What makes a subject or information source easy to overindex on?
I suspect it is being at the edge of legibility. A satisfying basic epistemic structure with infinitely deep margins of nerd-out value.
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Our insecurities also play a big role here.
We over index on things that we are fearful of losing.
(Yes, legibility plays a role but we are wonderful rationalisers)
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But if there isn’t enough information to feed the overindexing it just turns into generalized anxiety
I wonder if anyone prices their work output by HAM-A score decrement 🤔
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