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by acituan 7y ago
Wild but fun speculation: WFH decreases housing prices because people can disperse further. The higher the tenure & seniority within a company, the higher the likelihood of real estate ownership (both primary and rental properties). The
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by acituan 7y ago
Well said. Though as I was re-reading your comment I remembered the incidence of PTSD among drone operators. Even though they have the perfectly controlled physical environment, they seem to be negatively effected too. I doubt their trigger
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by acituan 7y ago
Sounds like you did your best to be of support. I’m curious about the particulars of the shaking exercise you recommended. I have heard of one called TRE (trauma release exercises), perhaps something similar?
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by acituan 7y ago
That’s a good point, we had the necessary pieces scattered across cultures and time but not all at one place. Looking forward to the integration modern psychology can afford us.
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by acituan 7y ago
I disagree about being trauma naive as a society. Having a scientific understanding of trauma is separate from having phenomenological understanding of trauma, and I believe we have a large amount of knowledge and wisdom about the latter. I
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by acituan 7y ago
Discrediting him based on his profession would be saying "don't listen to a basketball player about work". That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying "don't give much credence to an immensely popular and
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by acituan 7y ago
My choosing of phrase “A popular basketball player” is not to dismiss him on the basis of his profession but to contextualize his authority; that his authority comes from being good at sports but most importantly being enormously famous. Th
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by acituan 7y ago
Thanks for the engaging response, it helps me think more clearly. I actually agree with all of your points. I would actually love to have a formalized utility framework. I think cognitive science is attempting at this from first principles.
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by acituan 7y ago
Because humans are complex emergent systems with inherent information asymmetry. We are not transparent to ourselves in that what will make us satisfied in life. Worse yet, our reward mechanisms have evolved as best-guess proximal reinforce
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by acituan 7y ago
A popular basketball player is hardly an authority in giving out wisdom on this matter. Not because of their profession, but because whatever wisdom they gathered through their exceptionally unique life situation is not going to be transfer
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by acituan 7y ago
I hate this framing. It is pressuring, dehumanizing as it contextualizes human endeavor in transactional terms, usually in a market. I know this goes against the ethos of high-tech, but humans don't have an imperative to be as product
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by acituan 7y ago
Exactly this. A new essential & non-essential dichotomy is here regardless of lockdowns. It turned out that most consumption wasn't as essential, and market wasn't all powerful. They have been powerless against most of the fun