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Mark Bisone's avatar

Good stuff, Grant. I will push back a little on this:

"I don’t want to go down the human nature rabbit hole, but suffice it to say if you share my priors you understand that human beings are inherently self-interested. We don’t do things that conflict with our deep perception of self-interest, whether conscious or otherwise."

The "or otherwise" thing seems slippery to me. I can accept the idea that you can evaluate my actions based on both the reasons I supply and your tests of whether they're logical and coherent with other actions. But once we get into the realm of "you unconsciously did such-and-such things to advance a subliminal self-interest," I'm out.

I do what I do. But to declare that it's all self-interest at the bottom, regardless of the person or transaction, is a metaphysical if not an outright religious statement. If that’s your god, so be it. But I think a better deal between dissidents would be one where we agree not to try to mindread each other while the Hydra is dancing.

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daiva's avatar

📝 Tech plea. Could you please re-format your doozy’s headings in a proper manner, so they would allow precise targeting with links? Puhleez? 🥹

support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/6978646417300-How-do-I-add-anchor-links-in-my-Substack-post-

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PS Tonic 7 fella shows the way 😊 --> markbisone.substack.com/i/132551691/what-is-gay

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