Kevin Wacknov's Insights Notes

Zero and non-zero in Behavior and Awareness

Being human, you have to distinguish between the following options, and make your choices.

Permutations of Presence and Absence
presence/absence	social value	awareness	behavior
zero (absent)	non-bad	not noticing something that doesn't matter	not doing something optional
	bad	not noticing a danger	not doing what is expected
	non-good	not noticing something interesting	not doing something that could have been good to do
	good	not noticing something distracting	not doing something wrong
non-zero (present)	non-bad	noticing something that doesn't matter	doing something optional
	bad	noticing something that distracts you	doing something wrong
	non-good	noticing something when it would be better if you noticed something else	doing something that's not bad
	good	noticing something important	doing something good