The function of a narrative is to control your surprisability. If you're always surprised or never surprised, you have a broken narrative
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From a decision-making perspective, a good personal narrative is one that leaves you surprised by 1-2 out of every 5 unpredicted events
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"Good" enlightenment allows you to tune the "surprisability" of your narrative. "Bad" enlightenment breaks control over surprisability
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People who claim "enlightenment" (and sincerely convinced of it based on inner experiences) are often indistinguishable from clueless, why?
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Both states are marked by narrative certainty: surprisability locked at one extreme of 0% (null narrative) or 100% (explains-everything)
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The mark of having achieved greater control over surprisability is not claims of "special" experiences, but greater emotional sensitivity
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Not sure about the ratio, but the principle seems solid.


