I’m less clear about what to do when there’s a valley you need to cross, which I think is true for theory and rationality as well, and my rough guess is “the only way out is through.”
I’d add: “in theory, and rationality, and physical exercise, and… whatever’s going on in Circling*, it’d be nice if it were possible to safely gain a bunch of relevant skills without exposing yourself to danger. But it’s not, and meanwhile, you’re already in danger.”
(I endorse making this claim for something like Circling, but I admit that my exact model is still pretty fuzzy. Introspection, extrospection, authenticity, emotional self-regulation, maintaining safeguards and other things all seem like part of the cluster of skills that Circling seems to be training)
I’d add: “in theory, and rationality, and physical exercise, and… whatever’s going on in Circling*, it’d be nice if it were possible to safely gain a bunch of relevant skills without exposing yourself to danger. But it’s not, and meanwhile, you’re already in danger.”
(I endorse making this claim for something like Circling, but I admit that my exact model is still pretty fuzzy. Introspection, extrospection, authenticity, emotional self-regulation, maintaining safeguards and other things all seem like part of the cluster of skills that Circling seems to be training)
Note that I previously wrote up a lot of my concerns and thoughts-on-tradeoffs over on Unreal’s Circling post.