I’m not quite sure I can answer the question. I certainly have no major, world(view)-shaking Cause which is driving me to improve my strength.
For what it’s worth, I’ve had this general idea that being wrong is a bad idea for as long as I can remember. Suggestions like “you should hold these beliefs, they will make your life happier” always sounded just insane—as crazy as “you should drink this liquor, it will make your commute less boring”. From that standpoint, it feels like what I have to protect is just the things I care about in the world—my own life, the lives of the people around me, the lives of humans in general.
This is a pretty good summary of my standpoint. While I agree with the overarching view that rationality isn’t a value in its own right, it seems like a pretty good thing to practise for general use.
I’m not quite sure I can answer the question. I certainly have no major, world(view)-shaking Cause which is driving me to improve my strength.
For what it’s worth, I’ve had this general idea that being wrong is a bad idea for as long as I can remember. Suggestions like “you should hold these beliefs, they will make your life happier” always sounded just insane—as crazy as “you should drink this liquor, it will make your commute less boring”. From that standpoint, it feels like what I have to protect is just the things I care about in the world—my own life, the lives of the people around me, the lives of humans in general.
That’s it.
This is a pretty good summary of my standpoint. While I agree with the overarching view that rationality isn’t a value in its own right, it seems like a pretty good thing to practise for general use.