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28 Feb 2018 Conversations with Tyler Robin Hanson on Signaling and Self-Deception (Live at Mason Econ)
“In a theoretical sense, I will claim to identify with them, but in an emotional sense, I almost never think about them.”
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- Robin Hanson
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- 28 Feb 2018
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…How much do you identify with them? In a theoretical sense, I will claim to identify with them, but in an emotional sense, I almost never think about them. The subject almost never comes up. Emotional identity only happens when people challenge the identity or call it out in some way so that you have to choose. Their consumption behavior doesn’t predict yours, so you never say, “Some other Robin Hanson is having a chocolate ice cream cone, so I can pass on this one”?…
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