That seems wrong, at least in the naïve way you suggest. Yes, I often encourage people to consider what they are interested in and enjoy doing, as those are critical inputs into effectiveness, but I’ve been concerned that too many people are failing in the rationalist virtues around actually evaluating the evidence and changing their mind to think that following passions alone is going to be helpful.
That seems wrong, at least in the naïve way you suggest. Yes, I often encourage people to consider what they are interested in and enjoy doing, as those are critical inputs into effectiveness, but I’ve been concerned that too many people are failing in the rationalist virtues around actually evaluating the evidence and changing their mind to think that following passions alone is going to be helpful.