Friends and relationships – Santi Aranguri
7. Close friends are in a position to ask you: when can’t you restrain yourself? when are you wrong? You can’t lie to them in the same way as you lie to yourself. Also: close friends generally aren’t surprised about what you do. However, sometimes they can be deeply proud of you. Compare this to random people, which can easily be surprised about your recent achievements, but rarely would be proud of you. 6. Why utilitarians or rationals are less social? I feel they see a social event only by its excuse. What do I mean? Social events generally have an “excuse” for why they are happening: food, free t-shirts, watching a movie, or reading a book. A rationalist can say, I can eat my food faster, I can get knowledge on my own faster. That is true, but they are missing the point. 6′. People say that logic sometimes is wrong in your personal life. I think what they really mean is that sometimes we should follow our emotions over logic. But that doesn’t mean that logic was wrong. What was wron
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