Suddenly realizing I’ve never explicitly thought the thought “how can I be helpful to others?”
I mean I try to help if asked or if someone obviously needs help, but it’s all reactive. The proactive thought just never occurs to me.
Not counting “how can I help” ritual exchanges
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So some of you naturally go around thinking this thought? Like it’s not taught by your religion or something?
Impressed.
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Reason #93442 why I’m ngmi in the afterlife
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In hindsight this explains why kids always seem confused by interactions with me. I think they expect all adults to be proactively helpful.
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gonna try and follow the 3 laws of robotics for a day as an experiment in proactive helpfulness
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On the flip side I’m always surprised when someone steps up to help me without being asked
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Funny how some responses seem to take it for granted that I aspire to greater helpfulness
Your faith in me is touching but I’m merely observing, not aspiring to do better
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Don't worry. This is an example of what Bernard Williams called "one thought too many"
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I think in terms of helping "society" as in "alt-young-self"
(Designers specialize in their own defects.)
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I'm an overall nice guy, but I've never thought it. I know at least two persons who very obviously do. I wonder where does that come from...



