Alicorn comments on Open Thread: July 2010 - Less Wrong

6 Post author: komponisto 01 July 2010 09:20PM

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Comment author: Alicorn 08 July 2010 11:36:15PM 4 points [-]

Is this generalizable? Should I, too, threaten my loved ones with abandonment whenever they don't do what I think would be best?

Comment author: Alexandros 09 July 2010 09:48:19AM 1 point [-]

I don't think this is about doing what you think best, it's about allowing you to do what you think best. And yes, you should definitely threaten abandonment in these cases, or at least you're definitely entitled to threatening and/or practicing abandonment in such cases.