Being open minded and curious is different from holding that as part of my identity.
Perhaps I never reach it. But it seems to me that “we are open minded people so we probably behave open mindedly” is false.
Or more specifically, I think that it’s good that EAs want to be open minded, but I’m not sure that we are purely because we listen graciously, run criticism contests, talk about cruxes.
The problem is the problem. And being open minded requires being open to changing one’s mind in difficult or set situations. And I don’t have a way that’s guaranteed to get us over that line.
Being open minded and curious is different from holding that as part of my identity.
Perhaps I never reach it. But it seems to me that “we are open minded people so we probably behave open mindedly” is false.
Or more specifically, I think that it’s good that EAs want to be open minded, but I’m not sure that we are purely because we listen graciously, run criticism contests, talk about cruxes.
The problem is the problem. And being open minded requires being open to changing one’s mind in difficult or set situations. And I don’t have a way that’s guaranteed to get us over that line.