[Fiction] [Comic] Effective Altruism and Rationality meet at a Secular Solstice afterparty

post by tandem · 2025-01-07T19:11:21.238Z · LW · GW · 4 comments

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(Both characters are fictional, loosely inspired by various traits from various real people. Be careful about combining kratom and alcohol.)

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comment by jenn (pixx) · 2025-01-07T21:06:18.871Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

this is lovely and so sweet <3

comment by quinces6l · 2025-01-08T14:13:39.216Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

This was a nice read but I don't have the slightest clue what "Goal-factored the idea of "guilty pleasures". Now loves speedrunning unabashedly" means

Replies from: Mo Nastri
comment by Mo Putera (Mo Nastri) · 2025-01-08T14:28:05.922Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

They used to consider speedrunning games a guilty pleasure, but after goal-factoring their supposed guilty pleasure concludes that the guilt doesn't align with their actual goals and values and feeling bad about enjoying speedrunning doesn't really serve any productive purpose, so now they enjoy speedrunning unabashedly. 

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comment by juliawise · 2025-01-08T15:49:57.238Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

And "goal factoring [? · GW]" is a technique for figuring out what you actually want and different ways to get there.