I appreciate the thoughtful consideration and I agree with you. IMO I think you are right, including your points like the medical establishment is often wrong and slow. I’m less certain, but it’s possible the DSM (and maybe a lot of physiatry) is a mess.
Finally, the opioid comparison strikes me as strained.
Yes, this should be deleted. Maybe I was trying to gesture at creating subcultures that normalize drug use inappropriately, and I was using “opioid” as an example in support of this, but this might be wrong and, if anything, supports your points equally or better.
The main difference is my concern about EA having subpopulations/subcultures with different resources.
I support the OP, but I’m worried she’s an outlier, being in a place where there is a huge amount of support, creating agency for her exploration (read the 80,000 hours CEO’s story here).
I don’t want to minimizing her journey, such personal work and progress should be encouraged and written up more, because it’s great!
But, partially because this is impractical for many, I’m worried that something will get lost in translation, or some bad views might piggy back on this e.g. normalizing low-fidelity beliefs about drug use (that are Schedule II stimulants!).
I appreciate the thoughtful consideration and I agree with you. IMO I think you are right, including your points like the medical establishment is often wrong and slow. I’m less certain, but it’s possible the DSM (and maybe a lot of physiatry) is a mess.
Yes, this should be deleted. Maybe I was trying to gesture at creating subcultures that normalize drug use inappropriately, and I was using “opioid” as an example in support of this, but this might be wrong and, if anything, supports your points equally or better.
The main difference is my concern about EA having subpopulations/subcultures with different resources.
I support the OP, but I’m worried she’s an outlier, being in a place where there is a huge amount of support, creating agency for her exploration (read the 80,000 hours CEO’s story here).
I don’t want to minimizing her journey, such personal work and progress should be encouraged and written up more, because it’s great!
But, partially because this is impractical for many, I’m worried that something will get lost in translation, or some bad views might piggy back on this e.g. normalizing low-fidelity beliefs about drug use (that are Schedule II stimulants!).