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    1. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Feb 22
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      25/ But we form expectations of other people and other industries based on the behavior we observe, and the thing is that we haven't actually *observed* much at all. We've consumed a carefully-manicured construct filtered through several layers of abstraction.

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    2. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Feb 22
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      26/ I see this with politicians a lot too. Like, people complain all the time that politics is shady and grumble about legislators and so on. Have you considered that this might be completely necessary to their jobs and that you're not seeing the whole picture?

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    3. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Feb 22
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      27/ Or I've watched younger friends react with indignation about superiors misrepresenting information to them or doing things they don't understand. But having not been in those roles, they're not seeing the whole picture.

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    4. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Feb 22
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      28/ Often what they're doing is taking the small slice of the information and actions that they're exposed to and holding it up against their mental model of what they THINK someone in that role should be doing, and judging the person for not doing it better. We all do this.

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    5. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Feb 22
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      29/ And like... when I look at something like health care, or foreign domestic policy, or the legal system, or tax policy, I feel like it's SO hard to form good opinions about what is good and bad and wrong and right given how little I really know, if I apply this model outward.

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    6. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Feb 22
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      30/ I've never been to war. I've never worked in a hospital. I've never been a trial lawyer. I've never lived in a condo in NYC. I've never worked for a TV studio. Why do I let myself believe that I know anything meaningful about any of these things?

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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 22
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      Great thread but why are presenting it like these are all bugs rather than features? 🤔

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    8. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Feb 22
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      Hmm, I'm not sure I am? I don't think they're bugs, I think I'm trying to make an observation about how you should challenge what you think you know before passing judgment on people's actions

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 22
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      I mean in the sense of, living in fictional escaped realities probably is the foundation of our sanity, so I’m not sure *generally* challenging it is either necessary or wise. We work really hard to construct and maintain these delusions for good reasons.

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    10. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Feb 22
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      Hmm... that is a good point but also I think we should refrain from making moral judgments on the basis of flawed understanding, too, no?

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 22
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      It’s all flawed understanding and shaky judgments, and inseparable from belief anyway, so I personally prefer to censor my actions very parsimoniously rather than judge my judgments. As in “he’s an asshole, but don’t do anything to cause him pain because default don’t cause pain”

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        2. Liminal Warmth  💕‏ @liminal_warmth Feb 22
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          This is probably the best life philosophy in general

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        3. Leon Lin‏ @Leonlinsx Feb 22
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          Think there are 2 separate points here. Knowing that perception is flawed among everyone, 1) What should you do about it? Can you "improve"? 2) What should you expect of others?

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