Elias

Elias @reconfigurthing · 1h A huge issue is that the more you are committed to a "higher" value - truth, doing good, etc - the harder you become to cooperate with, even if people approve of it. Because other people haven't looked as deep into it as you, and don't know how exactly your principles will cash out - so from their perspective, you become a weird entity who can lash out randomly at any moment, even as your behavior seems completely natural and predictable to yourself. This applies both at the individual and the movement level.