I think people are over-downvoting this, but it does seem to carry a kinda unpleasant assertion that I’m making this claim because of some irrational emotional aversion, which I don’t especially appreciate.
I think the claim that it’s very costly is just clearly and straightforwardly true. You’re effectively asking me to commit several hours of my time to this post – an order of magnitude more time than I’d usually spend on even a very good EA Forum post. Free time is scarce and precious, and the opportunity cost of spending so much time on this is very high.
You might claim spending that much time on this is worth it, but the size of the benefit doesn’t change the fact that the demanded cost is very high.
I think the claim that it’s very costly is just clearly and straightforwardly true. You’re effectively asking me to commit several hours of my time to this post – an order of magnitude more time than I’d usually spend on even a very good EA Forum post. Free time is scarce and precious, and the opportunity cost of spending so much time on this is very high.
I’m asking you to do this iff you yourself feel that you want to do it.
I think people are over-downvoting this, but it does seem to carry a kinda unpleasant assertion that I’m making this claim because of some irrational emotional aversion, which I don’t especially appreciate.
I think the claim that it’s very costly is just clearly and straightforwardly true. You’re effectively asking me to commit several hours of my time to this post – an order of magnitude more time than I’d usually spend on even a very good EA Forum post. Free time is scarce and precious, and the opportunity cost of spending so much time on this is very high.
You might claim spending that much time on this is worth it, but the size of the benefit doesn’t change the fact that the demanded cost is very high.
I’m asking you to do this iff you yourself feel that you want to do it.
I’m not asserting that you’re acting from an irrational emotional aversion.
I was genuinely curious about how the very-costly feeling was showing up in your body and in your mind.