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Motivations
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Identity
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I learn better when I frame learning as Vengeance for losses incurred through ignorance, and you might too
chaosmage
2mo
7
43
The biological function of love for non-kin is to gain the trust of people we cannot deceive
chaosmage
1mo
3
67
Ego syntonic thoughts and values
Scott Alexander
11y
55
56
Fake Selfishness
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
71
28
Integrating Three Models of (Human) Cognition
jbkjr
1y
4
43
Not for the Sake of Pleasure Alone
lukeprog
11y
134
43
Nobody does the thing that they are supposedly doing
Kaj_Sotala
5y
6
6
Using false but instrumentally rational beliefs for your career?
rockthecasbah
2y
29
21
Motivators: Altruistic Actions for Non-Altruistic Reasons
Ruby
8y
20
14
Meaningfulness and the scope of experience
Kaj_Sotala
5y
1
54
Motivation: You Have to Win in the Moment
Ruby
3y
19
83
Joy in Discovery
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
48
20
I want to save myself
DanArmak
11y
64
115
How To Raise Others’ Aspirations in 17 Easy Steps
chanamessinger
11mo
13
4
Wormy the Worm
River Lewis
7mo
23
205
The curse of identity
Kaj_Sotala
11y
306
46
The Black Team - A Parable of Group Effectiveness
JGWeissman
11y
21
8
Two kinds of Agency
Elo
4y
9
83
The Actionable Version of "Keep Your Identity Small"
Hazard
3y
14
17
Realistic thought experiments
KatjaGrace
4y
8
32
Identities are [Subconscious] Strategies
Ruby
5y
2
7
Notes on Robert McIntyre’s Brain Preservation Talk at the Long Now Foundation
JohnGreer
1y
3
124
Use Your Identity Carefully
Ben_LandauTaylor
9y
33
44
Self-consciousness wants to make everything about itself
jessicata
3y
68
13
Is social theory our doom?
pchvykov
1y
2
47
Three more ways identity can be a curse
gothgirl420666
9y
105
226
Roles are Martial Arts for Agency
Eneasz
8y
59
22
You'll be who you care about
Stuart_Armstrong
11y
24