Trying to connect actions to the big picture is a double-edged sword: it's supposed to grant motivation through purpose and avoid leaving you spinning your wheels and not going anywhere, but it also creates this pressure of living up to an abstraction that can't be defined.https://twitter.com/literalbanana/status/1226342947064410113 …
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I found this 'values to action decision chain' framework quite useful to address some of this. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gdQnhjstyFpPtRFnr/the-values-to-actions-decision-chain … A little jargony for my liking, but my takeaway: 1) Define values, 2) Analyze system preventing value realization, 3) ID actions to address those barriers.
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Thank you for the rec! I've been looking at a couple of these values-based systems of thinking lately like Joe Edelman's Human Systems, I'll see how this fits in
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Ah, I love that play on words with the abyss—and I agree that nihilism is an easy way out of this dilemma, but that it is more like insensate cynicism disguising itself as wisdom. Within that state of nihilism it's hard to allow anything to disprove it, though...
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Oh man, I have been in and out of that one for sure
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