Dreaming is a fuzzy word -- are you saying that desires are bad for you? Or hopes? Or maybe expectations of good things?
I take it as "far-mode, unspecific dreams/hopes/expectations are problematic if the agent doesn't do the work to tie it to near-mode specifics".
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