most people here want social justification via legible verbal reasoning before they do anything. pwned by the left brain. spending time reading forecasts to manage your uncertainty is anticorrelated with success at a social thing that requires selling yourself. i tried running for city council once after someone suggested it but didn’t get far due to social anxiety. maybe try walking up to individuals and suggest they run for public office. the least you can do is support someone you know who is trying it. trying it requires not looking around you for foolproof evidence that it will work out.
I’m not so convinced that forecasting is anticorrelated with selling oneself. I get the sense that Galef argues that in the Scout Mindset but I’ve not read that yet.
Feels like we are talking about different things if you think the forecast here are disheartening. If I were a Democratic person with some connections in California I’d be kicking myself right now
most people here want social justification via legible verbal reasoning before they do anything. pwned by the left brain. spending time reading forecasts to manage your uncertainty is anticorrelated with success at a social thing that requires selling yourself. i tried running for city council once after someone suggested it but didn’t get far due to social anxiety. maybe try walking up to individuals and suggest they run for public office. the least you can do is support someone you know who is trying it. trying it requires not looking around you for foolproof evidence that it will work out.
I’m not so convinced that forecasting is anticorrelated with selling oneself. I get the sense that Galef argues that in the Scout Mindset but I’ve not read that yet.
Feels like we are talking about different things if you think the forecast here are disheartening. If I were a Democratic person with some connections in California I’d be kicking myself right now