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I can usually deal with English well enough but I can’t figure out what “negotiating alignment” means. How is alignment a negotiation? Can you/someone maybe des
by skrebbel 4y ago
I can usually deal with English well enough but I can’t figure out what “negotiating alignment” means. How is alignment a negotiation? Can you/someone maybe describe with some more words what Bach means?
- KineticLensman 4y agoAligning your views with someone else's may require changes to both sets of views (yours and theirs), which could involve negotiation. Consider two people planning a trip, each compromising slightly to achieve a plan they are both happy with.
- skrebbel 4y agoHmm but how is that fundamentally different from peer reviewing ideas?
- doomjunky 4y agoOne is about ideas the other is about values.
- kubanczyk 4y ago"Peer reviewing ideas" is a bad formulation for me. It's about whether the discussion is general (valid for anyone) or specific (these people, here, now). The latter gives some weight to subjective arguments and arguments from authority, the former does not, and this is a big qualitative difference.
- tremon 4y agoPeers reviewing ideas is but one step above rubber-ducking: the peer does not (necessarily) have ideas of its own, but merely serves to verify how you've formulated yours. At least, that's my interpretation.
- el_jay 4y agoSimple example: Alice: “I need you to do X.” Bob: “OK, I’ll do X.” Not much negotiating, but Bob has aligned to Alice’s request. More subtle: Carla: “Do you think we should do X or Y?” Danny: “I’m leaning X but Y might have the following benefits…” Carla: “I’m leaning Y for those exact reasons. Why do you think X?” And so on, until alignment is reached. Hope this helps!
- skrebbel 4y agoWait, so the argument is that nerds do not use conversation for stuff like this? I really only get more confused tbh.