@nosilverv I think it's more complicated than that- I had issues w massive burden of "you're gifted therefore you owe the world massive good-for-humanity accomplishments" .... and then you realize there's actually a lot of other factors that go into that and it's not a healthy mindset
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Reply · Sep 6, 2022@GFMindset There IS sometimes a weird mix of outsized expectations (“you owe it to others to make the world better as repayment for your gifts”) and…Reply · Jun 14, 2024@lisatomic5 imo this mindset creates the difficulty it tries to solve - abdicating responsibility for any need you aren't 100% inclined to meet = race…Reply · Oct 26, 2023@knowclarified I think most ppl have an internal sense of fairness & reciprocity... someone does something nice for me... if I feel I don't deserve…Reply · Feb 20, 2022@robinhanson Aww, I think it's a great idea, just didn't agree with quantifying the exact value of a gift as the reason to do it.