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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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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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