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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
35
The biological function of love for non-kin is to gain the trust of people we cannot deceive
chaosmage
1mo
3
105
Ego syntonic thoughts and values
Scott Alexander
11y
55
66
Fake Selfishness
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
71
30
Integrating Three Models of (Human) Cognition
jbkjr
1y
4
57
Not for the Sake of Pleasure Alone
lukeprog
11y
134
69
Nobody does the thing that they are supposedly doing
Kaj_Sotala
5y
6
8
Using false but instrumentally rational beliefs for your career?
rockthecasbah
2y
29
31
Motivators: Altruistic Actions for Non-Altruistic Reasons
Ruby
8y
20
18
Meaningfulness and the scope of experience
Kaj_Sotala
5y
1
42
Motivation: You Have to Win in the Moment
Ruby
3y
19
43
Joy in Discovery
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
48
38
I want to save myself
DanArmak
11y
64
93
How To Raise Others’ Aspirations in 17 Easy Steps
chanamessinger
11mo
13
2
Wormy the Worm
River Lewis
7mo
23
191
The curse of identity
Kaj_Sotala
11y
306
72
The Black Team - A Parable of Group Effectiveness
JGWeissman
11y
21
12
Two kinds of Agency
Elo
4y
9
67
The Actionable Version of "Keep Your Identity Small"
Hazard
3y
14
33
Realistic thought experiments
KatjaGrace
4y
8
30
Identities are [Subconscious] Strategies
Ruby
5y
2
7
Notes on Robert McIntyre’s Brain Preservation Talk at the Long Now Foundation
JohnGreer
1y
3
142
Use Your Identity Carefully
Ben_LandauTaylor
9y
33
40
Self-consciousness wants to make everything about itself
jessicata
3y
68
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Is social theory our doom?
pchvykov
1y
2
87
Three more ways identity can be a curse
gothgirl420666
9y
105
246
Roles are Martial Arts for Agency
Eneasz
8y
59
36
You'll be who you care about
Stuart_Armstrong
11y
24