Does anyone have any generally helpful advice for someone who doesn’t really get vibes? Should I just continue to be more timid than normal, or is there a helpful heuristic I can use (aside from the ‘don’t talk to strangers, don’t join MLM’s, be wary of things that are too good to be true’ stuff that our parents tell us at a young age.)
As with any expertise, the standard heuristic is “if you can’t do it in-house, outsource it”. In this case, that means “if you have a trusted friend who does ‘get vibes’, consult with them when in doubt (or even when not in doubt, for the avoidance thereof)”.
Of course, the other standard heuristic is “it takes expertise to recognize expertise”, so finding a sufficiently trusted friend to consult on such things may be difficult, if you do not already have any such. Likewise, principal-agent problems apply (although sufficiently close friends should be as close to perfect alignment with the principal as any agent can realistically get).
Does anyone have any generally helpful advice for someone who doesn’t really get vibes? Should I just continue to be more timid than normal, or is there a helpful heuristic I can use (aside from the ‘don’t talk to strangers, don’t join MLM’s, be wary of things that are too good to be true’ stuff that our parents tell us at a young age.)
As with any expertise, the standard heuristic is “if you can’t do it in-house, outsource it”. In this case, that means “if you have a trusted friend who does ‘get vibes’, consult with them when in doubt (or even when not in doubt, for the avoidance thereof)”.
Of course, the other standard heuristic is “it takes expertise to recognize expertise”, so finding a sufficiently trusted friend to consult on such things may be difficult, if you do not already have any such. Likewise, principal-agent problems apply (although sufficiently close friends should be as close to perfect alignment with the principal as any agent can realistically get).