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Comment author: Clarity 22 January 2016 02:39:27AM 1 point [-]

I silently think I have conservative political values, yet my private lifestyle is anything but. In real life, I generally expouse fairly conservative views too, in contrast to my online posting behaviours. It’s one reason I am hesistant to be completely transparent about my LessWrong/reddit identities and my every day physical world identity.

I reckon it’s okay to have different attitudes to public and private life, since governance is differant than running your own life. However, the hypocrisy kinda unnerves me. My intuition is that conservative aesthetics make me less anxious. People around me will be more predictable and that’s a society I will feel safer in. But, I don’t trust the world to provide for me an acceptable life, so I life a free life of experimentation privately. Should I redefine my values or lifetyle?

Comment author: Strangeattractor 26 January 2016 12:53:44AM 0 points [-]

Is conservatism something you appreciate aesthetically? A tribe you like belonging to more than the "liberal" tribe? Something closer or farther away from what you perceive to be reality than the alternatives?

I don't know how to give advice based on the question as you've stated it. Or, rather, my advice would be to pose a better question, not necessarily here, but to yourself. Figure out where the conflicts are and evaluate each one individually, instead of generalizing to all of them.

Comment author: Clarity 26 January 2016 03:59:22AM *  0 points [-]

Is conservatism something you appreciate aesthetically?

Yes

? A tribe you like belonging to more than the "liberal" tribe?

False choice. In Australia, the liberal and cosnervative tribes are one in the same for historic reasons. I'm from Australia.

Something closer or farther away from what you perceive to be reality than the alternatives?

It's a reality of possible utilities from the value system rather than reality reality of predictive validity

Or, rather, my advice would be to pose a better question, not necessarily here, but to yourself.

I'll meditate on that

Figure out where the conflicts are and evaluate each one individually, instead of generalizing to all of them.

Ok

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