Moreover, given what’s being said here, teaching an aversion may be the wrong tack. I suspect it’s more motivating to get strong, positive feedback when your efforts align with your goals. It’s hard to state the positive condition clearly; it’s far easier to point at instances of lost purposes and disapprove than to point at clear goal-oriented behavior and approve. It might be useful to learn, though.
Exactly, it’s tricky. I don’t know if anyone else will find this funny, but here’s a conversation I had recently:
Me: “Alright, I think I’ve decided to make myself even more horribly afraid of the consequences of flinching away from examining lost purposes and not thinking things through from first principles.” Other: “Um um um um so I’m not sure that’s a good idea...” Me: “Why? See, it’s possible that it will destroy my motivation system, but the best thinkers I know by far all seem to have this tendency. My only comparative advantage at this point is in thinking well. Therefore...” Other: “You bastard.”
How much effort has been put into teaching an aversion to lost purposes? What has been tried and what have the failures looked like?
Moreover, given what’s being said here, teaching an aversion may be the wrong tack. I suspect it’s more motivating to get strong, positive feedback when your efforts align with your goals. It’s hard to state the positive condition clearly; it’s far easier to point at instances of lost purposes and disapprove than to point at clear goal-oriented behavior and approve. It might be useful to learn, though.
We must thoroughly research this. :j
Exactly, it’s tricky. I don’t know if anyone else will find this funny, but here’s a conversation I had recently:
I recognize this mental state! I don’t know if that’s hilarious or terrifying. :/
This actually got me thinking, though… I’m working on a top level comment now.