Of these four achievements, which would you want most for your child?
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@bhawthorne anyway, I'm sorry I replied to your choice not to answer the question. It's none of my business if you answer or not. I'm deleting my reply.
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@evan
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@evan I mostly enjoy your polls and do my best to enjoy them as thought provocations rather than as pedentry provocations.
Anyway, curious whether anyone has attempted to characterize differences in outcomes across these four, with caveat that it'd be hard to calibrate "levels" across them.
ps I chose CEO for my hypothetical child as I imagine this path would impose the least obligation on me. Perhaps this kind of thinking is why such child is hypothetical only!
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@Keev Great question! I'll answer when the poll is done.
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@mlinksva thanks!
Are you asking why the numbers are different between the four options?
Yes, seeking minimum obligation is not often compatible with child-rearing.
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@evan wasn't really my intention to look for an explanation of the poll results (why the numbers are different) but perhaps subconciously I was -- I suppose they embed people's estimations of various life outcomes associated with each of the four paths. This is what I mean by your polls often being thought provoking.
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@mlinksva I mean, that's usually the intention. Sometimes I really want to find out how popular something is. Most of the time I'm hoping to spark thought and conversation.
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Nathan A. Stinereplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@evan went with sports because while I'd enjoy my hypothetical child to be a left wing political leader, I would not want them to be a right wing political leader.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@mlinksva in this case I'm collecting data for time stream manipulators so they can find children most likely to become political leaders and subtly influence them to seek another life path
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@mlinksva Oops! That was supposed to be private!
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@evan I don't care what my kids do. All I want is for them to be happy.
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@benpocalypse which would make them the most happy?
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Nathan A. Stine last edited by
@stinerman that one's a real roll of the dice, I agree.
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@evan You left out POET, BUDDHIST MONK, and charismatic leader of the revolution.
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@evan omg, none! Those all sound like curses to me.
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@gargantua pick the least bad one.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
Wonderful discussion; thanks so much to everyone who responded.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
It feels like there's a balance that has to be met for all these roles: the intrinsic rewards (satisfaction), the extrinsic ones (power, money), the personal harm (emotional, physical) and the chance to make meaningful change in the world.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
There's also the question of what we want for our children: the agency to choose their own path, but also the chance for a fulfilling and meaningful life, and a minimization of danger, temptation to do evil.