“irritation” in the sense of “state-of-the-world which I can improve by contributing and which my feelings desire to be improved”, yeah? not necessarily that the desire to contribute has to have negative valence. if so, I wish Luhmann had chosen a different word, but I can see how my comment fits into the framework.
“irritation” in the sense of “state-of-the-world which I can improve by contributing and which my feelings desire to be improved”, yeah? not necessarily that the desire to contribute has to have negative valence. if so, I wish Luhmann had chosen a different word, but I can see how my comment fits into the framework.
Yeah. The German term has less of a negative connotation I guess. “Surprisal” goes in a similar direction.
hmm, perhaps compare programmer’s “building projects to scratch an itch”, or fiction writers’ “plot bunnies”.