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Skin in the Game
Core knowledge: List of common human goals Part 1: Exploration-Exploitation Part 1a: The application of the secretary problem to real life dating Part 1b: adding and removing complexity from models...
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Core knowledge: List of common human goals Part 1: Exploration-Exploitation Part 1a: The application of the secretary problem to real life dating Part 1b: adding and removing complexity from models...
View ArticleZen Koans
The following is my notes. From a dojo with Lesswrong Sydney about zen koans. The recording is how it went down, some things might be hard to understand because there is no visual recording. I would...
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ideas on a spectrum
In applicable advice, I talk about taking advice carefully, and only when you know why it works, to apply it in purposefully. There is a specific type of behaviour that can be changed, adapted,...
View ArticleConcrete Instructions
The Concrete Instruction Model This post underpins other posts but may be particularly raw on it’s own. It’s potentially really dumb and obvious but leads to other important skills later. What I want...
View ArticleFeelings in the map.
Following on from: Concrete instructions One of the underlying concepts of NVC (Non Judgemental communication) is to speak from your own perspective. There is a very powerful instance of being able to...
View ArticleHow long has civilisation been going?
I didn’t realise how short human history was. Somewhere around 130,000 years ago we were standing upright as we are today. Somewhere around 50,000 years ago we broadly arrived at: the fully modern...
View ArticleModels of human relationships – tools to understand people
This post will not teach you the models here. This post is a summary of the models that I carry in my head. I have written most of the descriptions without looking them up (See Feynman notebook...
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models of cuteness and human face attractiveness
I found out that I don’t measure any cuteness in my head. That is to say I have never seen a baby thing and had a feeling inside me to coo at it. Nor have I ever seen something cute and fluffy and...
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Repairing Anxiety using Internal and External locus of control models
I want you to examine your map. It’s the representation you carry around in your head that says, “I am in control of most things” or it says, “most things are out of my control”. Or for very specific...
View ArticleEmotional labour
A brief breakdown: event: I broke your vase. event: I bought you a gift but then left it at home event: I want to go to a (privately valuable event) on our (relationship important day) Options: I...
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Paranoia testing
Because I live on the internet I sometimes meet some interesting characters. On this particular occasion I found myself in a conversation with someone who suggested, “I don’t know if I’m paranoid or...
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Fish oil and the self-critical brain loop
Disclaimer: you do you, this is a single (several times repeated) anecdata report. Fish oil is cheap so you can run this experiment at home. Do you recognise this brain pattern: Remember that thing...
View ArticleDojo – Bad day contingency plan
The following is an exercise I composed to be run at the Lesswrong Sydney dojos. It took an hour and a half but could probably be done faster with some adaptations that I have included in these...
View ArticleUse concrete language to improve your communication in relationships
She wasn’t respecting me. Or at least, that’s what I was telling myself. And I was pretty upset. What kind of person was too busy to text back a short reply? I know she’s a friendly person because just...
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Halloween costume: Paperclipperer
Guidelines for becoming a paperclipperer for halloween. Supplies Paperclips (some as a prop, make your life easier by buying some, but show effort by making your own) pliers (extra pairs for extra...
View ArticleCutting edge technology
When the microscope was invented, in a very short period of time we discovered the cell and the concept of microbiology. That one invention allowed us to open up entire fields of biology and medicine....
View ArticleProblems as dragons and papercuts
When I started trying to become the kind of person that can give advice, I went looking for dragons. I figured if I didn’t know the answers that meant the answers were hard, they were big monsters with...
View ArticleInstrumental Experiment: The Double Down
Epistemic status: Shower thoughts, but also – Actually trying things. There are times in life where you will have made a breakthrough. You will have had a success and you will think, “great, time for...
View ArticleInstrumental experiment: Quit while you are ahead
Epistemic status: Shower thoughts, but also – Actually trying things. There are times in life where you will have climbed a mountain. You have been facing a storm and it’s finally clearing. The world...
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