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created 2021-02-18 · edited 2022-12-13 · open in Roam

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just is sus
- lots of notes on this in private coaching session notes today, re "I know I should just"
- twitter.com/AbstractFairy/status/1751027278669086982

or they have a naive view of how behavior change works, because part of viability is about how one might go about learning how to do something different, and Change doesn't just happen

Keywords - brain hemispheres coercion what is coercion? productivity scapegoat Everyone is basically living in a dream mashup of their current external situation & old emotional meanings everyone is constantly overgeneralizing Conversation As Medium make shared or different frames explicit shared train of thought do people naturally self-regulate how deep they're willing to go? commitment/choice is a confused way to relate to stances/mindsets dream mashups Unlocking the Emotional Brain IFS partswork what might a healthy community look like? doing community well The Master and his Emissary intro left hemisphere right hemisphere Behavior: The Control of Perception Perceptual Control Theory Hemisphere Dharma Change doesn't just happen Hemispheres & Self-improvement left hemispheres aren't made for interfacing with other people Perceptual Control Theory control systems

18:40 - 28:58 blindspot blindspot feedback is hard (but possible!) it's only possible to be rational within a frame make shared or different frames explicit Change doesn't just happen

Keywords - brain hemispheres McGilchrist's brain hemisphere model Perceptual Control Theory barn-raising Internal Family Systems blindspot blindspot feedback is hard (but possible!) it's only possible to be rational within a frame make shared or different frames explicit Change doesn't just happen Intend productivity Intend Philosophy & Paradigm how to think about goals PCT internal conflict much of human collaboration scales sublinearly but it's possible to scale superlinearly What are the components or dimensions required for collaborative culture? Geoffrey West Questions for teasing apart the concept of commitment commitment/choice is a confused way to relate to stances/mindsets Everyone is basically living in a dream mashup of their current external situation & old emotional meanings everyone is constantly overgeneralizing acceptance isn't the same as acceptance safety self-trust right hemisphere left hemisphere self-energizing

1:26:21 - 1:33:37 - Is the conscious mind a solely passive mind? Change doesn't just happen unconsciousness Hemispheres & Self-improvement

But I'm realizing right now that that perspective is itself reifying the FPTP electoral system as being the problem, and is therefore blame-based. Change doesn't just happen, and we can't just change the electoral system. Which is not to say that it mightn't make a difference! It's just that the orientation to the meaning of changing it matters.

David Chapman writes about The fantasy of control. The fantasy is of complete control. It's seductive, and also impossible. The world is slippery and has too many fiddlybits—not to mention other systems with their own agendas. Turns out this is the case even if you're Change doesn't just happen "just" trying to control yourself.