(just a note that it’s completely possible to be a bit silly when you’re a kid, eg play with Barbie Dolls, read romance novels, swoon for the next Bieber (or the next Taylor Swift), and fret about having too few shoes and dresses… and still be extremely attached to EA principles and dedicate one’s life to EA ideas. I did all the above and I would describe myself as high-curiosity, high-openness, high-altruism, thoughtful and really trying to be epistemically strong… I think it’s ok to be a bit silly when you’re a kid or a teenager… and also still a bit silly when you’re an adult? Not sure those “silly stuff” are actually deal-breakers to be ridiculously impactful later on? )
Thanks for pointing that out! Of course, my actual worry is that she won’t pick up on EA principles when the only EA in her environment is me. I hate to have to move to an overpriced EA hub city to provide more intellectual infrastructure, but it’s on the table.
(just a note that it’s completely possible to be a bit silly when you’re a kid, eg play with Barbie Dolls, read romance novels, swoon for the next Bieber (or the next Taylor Swift), and fret about having too few shoes and dresses… and still be extremely attached to EA principles and dedicate one’s life to EA ideas. I did all the above and I would describe myself as high-curiosity, high-openness, high-altruism, thoughtful and really trying to be epistemically strong… I think it’s ok to be a bit silly when you’re a kid or a teenager… and also still a bit silly when you’re an adult? Not sure those “silly stuff” are actually deal-breakers to be ridiculously impactful later on? )
Thanks for pointing that out! Of course, my actual worry is that she won’t pick up on EA principles when the only EA in her environment is me. I hate to have to move to an overpriced EA hub city to provide more intellectual infrastructure, but it’s on the table.