(Typo: I think you meant to include 'traits' or similar in there.)

Thanks for pointing this out :-)

While Eliezer occasionally takes actions that seem clearly detrimental to his cause I do suggest that Eliezer is at least in principle aware of the dynamics you discuss. His alter ego "Harry Potter" has had similar discussion with his Draco in his fanfiction.

Interesting, I'll check this out at some point.