The Expectation Paradox
"Experiential blindness” is the inability to perceive what you don’t already have a concept for.
Tiago Forte • How Emotions Are Made: The Theory of Constructed Emotion
Expectations fall short of reality when: Someone says they hate a movie/book/song that you love. You put a ton of effort into something that ends up flopping. You learn that you’re the last person to find out about a shocking family secret. Some of your foundational beliefs are challenged in a way you aren’t prepared for. You get caught doing
... See moreBuster Benson • Why Are We Yelling?: The Art of Productive Disagreement
This means it’s really easy to get stuck. Stuck in your current way of seeing and thinking about things. Frames are made out of the details that seem important to you. The important details you haven’t noticed are invisible to you, and the details you have noticed seem completely obvious and you see right through them. This all makes makes it... See more
johnsalvatier.org • Reality Has a Surprising Amount of Detail
when we are born, we experience reality with very few “priors” – preexisting beliefs, expectations, conceptual schemas through which to filter what we see. And so a child’s experience is an endless explosion of vividness. Slowly we start to make sense of the world, we start to notice repeating patterns, we start to establish boundaries between “me”... See more