I like this post a lot, especially in today’s media environment, but I find it somewhat hard to apply. The main reason I think this is because I think “question” is pretty similar to “bid for attention,” and it feels overwhelming to me to critically evaluate every bid for my attention. I also don’t know if it’s worth trying to apply this in my everyday life—I can imagine that would take up too many cognitive resources.
However, I think the final recommendation of asking “what do I plan on doing with an answer to this question?” is really good. This seems useful for robustly good habits like respecting the value of your time (which I guess is equivalent to ‘attention’ here) and productive communication (e.g., a 1:1 where you are double-cruxing).
I like this post a lot, especially in today’s media environment, but I find it somewhat hard to apply. The main reason I think this is because I think “question” is pretty similar to “bid for attention,” and it feels overwhelming to me to critically evaluate every bid for my attention. I also don’t know if it’s worth trying to apply this in my everyday life—I can imagine that would take up too many cognitive resources.
However, I think the final recommendation of asking “what do I plan on doing with an answer to this question?” is really good. This seems useful for robustly good habits like respecting the value of your time (which I guess is equivalent to ‘attention’ here) and productive communication (e.g., a 1:1 where you are double-cruxing).