# Recklessness

> Source: https://ollybritton.com/notes/books/replacing-guilt/recklessness/ · Updated: 2021-10-09 · Tags: notes, rationality, safe-to-post-online, replacing-guilt

From [Replacing Guilt, "Recklessness"](https://mindingourway.com/recklessness/):

> Recklessness is in the ability to say "screw the odds, I'm going to push forward on this path as hard as I can until a better path appears." If the odds are low, a better path is more likely to appear sooner rather than later — but the reckless let that be a fact about the paths, and they don't further allow low odds to prevent them from pushing forward on the best path they can currently see, as fast as possible.

##### Why does Nate Soares argue you should be reckless??
You can be more instrumentally rational and improve your small odds.

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