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| v1.15.0 | (+129) LW people post about near/far thinking too | |||
| v1.14.0 | (+16) /* By Robin Hanson */ summary should go first unless we have a particular reason to be chronological | |||
| v1.13.0 | (+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. | |||
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| v1.11.0 | (+482/-556) Changed Formatting to Table So You Can Easily Compare Each Near/Far Item | |||
| v1.10.0 | (+17) /* See also */ | |||
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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 |
| 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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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.