That makes sense. I do think as a general policy, valuing reflection is more positive-sum, and if one does not feel like much is “locked in” yet then it becomes very natural too. I’m not saying that people who value reflection more than I do are doing it wrong; I think I would even argue for reflection being very important and recommend it to new people, if I felt more comfortable that they’d end up pursuing things that are beneficial from all/most plausible perspectives. Though what I find regrettable is that the “default” interventions that are said to be good from as many perspectives as possible oftentimes do not seem great from a suffering-focused perspective.
That makes sense. I do think as a general policy, valuing reflection is more positive-sum, and if one does not feel like much is “locked in” yet then it becomes very natural too. I’m not saying that people who value reflection more than I do are doing it wrong; I think I would even argue for reflection being very important and recommend it to new people, if I felt more comfortable that they’d end up pursuing things that are beneficial from all/most plausible perspectives. Though what I find regrettable is that the “default” interventions that are said to be good from as many perspectives as possible oftentimes do not seem great from a suffering-focused perspective.