an interesting contrarian position I heard someone take on @greaterthancode the other day was
"The Golden Rule is Bad Actually"
and they were absolutely right
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the Golden Rule admonishes you to treat others as you want to be treated, but we're all different. you're not mean, you don't want to be treated the way I want to be treated. we're all unique
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so the person proposed instead a different maxim: Treat others the way *they* want to be treated! it's an interesting flip, and worth considering as an alternative way of thinking about things
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1/ Five years ago, I had a retort for this: "that's not possible." Like, if everyone is different, then the amount of information needed to mentally model their preferences approaches intractable. There will always be a mismatch, unless you are them.
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doesn’t matter tho. you should TRY
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I wrote two responses. Maybe didn't nail it down in part (2), but that was the point. Like, it's just an excuse to be lazy. You should try; it doesn't take much time or effort; and, even if it did, that's how you would want to be treated.
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