How do you know that this apparent state difference isn’t due to confirmation bias and standard tendencies for humans to see clustering where it doesn’t exist?
Good question, made me think. At any given moment, except the short period of ramp-up, I can tell whether I’m “on” or “off”—from the inside it feels like it’s binary. But it’s true that on the outside my success varies on a continuous scale, because when I’m “off” I still have some tricks up my sleeve. But these tricks require a lot of willpower to use. When I’m “on”, everybody likes me and willpower becomes irrelevant. Maybe it’s about dynamics: when I’m close to “on”, I gravitate toward “on” as I get more validation from others, but when I’m close to “off”, I slide toward “off” for the same reason.
How do you know that this apparent state difference isn’t due to confirmation bias and standard tendencies for humans to see clustering where it doesn’t exist?
Good question, made me think. At any given moment, except the short period of ramp-up, I can tell whether I’m “on” or “off”—from the inside it feels like it’s binary. But it’s true that on the outside my success varies on a continuous scale, because when I’m “off” I still have some tricks up my sleeve. But these tricks require a lot of willpower to use. When I’m “on”, everybody likes me and willpower becomes irrelevant. Maybe it’s about dynamics: when I’m close to “on”, I gravitate toward “on” as I get more validation from others, but when I’m close to “off”, I slide toward “off” for the same reason.