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I suspect most cases of "wanting to want" are better described as cases of internal conflict, where one part of us wishes that there weren't other parts of us with different conflicting wants.
"Better" in what way?
Do you mean better in that you think it's a more accurate view of the inside of your head?
Or better in that it's a more helpful metaphorical view of the situation that can be used to overcome the difficulties described?
I think the view of it as a conflict between different algorithms is useful, and it's the one that I start with, but I wonder whether different views of this problem might be helpful in developing more methods for overcoming it.