BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:researchseminars.org CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:researchseminars.org BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:C. Thi Nguyen (University of Utah) DTSTART:20210825T160000Z DTEND:20210825T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260417T110555Z UID:Metagov/73 DESCRIPTION:Title: Value Capture\nby C. Thi Nguyen (University of Utah) as part of Metag overnance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nValue capture occurs when an agent enters a social environment which presents external expressions of value — whi ch are often simplified\, standardized\, and quantified — and those exte rnal versions come to dominate our reasoning and motivations. Examples inc lude becoming motivated by Twitter Likes and Retweets\, citation rates\, r anked lists of best schools\, and Grade Point Averages. We are vulnerable to value capture because of the competitive advantage that such pre-packag ed value expressions have in our reasoning and our communications. But whe n we internalize such metrics\, we damage our own autonomy. In value captu re\, we outsource the process of deliberating on our values. And that outs ourcing cuts off one of the key benefits of personal deliberation. When we tailor our values to ourselves\, we can fine-tune them to fit our own par ticular psychology and place in the world. But in value capture\, we buy o ur values off the rack.\n LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/73/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR