“You are not too ‘irrational’ to know your preferences.” by Daystar Eld

Epistemic Status: 13 years working as a therapist for a wide variety of populations, 5 of them working with rationalists and EA clients. 7 years teaching and directing at over 20 rationality camps and workshops. This is an extremely short and colloquially written form of points that could be expanded on to fill a book, and there is plenty of nuance to practically everything here, but I am extremely confident of the core points in this frame, and have used it to help many people break out of or avoid manipulative practices. TL;DR: Your wants and preferences are not invalidated by smarter or more “rational” people's preferences. What feels good or bad to someone is not a monocausal result of how smart or stupid they are. Alternative titles to this post are "Two people are enough to form a cult" and "Red flags if dating rationalists," but this [...] ---Outline:(02:53) 1) You are not too stupid to know what you want.(07:35) 2) Feeling hurt is not a sign of irrationality.(13:13) 3) Illegible preferences are not invalid.(17:20) 4) Your preferences do not need to fully match your communitys.(21:41) Final ThoughtsThe original text contained 6 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. The original text contained 2 images which were described by AI. --- First published: November 26th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/L8oqoskXpcvHPeukk/you-are-not-too-irrational-to-know-your-preferences --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.