@Meaningness Hi David, wanted to let you know I'm really grateful for your work on Meaningness / the other blogs. Your writing was one of the few things that made my Stage 4.5 flailing-in-the-void bearable, enough for me to kind of grok at metasystematicity!
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I'm still grappling with how I can contribute to the field of metarationality, or at least get the ideas out there in public discourse after they've helped me so much.
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Would you have any suggestions for young students curious about how to proceed and make a difference after looking at these issues - ideas or areas of research that seem unaddressed? Is it mostly a matter of popularizing these concepts? Thanks again for all the great writing.
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I’ll think about that… an answer is not coming immediately to mind, I’m afraid!
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I'm curious to see if something comes up, & my first intuition is to share some of the important aspects of your 4.5 journey in a way that could resonate with people on a similar trajectory. Maybe start with, "I wish this was available on my journey."
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I've mulled over making an "Existential Crisis Survival Guide" for a year now! Mostly hesitating because I don't have any psych / philosophy bona fides and fear that giving bad advice to existentially depressed people could really backfire. Then again...
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The lack of resources for Stage 4.5 online that go beyond telling people to just grow up, read Sartre and walk it off, or parrot basic depression advice is miserable. The longer I watch, the more I feel like my fumbling at explaining metarationality is better than nothing.
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Sometimes the best way to help is to simply tell your story with an emphasis that it was what worked for you in your specific circumstances. If the listener finds resonance in your path, you've helped without giving advice.
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