Grognor | v1.17.0Mar 21st 2012 | (+45) /* By Robin Hanson */ | ||
Grognor | v1.16.0Feb 29th 2012 | (-21) /* By others */ | ||
Grognor | v1.15.0Jan 8th 2012 | (+129) LW people post about near/far thinking too | ||
gwern | v1.14.0Mar 26th 2011 | (+16) /* By Robin Hanson */ summary should go first unless we have a particular reason to be chronological | ||
Vladimir_Nesov | v1.13.0Feb 26th 2010 | (+556/-482) Undo revisions by [[Special:Contributions/BenAlbahari|BenAlbahari]] ([[User talk:BenAlbahari|Talk]]) I believe it was a bad idea, reducing readability. People can make sense of plain text too. | ||
BenAlbahari | v1.12.0Feb 26th 2010 | (+14/-14) | ||
BenAlbahari | v1.11.0Feb 26th 2010 | (+482/-556) Changed Formatting to Table So You Can Easily Compare Each Near/Far Item | ||
Vladimir_Nesov | v1.10.0Jan 25th 2010 | (+17) /* See also */ | ||
Vladimir_Nesov | v1.9.0Jan 7th 2010 | (+193/-47) | ||
Sniffnoy | v1.8.0Jan 4th 2010 | (+53) |
| mind: here, now, me, us; trend-deviating likely real local events; concrete, context-dependent, unstructured, detailed, goal-irrelevant incidental features; feasible safe acts; secondary local concerns; socially close folks with unstable traits.
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NEAR: All of these bring each other more to mind | FAR: All these bring each other more to mind |
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Here | There |
Now | Then |
Me | Them |
Trend-Deviating Likely Real Local Events | Trend-Following Unlikely Hypothetical Global Events |
Concrete | Abstract |
Context-Dependent | Context-Freerer |
Unstructured | Schematic |
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Goal-Irrelevant Incidental Features | Goal-Related Features |
Feasible Safe Acts | Desirable Risk-Taking Acts |
Secondary Local Concerns | Central Global Symbolic Concerns |
Socially Close Folks with Unstable Traits | Socially Distant People with Stable Traits |
Confident Predictions | |
Polarized Evaluations |
NEAR: All of these bring each other more to
| FAR: |
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Here | There |
Now | Then |
Me | Them |
Trend-Deviating Likely Real Local Events | Trend-Following Unlikely Hypothetical Global Events |
Concrete | Abstract |
Context-Dependent | Context-Freerer |
Unstructured | Schematic |
Course | Detailed |
Goal-Irrelevant Incidental Features | Goal-Related Features |
Feasible Safe Acts | Desirable Risk-Taking Acts |
Secondary Local Concerns | Central Global Symbolic Concerns |
Socially Close Folks with | Socially Distant People with Stable Traits |
Confident Predictions | |
Polarized Evaluations |
Near and far are two modes (or a spectrum of modes) in which we can think about things. We choose which mode to think about something in based on its distance from us, or on the level of detail we need. This theoryproperty of human mind is also known asstudied in construal level theory.
Near and far are two modes (or a spectrum of modes) in which we can think about things. We choose which mode to think about something in based on its distance from us, or on the level of detail we need. This theory is also known as construal level theory.