I know a lot of LW-ish people in the Bay Area and I see them explicitly thinking carefully about a lot of big life changes (e.g. moving, relationships, jobs, what habits to have) in just the way you recommended. I don’t know if it has something to do with utilitarianism or not.
I’m personally more inclined to think in that way than I was a few years ago, and I think it’s mostly because of the social effects of from hanging out with & looking up to a bunch of other people who do so.
I know a lot of LW-ish people in the Bay Area and I see them explicitly thinking carefully about a lot of big life changes (e.g. moving, relationships, jobs, what habits to have) in just the way you recommended. I don’t know if it has something to do with utilitarianism or not.
I’m personally more inclined to think in that way than I was a few years ago, and I think it’s mostly because of the social effects of from hanging out with & looking up to a bunch of other people who do so.