I’m no pro at the creative stuff but I’ve found that when I allow myself to have a fun zone where I just produce stuff whenever things appear it seems like I have generally better thoughts. (Similar to more procedural virtue ethics models that you have)
I spend at least 5-10 hours a week in this space and I think it is correlated with thinking that anything goes. I kind of have a separate evaluator system that I apply in other circumstances. No impact evaluation, just cool thoughts in this space. I also have a new saying that I like to follow “if it’s fun it’s fine.”
It also coincides nicely with a specific type of meditative skill that is a version of the problem solving walk described in the appendix of the mind illuminated about holding different kinds of mental spaces for different purposes (see appendix b here). Also if you believe in a constructivist theory of emotion then being more attune with your emotion is also being more intune with your research taste as you notice smaller pointers to useful bits of information!
I’m no pro at the creative stuff but I’ve found that when I allow myself to have a fun zone where I just produce stuff whenever things appear it seems like I have generally better thoughts. (Similar to more procedural virtue ethics models that you have)
I spend at least 5-10 hours a week in this space and I think it is correlated with thinking that anything goes. I kind of have a separate evaluator system that I apply in other circumstances. No impact evaluation, just cool thoughts in this space. I also have a new saying that I like to follow “if it’s fun it’s fine.”
It also coincides nicely with a specific type of meditative skill that is a version of the problem solving walk described in the appendix of the mind illuminated about holding different kinds of mental spaces for different purposes (see appendix b here). Also if you believe in a constructivist theory of emotion then being more attune with your emotion is also being more intune with your research taste as you notice smaller pointers to useful bits of information!
A bit random but hopefully a bit relevant