Yeah, I suppose I’m less interested in the ontic/metaphysic understanding of free-will, than I am in what happens when people take those positions as functional pivots in their world-image.
It’s amazing how sticky some ideas are, @chagmed can tell you all about that though.pic.twitter.com/ooCYbw3xdO
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Eg: I know a CEO of a recruitment firm. He was very good at what he used to do, but now he’s at the top he complains about his young employees not taking initiative; instead of looking for things he can change, he complains about them not trying hard enough.
When I pushed back on this and asked him questions, I was amazed by just how entrenched in his view he was. He was unwilling to consider ways of coaxing his employees in his desired direction, because according his worldview they were just choosing to not put in the effort.
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It’s kind of an extreme, limited example, but versions of this seem to happen with surprising frequency.
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Speaking from personal experience working at a firm like that, you can have all those beliefs and retain some modicum of self-awareness. You just slingshot "didn't want to put the work in" up a level to include your own outcomes w/employees... which is the logical thing to do.
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