systems. Or, alternatively, becoming a prominent scientist that cures cancer seems like the sort of thing that can cause people to get famous.
Ok, but does the desire to do the greatest good for the greatest number also dissipate?
I haven’t asked.
This feels like a major sticking point, though. If it does dissipate, then the fact that meditation has a profound effect on your values in a way you likely wouldn’t endorse in advance seems like something its promoters should be upfront about.
If it doesn’t dissipate, then we’re back to the conundrum that the various significant improvements ostensibly acquired through meditation don’t appear to translate into unusual efficiency at accomplishing real-world tasks. Money is the unit of caring, after all, so becoming a billionaire is instrumentally convergent even to somebody free of status-seeking and ladder climbing motivational systems. Or, alternatively, becoming a prominent scientist that cures cancer seems like the sort of thing that can cause people to get famous.