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Why do you think the problem people will be the ones who click the link? And think about it enough to figure out what situations it applies to and learn how to
by xenophanes 16y ago
Why do you think the problem people will be the ones who click the link? And think about it enough to figure out what situations it applies to and learn how to recognize those situations. And learn to see situations they are personally involved in, in an objective enough way so that they can recognize when they personally are doing it. And remember all this.
The link offers very little help in doing these tasks. It's almost pure content, with little about how to integrate it into your life and actually use it. I think it therefore is failing to give much advice about a part where the many of relevant people get stuck or fail.
There also seems to be some significant proportion of people who think taking issues like this seriously is not fun -- it's "overly serious" -- and they want their internet discussions to be light-hearted and enjoyable. They are alienated to learning things. So they won't care what you're saying; they think it's only for people with a different personality type who like that kind of thing. I don't even know what to do about these people because giving an explanation of why they are making a mistake would offend them -- if they aren't going to take discussion too seriously, they certainly don't want it to turn into a self-help seminar that asks them personally to improve.
So, point is, while it's a decent article, if it's supposed to be for fixing a discussion atmosphere involving thousands of people, I don't think it will solve that problem.
- billswift 16y agoThere is a similar post to the original article here that was posted to LW a few days ago, Self-Improvement or Shiny Distraction: Why Less Wrong is anti-Instrumental Rationality , http://lesswrong.com/lw/2po/selfimprovement_or_shiny_distraction_why_less/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/2po/selfimprovement_or_shiny_distrac... . I have been strongly cutting back my browsing in general, including both LW and HN.