Hi. Thank you for this different and thought provoking essay!
I really like the concept of care-o-meter and it not being able to properly size the scale of all our problems.
Which I can definitely see how true that is, otherwise our mind would overload.
the point that I would question is about “our feelings lie to us” in section 7. I don’t think that’s true. Our feelings have no “motivations” to hinder us or our development. Our feelings are here to guide us and to be like an inner-outer alignment tool. In my mind, we need to develop a relationship of curiosity and partnership with ourselves (including our feelings), to be able to contribute widely and be effectively altruistic. Whilst acknowledging the limitations that we have. Such as the scope insensitivity that you mention.
I see it more as a fact that our body, brain, mind, haven’t evolved at the same rate than our world has and this can create some misalignment/misinterpretation. Such as to accurately estimate the scale of an issue or the level of actual threats vs perceived threats.
So, I would highly encourage us to hear what our feelings tell us (as they are our fuel for action) whilst adding the filter of reality check, to make up for our own limitations.
Hi. Thank you for this different and thought provoking essay!
I really like the concept of care-o-meter and it not being able to properly size the scale of all our problems.
Which I can definitely see how true that is, otherwise our mind would overload.
the point that I would question is about “our feelings lie to us” in section 7. I don’t think that’s true. Our feelings have no “motivations” to hinder us or our development. Our feelings are here to guide us and to be like an inner-outer alignment tool. In my mind, we need to develop a relationship of curiosity and partnership with ourselves (including our feelings), to be able to contribute widely and be effectively altruistic. Whilst acknowledging the limitations that we have. Such as the scope insensitivity that you mention.
I see it more as a fact that our body, brain, mind, haven’t evolved at the same rate than our world has and this can create some misalignment/misinterpretation. Such as to accurately estimate the scale of an issue or the level of actual threats vs perceived threats.
So, I would highly encourage us to hear what our feelings tell us (as they are our fuel for action) whilst adding the filter of reality check, to make up for our own limitations.
Hope that makes sense.