your intuitive sense of caring evolved when your sphere of influence was small
Even in our EEA we had influence beyond the immediate tribe, e.g., into neighboring tribes, which we were evolved to care much less about, hence inter-tribal raids, warfare, etc.
So it seems like your default behavior should be extended to your new circumstances instead of extending your new circumstances to default state.
I’m just not sure what you mean here. Can you explain with some other examples? (Are Daniel Kirmani’s extrapolations of your argument correct?)
From my (new since you asked this) reply to Kirmani’s comment:
I’m advocating for updating in the general direction of trusting your small-scale intuition when you notice a conflict between your large scale intuition and your small scale intuition.
Honestly, its a pretty specific argument/recommendation so I’m having trouble thinking of another example that adds something. Maybe the difference between how I feel about my dog vs farmed animals, or near vs far people. If you’d like/it would help you or someone else, I can spend some more time thinking of one.
I don’t think I understand what your argument is.
Even in our EEA we had influence beyond the immediate tribe, e.g., into neighboring tribes, which we were evolved to care much less about, hence inter-tribal raids, warfare, etc.
I’m just not sure what you mean here. Can you explain with some other examples? (Are Daniel Kirmani’s extrapolations of your argument correct?)
From my (new since you asked this) reply to Kirmani’s comment:
Honestly, its a pretty specific argument/recommendation so I’m having trouble thinking of another example that adds something. Maybe the difference between how I feel about my dog vs farmed animals, or near vs far people. If you’d like/it would help you or someone else, I can spend some more time thinking of one.