@msutherl what causes the transition?
Open-ended Q: Why do people subscribe to ideologies? E.g., Objectivism, communism, Mormonism, transhumanism, social justice-ism...
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@KevinSimler@msutherl problems with existing ideology become apparent, contact with (true believers of) new one
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@wargfranklin f'yeah!
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@KevinSimler a set of convincing and self-coherent arguments. A local max for defensibility. -
@ctbeiser I like this view a lot. But no social incentives (beyond argument defensibility)? - 2 more replies
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@KevinSimler Some answers in http://meaningness.com/eternalism-appeal … and its child pages. (Not the only ones, of course! I don’t discuss tribalism, e.g.) -
@Meaningness Thanks. Do you think eternalism makes sense for individual brains (i.e. without a social/tribal context)? - 3 more replies
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@KevinSimler Ideological narratives give things emotional context, which is the most (only?) effective way to change our thinking. -
@TristanSevers Is an ideology something it makes sense for a lone individual to believe? - 6 more replies
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@KevinSimler the other reason— moral clarity/moral imperatives provide meaning, in huge quantities. Shared sense of purpose is huge. -
@KevinSimler Being able to see yourself as a soldier in a holy war— imagine that feeling. I'd buy in if I could. - 1 more reply
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