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Dec 19, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read Read on X
really good clear post on the generic version of the implicit strategy behind a lot of fucked up stuff people do
stupid in that it often doesn't even selfishly help you out locally, but not stupid as in "educate the problem away"

malice in that it's working against basic goods (maintain shared records of wtf happened), but not malice that can plan or strategize much
the BIG thing about concealment/compartmentalization/self-deception strategies is that you can't use the full force of your mind to think through them

tis.so/the-degree-to-…
a lot of stories i see about self-deception impute full human level general intelligence to compartmentalized processes. that's not the case!

such processes do lack some constraints that many people have installed in their "conscious mind", but it has a lot of other constraints!
the "unconscious" is probably "smarter" than the constrained, traumatized, authoritarian thing many people call "their conscious mind", described here

but it's WEAK SAUCE compared to the whole thing that is Integrated Thinking With All Capacities

benjaminrosshoffman.com/the-order-of-t…
i expect part of why i encounter so much confusion about this is because of the persistent effect of the dynamics ben is describing in the original post

avoiding both scapegoating and responsibility involves distorting ones understanding of the mind-body
ben gets at how you can't really think through self-deception strategies. responding to good incentives involves some internal assesment of "how bad is bad thing" and "how good is good thing?" which would require attending to things ur avoiding
i'm reminded of something @jessi_cata said once about how shame is effectively "infinite" (even though it's not) because trying to quantify it would be shameful and is not done

(not done at least as long as your in the mode of operating via shame)

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Jul 11, 2023
been meaning to write blog post refatoring the idea of Double Binds into a more general form, and i haven't written it in 7 months so i'm just gonna tweet it out
double binds are a concept that's pretty central to how i think about power dynamics and how people control others by creating pressures for them to disintegrate and compartmentalize themselves

the closest thing to a primer on the concept is Gregory Batesons og paper on it, but/
/its kinda confusing to just drop as a reference to explain the idea

like, the papers called "Toward a Theory of Schizophrenia". the schizophrenia thing is very relevant to the whole idea, but can distract if this is new to you

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new Orleans is very
"this would be a bad time if I was trying to have a good time"
places can want things from you on the same way people can want things from you

and one can similarly be better or worse at saying no
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Aug 5, 2020
gonna try to tweet out the current draft of the mini book I'm writing

working title
"Taste vs Tests: How we learned to let others define what matters"
I finished undergrad at a fancy STEM school this past May. I switched my major 3.5 times in 4 years, going from mechanical engineering, to electrical computer engineering, to a self defined major, to philosophy

this story's about not knowing what you want; my domain of expertise
I was obsessed with this quote at the end of highschool

Of Course! No decisions matter unless you Know What You Want!

i reflected endlessly on what I wanted, how to best craft my goals, and making sure I was always acting of my own volition, never just "going with the flow"
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Apr 26, 2020
guys, it's coming together! ideas on consciousness that were kicked off by Jaynes and GWT if any of this parses for you, plz gimme a spotcheck/your commentary

WM = working memory
GNW = global neuronal workplace
PhLoop = phonological loop
PP = predictive processing. I conceptualize the "hierarchical levels" as these doubles stranded chains, for percepts to "go up" and predictions to "go down"
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