Yeah, I'd be down for a call sometime ^^. I'll take a look at your calendar.
Oh, it's cool you mentioned Amanda Diekman. I was looking into polyvagal and PDA parenting books for a while last year while trying to understand how children (and people generally) with extreme neurotypes or trauma can be optimally accommodated and have their needs modeled.
Yeah, speaking in a nonjudgmental, descriptive, and empathetic manner makes sense for reaching out to people generally. Though, yeah, there's only so much literature can do for people if they're self-loathing an...
I read this and the previous article, and also skimmed through the Choices article in the psychopathy series. I agree with the traits identified with narcissism, echoism, and sovereignism, and with the idea that being high in these traits is not inherently toxic or disordered. Rather, it is the degree and nature of a person's reaction to shame and related personality organization that determines whether these traits become maladaptive. I also agree that these traits are likely correlated, though they can also appear independently.
One of my interests is u...
I wonder to what extent these Guardian Angels should not only emulate their users’ interests and values, but also challenge their blind spots and encourage character growth. Most people have strong epistemic blind spots and also have areas of growth in their lives that they value but struggle to be consistent about. I would worry a focus on copying values and personality, unless carefully crafted, would be sycophancy hell. In my own personal use of LLMs, I have tried to specifically describe points where I would benefit from antagonistic and challenging fe...
I agree that quality of life is horrible with these adaptations, and social rewards don't counter that enough to offset it. Maybe "reward" is the wrong word for describing how I think it works. Some hegemonic societal structures contain messaging that significantly reinforces shame, distorted self- and world-concepts, and perceptions of threat. This incentivizes not letting go of pathological adaptations. Sometimes, in the case of communities that actively value exploitation, domination, or dehumanization, this involves the idea that letting go of certain ... (read more)