If you are good at thinking (modulo modesty/immodesty effects), and have surplus thinking capacity beyond what you need to survive, how should you choose what to think about?
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Replying to @vgr
If you have a healthy information diet, it's not this question. Just follow your curiosity and life forces.
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Replying to @chrisclark1729
that's what got us all into this mess we're in lately, too many smart people doing that
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Replying to @vgr
Do you think that's unique to now? If so, for what reason?
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Replying to @chrisclark1729 @vgr
I question the premise that many smart people are pursuing curiosity most smart people I meet (caveat: extreme selection bias) are optimizing for comfort / safety / status / wealth vgr what % of the 1.2k ppl you're following on twitter would you say are curiosity-followers
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Vanishingly few. Most are doing what you point out. Few even recognize the difference. They mistake comfort-etc-seeking cognition for curiosity-following cognition. I’d say @sarahdoingthing has developed her entire schtick around trolling smart people on this point.
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