This was a great read! I relate to a lot of these thoughts—have swung back and forth on how much I want to lean into social norms / “guess culture” vs be a stereotypically rationalist-y person, and had a very similar experience at school. I think it’s great you’re thinking deeply and carefully about these issues. I’ve found that my attitude towards how to be “agentic” / behave in society has affected a lot of my major object-level decisions, both good and not so good.
This was a great read! I relate to a lot of these thoughts—have swung back and forth on how much I want to lean into social norms / “guess culture” vs be a stereotypically rationalist-y person, and had a very similar experience at school. I think it’s great you’re thinking deeply and carefully about these issues. I’ve found that my attitude towards how to be “agentic” / behave in society has affected a lot of my major object-level decisions, both good and not so good.