# Early Conceding While Reading and Not Starting Discussions

**URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/early-conceding-while-reading-and-not-starting-discussions/2117
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**Created:** [October 31, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/early-conceding-while-reading-and-not-starting-discussions/2117 "2025-10-31T00:06:26Z")
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### Author: ![ActiveMind](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/activemind/32/5560_2.png) [@ActiveMind](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/ActiveMind)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/early-conceding-while-reading-and-not-starting-discussions/2117/32 "2025-12-14T22:59:32Z")

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> [@Jarrod](#):
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> That makes me wonder whether putting that much time into philosophy is worthwhile/helpful—like whether it improves one’s life/thinking or has much practical value or whether it’s more just trusting it’ll pay off in the future (despite nobody apart from ET having reached his level).

I’m more moral and honest than I would’ve been. I care more about principles. I’m better at taking criticism. I’ve gotten better at grammar.

I haven’t really done explicit work to integrate things into my life. I think that’s something you have to consciously work on if you want full integration and no contradictions. Like try it out in a situation, document it, reflect on it and try again. I have changed in some ways from just reading but there’s a lot of contradictions between how I act and what I think is philosophically correct.

> [@Jarrod](#):
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> Also second-handedness (I might’ve got sucked into chasing a prestigious career/life otherwise).

Me too. I think it’s actually easier to catch some big picture things like a career than to catch those small and subtle ways you may have acted second-handed. Only some though. I don’t think it’s easy to stop all big, long term consequences from second-handedness. I guess there are ways for the small ones to build up into a big thing and also big decisions which are just hard to stay principled in.

> [@Jarrod](#):
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> I think the main benefit, though, is just that it’s interesting/fun.

Yes. Though I really want to live according to the philosophy and have it improve my life.

> [@Jarrod](#):
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> Or create a single topic where anyone/everyone can post daily (or weekly) updates/accomplishments.

I’ve been thinking about whether I should post learning updates like these:

> **[Curiosity – Learning Updates Thread](https://curi.us/2377-learning-updates-thread)**
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> If you want to learn philosophy or rational thinking, you need to do some stuff on a regular basis. Read books, write notes, write outlines, write articles, write journaling, study stuff, have discussi

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