Many express disapproval of my relying heavily on MetaCritic evals. They say I should instead rely on associates & reviewers I encounter mostly by chance. This seems an individualism norm; not only should I lean into natural differences, but I should try to create more of them.
I've changed my mind on why modernity switched from ritual to sincere ways to describe ideals. I now guess that its due to our learning to better describe and understand human interiors.
A puzzle: most think rates of loan default & marriage divorce would increase if we had to explicitly reaffirm our loans and marriages annually, with failure to do so interpreted as a declaration of default/divorce.
“Increasingly, grandparents, teachers, even coaches are stepping back, not out of apathy but fear of saying the wrong thing, crossing a line or being shamed for parenting ‘incorrectly.’”