Temptation - Revision history

Fractalguy at 22:00, 4 July 2024

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	While cheating is always bad, there are many things like [[food]], [[sex]] and [[money]] that are essential to our [[happiness and well-being]] in [[moderation]] but incredibly destructive once they become an [[addiction]]. The key is to structure our lives and our systems to encourage [[moderation]] as much as possible by making these things accessible to all without the ever-present temptations that mass media [[advertising]] is heavily incentivized to create.		While cheating is always bad, there are many things like [[food]], [[sex]] and [[money]] that are essential to our [[happiness and well-being]] in [[moderation]] but incredibly destructive once they become an [[addiction]]. The key is to structure our lives and our systems to encourage [[moderation]] as much as possible by making these things accessible to all without the ever-present temptations that mass media [[advertising]] is heavily incentivized to create.

			== Resistance On the Path to Internalization ==
			If you find that you must resist the urge to [[cheat]], [[lie]], [[steal]], or otherwise break with your [[moral]] code, this is a sign that you have not fully internalized that code. Those who have fully internalized their [[morality]] do not feel any temptation at all--their reaction is immediate and automatic, requiring no thought or internal debate. Temptation and resistance happens in the [[wikipedia:Prefrontal_cortex\|prefrontal cortex]] of the [[brain]], while internalized [[morality]] happens in the [[wikipedia:Limbic_system\|limbic system]] where highly trained reactions have become reflexive.

			This can also be seen on the [[Kohlberg\|Kohlberg Scale]], where the beginning stages of [[moral]] reasoning are based on rules, while the higher levels are based on [[universal]] principles.

			Part of [[enlightenment]] includes the internalization of [[universal]] [[morality]].

			[[wikipedia:Robert_Sapolsky\|Sapolsky]] has compared this to the Catholic notion of a "[https://www.catholicnh.org/assets/Documents/Worship/Our-Faith/Understanding/StateOfGrace.pdf State of Grace]" which is apt. If we are truly in harmony with "[[god]]'s will" (manifested by our [[evolutionary]] [[psychology]]) then we no longer need to use our "[[free will]]" to resist temptations.

	== Not Safe For YouTube ==		== Not Safe For YouTube ==

Fractalguy at 00:21, 10 March 2024

2024-03-10T00:21:21Z

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	[[File:Temptation-apple-eve-salience-reward-consequence.jpg\|thumb\|The original temptation]]		[[File:Temptation-apple-eve-salience-reward-consequence.jpg\|thumb\|The original temptation]]
	All temptations come from the brain's tendency to favor [[immediate rewards]] over [[long-term consequences]], which increases the [[saliency]] of [[cheating]].		All temptations come from the [[Brains\|brain's]] tendency to favor [[immediate rewards]] over [[long-term consequences]], which increases the [[saliency]] of [[cheating]].

	Nobody is tempted to do anything that provides no pleasure. Whether the temptation is food that is delicious but bad for you, [[sex]] that betrays your partner, or money, power and prestige that isn't earned, there is always some [[immediate reward]] to the cheater, with the [[long-term consequences]] often not seen unless the the cheater is caught or looks in the mirror years later wondering why they ate all that cake or swindled all those retirees out of their savings.		== Short Term Fun, Long Term Regret ==
			Nobody is tempted to do anything that provides no pleasure. Whether the temptation is [[food]] that is delicious but bad for you, [[sex]] that betrays your partner, or [[money]], [[power]] and prestige that isn't earned, there is always some [[immediate reward]] to the cheater, with the [[long-term consequences]] often not seen unless the the cheater is caught or looks in the mirror years later wondering why they ate all that cake or [[Grift\|swindled]] all those retirees out of their savings.

	While cheating is always bad, there are many things like [[food]], [[sex]] and [[money]] that are essential to our [[happiness and well-being]] in [[moderation]] but incredibly destructive once they become an [[addiction]]. The key is to structure our lives and our systems to encourage [[moderation]] as much as possible by making these things accessible to all without the ever-present temptations that mass media [[advertising]] is heavily incentivized to create.		While cheating is always bad, there are many things like [[food]], [[sex]] and [[money]] that are essential to our [[happiness and well-being]] in [[moderation]] but incredibly destructive once they become an [[addiction]]. The key is to structure our lives and our systems to encourage [[moderation]] as much as possible by making these things accessible to all without the ever-present temptations that mass media [[advertising]] is heavily incentivized to create.

	Searching YouTube for Temptation is not recommended, as it yields a mix of [[JP and JC]] and [[manosphere]] related content.		== Not Safe For YouTube ==
			Searching YouTube for "Temptation" is not recommended, as it yields an unhealthy mix of [[JP and JC]] and [[manosphere]] related content.

	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHpyj82yGMs\|\|center\|\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHpyj82yGMs\|\|center\|\|frame}}

Fractalguy at 00:38, 25 January 2024

2024-01-25T00:38:54Z

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			[[File:Temptation-apple-eve-salience-reward-consequence.jpg\|thumb\|The original temptation]]
	All temptations come from the brain's tendency to favor [[immediate rewards]] over [[long-term consequences]], which increases the [[saliency]] of [[cheating]].		All temptations come from the brain's tendency to favor [[immediate rewards]] over [[long-term consequences]], which increases the [[saliency]] of [[cheating]].

Fractalguy at 14:56, 6 January 2024

2024-01-06T14:56:35Z

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	While cheating is always bad, there are many things like [[food]], [[sex]] and [[money]] that are essential to our [[happiness and well-being]] in [[moderation]] but incredibly destructive once they become an [[addiction]]. The key is to structure our lives and our systems to encourage [[moderation]] as much as possible by making these things accessible to all without the ever-present temptations that mass media [[advertising]] is heavily incentivized to create.		While cheating is always bad, there are many things like [[food]], [[sex]] and [[money]] that are essential to our [[happiness and well-being]] in [[moderation]] but incredibly destructive once they become an [[addiction]]. The key is to structure our lives and our systems to encourage [[moderation]] as much as possible by making these things accessible to all without the ever-present temptations that mass media [[advertising]] is heavily incentivized to create.

	Searching YouTube for Temptation is not recommended, as it yields a mix of ~~brimstone~~ and [[~~crypto-bros\|~~manosphere]] related content.		Searching YouTube for Temptation is not recommended, as it yields a mix of [[JP and JC]] and [[manosphere]] related content.

	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHpyj82yGMs\|\|center\|\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHpyj82yGMs\|\|center\|\|frame}}

Fractalguy at 16:37, 30 December 2023

2023-12-30T16:37:01Z

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	While cheating is always bad, there are many things like [[food]], [[sex]] and [[money]] that are essential to our [[happiness and well-being]] in [[moderation]] but incredibly destructive once they become an [[addiction]]. The key is to structure our lives and our systems to encourage [[moderation]] as much as possible by making these things accessible to all without the ever-present temptations that mass media [[advertising]] is heavily incentivized to create.		While cheating is always bad, there are many things like [[food]], [[sex]] and [[money]] that are essential to our [[happiness and well-being]] in [[moderation]] but incredibly destructive once they become an [[addiction]]. The key is to structure our lives and our systems to encourage [[moderation]] as much as possible by making these things accessible to all without the ever-present temptations that mass media [[advertising]] is heavily incentivized to create.

			Searching YouTube for Temptation is not recommended, as it yields a mix of brimstone and [[crypto-bros\|manosphere]] related content.

			{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHpyj82yGMs\|\|center\|\|frame}}

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All temptations come from the brain's tendency to favor [[immediate rewards]] over [[long-term consequences]], which increases the [[saliency]] of [[cheating]].

Nobody is tempted to do anything that provides no pleasure. Whether the temptation is food that is delicious but bad for you, [[sex]] that betrays your partner, or money, power and prestige that isn't earned, there is always some [[immediate reward]] to the cheater, with the [[long-term consequences]] often not seen unless the the cheater is caught or looks in the mirror years later wondering why they ate all that cake or swindled all those retirees out of their savings.

While cheating is always bad, there are many things like [[food]], [[sex]] and [[money]] that are essential to our [[happiness and well-being]] in [[moderation]] but incredibly destructive once they become an [[addiction]]. The key is to structure our lives and our systems to encourage [[moderation]] as much as possible by making these things accessible to all without the ever-present temptations that mass media [[advertising]] is heavily incentivized to create.