2/ We are wired so that agency is important to us. More and more in my circles are expressing their desire to not be an "urban bugman". That's one subculture's take on agency, but in other corners it takes the form of "I do my own laundry, I'm not SPOILED and sending it out".
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3/ I'd imagine that this comes down to tendencies we've evolved based on tribal politics. In the modern world, it might be great to trade labor for money and money for restaurant meals / cleaning services, but in a tribal society, to not DO is to be WORTHLESS.
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4/ Also, it's fragile. Perhaps, in a tribal society, you don't have to work bc you have status (you're a fertile young woman, or the son of the chief). To not DIY some things means that your skills rot. So an innate DESIRE to DIY is a hedge against changing fortunes.
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ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs @MorlockPReplying to @MorlockP @robinhanson2/ imagine that you are transferred to a new job with the same hours and pay as now, but with less agency. Your new job provides one free home service. then ask which service they take paired with question reversed: transferred to job w less agency1 reply 0 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
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ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs @MorlockPReplying to @MorlockP @robinhanson3/ my thesis predicts that if people are given a job with more agency (which is also perhaps more mentally exhausting) they are more likely to outsource high agency cooking, but if given a job w less agency, are LESS likely to outsource high agency cooking1 reply 0 retweets 6 likesShow this thread -
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10/ good side threadhttps://twitter.com/VarangianSkull/status/1413239531780902917 …
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11/ My DIY-ness is based on basically realizing in HS or college that I was an urban bug man, all brain, no penis.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN7sOR35KCg …
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12/ I think doing a thing that's not standard in your career field is counter signalling. Sort of like the
@slatestarcodex barber pole status thing. A sftwr engineer just out of blue collar life might make a big deal of never fixing his own car. A guy who's established might >2 replies 0 retweets 8 likesShow this thread
13/ ...signal that he's not that first guy by DEFINITELY working on his own car.
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ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs @MorlockPReplying to @robinhansonI think the first two options you present are very similar, and, yes, that's what I'm getting at. Power is certainly related, but indirectly I think, bc most high autonomy / independent jobs are either upstream or downstream of power (not all, tho, e.g. cab driver).0 replies 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread
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