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A small practice for the hidden preference

A practical exercise: Name it as a preference and explain why it matters.

Original practice · Optional exercise · Useful disagreement

Choose a low-stakes example you can change without affecting another person’s private information or commitments.

  1. Describe the current situation in one sentence. The example here is: A personal preference is presented as an unavoidable requirement.
  2. Name it as a preference and explain why it matters.
  3. Compare the result with the difficulty you named. Write one concrete observation.
  4. Keep, adapt, or stop the experiment. A note about why you stopped is a valid result.

Try a question

What would you keep if this were an experiment rather than a permanent rule?