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How much you care = (size of identity)*(intensity of identity) A weak identity is one that doesn’t care much. Examples of strong ones: parents, founders, star athletes, poets
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“How you care” is a vector. A bit of the world (magnitude) and fate you wish for it (direction) Eg. Child —> grow and thrive Alpha Centauri —> become better understood by humans Mars —> become colonized by humans Caring about X *is* having a preference for future of X
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By this definitive I have a fairly weak identity. Which is why jokes about earth being destroyed by a Vogon constructor fleet are really funny to me. Also, they’re funny because I have a very juvenile sense of humor but that’s not relevant here.
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As a cohesive entity, one can construe a baby's direction as "to die as fast as possible". A parent's role is to ensure that doesn't happen until the baby's direction changes so their own agency is in alignment with their continued existence. Thankfully their magnitude is small.
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So a person with a strong affinity for something but doesn't "care" about it. Is that more like a pre-identity? I'm picturing a little kid in awe of dinosaurs.
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Well they do care. They want dinosaurs to become more real. They’d prefer more and better dinosaur movies and toys than less. The intentions/preferences regarding X don’t have to make much sense.
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