Two possible responses that a person could have after recognizing that their care-o-meter is broken and deciding to pursue important causes anyways:
Option 1: Ignore their care-o-meter, treat its readings as nothing but noise, and rely on other tools instead.
Option 2: Don’t naively trust their care-o-meter, and put effort into making it so that their care-o-meter will be engaged when it’s appropriate, will be not-too-horribly calibrated, and will be useful as they pursue the projects that they’ve identified as important (despite its flaws).
Parts of this post seem to gesture towards option 2 (like the Daniel story, and section 8), while other parts seem to gesture towards option 1 (like the courage analogy, and section 5).
I definitely don’t suggest ignoring the care-o-meter entirely. Emotions are the compass.
Rather, I advocate not trusting the care-o-meter on big numbers, because it’s not calibrated for big numbers. Use it on small things where it is calibrated, and then multiply yourself if you need to deal with big problems.
Two possible responses that a person could have after recognizing that their care-o-meter is broken and deciding to pursue important causes anyways:
Option 1: Ignore their care-o-meter, treat its readings as nothing but noise, and rely on other tools instead.
Option 2: Don’t naively trust their care-o-meter, and put effort into making it so that their care-o-meter will be engaged when it’s appropriate, will be not-too-horribly calibrated, and will be useful as they pursue the projects that they’ve identified as important (despite its flaws).
Parts of this post seem to gesture towards option 2 (like the Daniel story, and section 8), while other parts seem to gesture towards option 1 (like the courage analogy, and section 5).
I definitely don’t suggest ignoring the care-o-meter entirely. Emotions are the compass.
Rather, I advocate not trusting the care-o-meter on big numbers, because it’s not calibrated for big numbers. Use it on small things where it is calibrated, and then multiply yourself if you need to deal with big problems.