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@RomeoStevens76 but this is not even about rationality https://t.co/P59RJc6APE
/this isn't about rationality/ it isn't even about meta-rationality it has nothing to do with rationality yes, it is meta-rational to realise "locally suboptimal decisions can be globally optimal sometimes" but id realise this and get stressed about that
@RomeoStevens76 @AskYatharth Had a similar sense some time ago: The fact that it ought to be hypothetically possible for you to be at peace with any situation doesn’t mean you are supposed to just doggedly try to make things work on current terms.
i won't die i won't irreversibly fall behind https://t.co/cKVwQHPyqE
this is the kind of thing im talking about. i would panic at decisions like these https://t.co/wPUavZHoKm
/this isn't about rationality/ it isn't even about meta-rationality it has nothing to do with rationality yes, it is meta-rational to realise "locally suboptimal decisions can be globally optimal sometimes" but id realise this and get stressed about that
this is not about figuring out the best thing to do it's figuring out the capacity to be and tolerate ok tolerate subrationality, submetarationality feel excess https://t.co/hShMAytnkt
this is such a subjective, inner experience shift in feeling, there is no way rationality or meta-rationality comes close to being relevant it's not about making the good decision or realising it's ok not to it's about a felt shift in being