‘The Kinks’ wrote these songs over fifty years ago but they echo some EA-endorsed ideas and my experiences of them.
I enjoy these songs for feeling more engaged and less alone with these ideas and experiences. Also because they’re great songs (by my taste!)
Sharing them below in case they do something similar for you. Also in case there’s any other songs or interpretations you’d add, including whether I’ve been overly influenced by The Kinks and/or EA ideas 😅
Song
Song ideas (my interpretation)
Relation to EA ideas/experiences (my interpretation)
Songs from ‘The Kinks’ resonating with EA ideas and experiences
‘The Kinks’ wrote these songs over fifty years ago but they echo some EA-endorsed ideas and my experiences of them.
I enjoy these songs for feeling more engaged and less alone with these ideas and experiences. Also because they’re great songs (by my taste!)
Sharing them below in case they do something similar for you. Also in case there’s any other songs or interpretations you’d add, including whether I’ve been overly influenced by The Kinks and/or EA ideas 😅
It’s good to use some of our time and money to benefit others
Taking action on existential risks, and
Experiencing difficult emotions when taking notice of these risks **
Connectedness with, and care for, people
“I’m no better than the animals sitting
In the cages in the zoo man”
Humility,
Connectedness with, and care for, non-human animals
Humility,
Connectedness with, and care for, future generations
“Strangers on this road we are on
We are not two we are one”
Connectedness with, and care for, ‘others’
Collaborative spirit
“So we will share this road we walk,
And mind our mouths and beware our talk”
Working on ‘being’ a good person as part of ‘doing’ good, and acknowledging moral uncertainty / commonsense ethics
* Annoyingly this song is not very gender sensitive. Also all three songs have a heavily western worldview given The Kinks were a UK band
** In case helpful, I find this C.S. Lewis quote (amongst other resources suggested in Mental Health and the Alignment Problem) particularly helpful for sharing and managing these difficult emotions.