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- Fully-guided health plan: diet, supplements, exercise, preventative measures, etc... SelfDecode gets very close, but I'm thinking of those reports analyzed by

- Fully-guided health plan: diet, supplements, exercise, preventative measures, etc... SelfDecode gets very close, but I'm thinking of those reports analyzed by an assistant that would schedule and plan medical interventions, meal plan, provide accountability, be an advocate, etc. - A system to build knowledge more effectively than whatever it is that people do now. This would go along with some sort of training to improve idea synthesis, factual integration, etc. Basically, activate my inner savant for the low, low price of $999.99. - Direct training-to-employment pipeline: Employers provide the service a list of skills they need, the service generates a training plan, the employer approves the plan, vetted students pay to join with a guarantee of employment if they meet some milestones, successful students are refunded then employer pays the service a commission. - A car service that shows up to do routine maintenance, clean your car and track major issues

ID1452319 5y ago
Regarding your "Direct training-to-employment pipeline" I've been thinking about a very similar idea. Do you think people would actually pay upfront to join on the promise they'll be refunded if they complete the course syllabus successfully? I have assumed you'd have the offer the course for free and then make your money by placing successful "graduates" with employers who pay a commission for each one.
- nefitty 5y ago
  I think the upfront + refund + commission structure balances the incentives. It's something that is missing with ISA structures, which unevenly optimizes the school incentive. An upfront cost is table stakes. The trainer is incentivized to perform because the collected tuitions might only represent a fraction of what could be earned. The commission is where the profit is. I would personally be super motivated to sign up, especially if the curriculum and employer partnerships were attractive. I'm riffing but I know it's a super hard problem. I wonder if game theory could or has helped here.
  - ID1452319 5y ago
    I really like your idea, it would certainly eliminate the timewasters.
  - ID1452319 5y ago
    I notice you mentioned trainers. I was thinking of using the free, publicly available course on sites like edX, coursra etc. and then providing mentors to help and support students. Any thoughts on that?
    - nefitty 5y ago
      I bet training material development is a huge cost! That's a great idea. Licensing might be tricky with major mooc's but Odin project and freecodecamp might be MIT licensed... The accountability, structure, support and network seem like the major value adds.
krageon 5y ago
> A system to build knowledge more effectively Assuming you are "people", have you tried roam[1][2][3]? > health plan If you do end up figuring something out for this I'd be very interested. SelfDecode's privacy policy gets very close to being acceptable for me, but sadly 23andme-level genomic analysis is either prohibitively expensive (I simply cannot drop thousands on it) or it's actually 23andme and will sell you wholesale. That more than anything makes it unacceptable to me. [1] https://roamresearch.com/ https://roamresearch.com/ [2] https://www.orgroam.com/ https://www.orgroam.com/ [3] https://logseq.com/ https://logseq.com/
- nefitty 5y ago
  I've tried roam, paid for hypernotes and set up tiddlyroam. I sorta get it, but they feel so hard to use. I got excited about hypernotes, especially because of how intuitive the graph view is. I lost interest, probably because I can't quickly imagine what is possible with that paradigm. How do you use roam? Regarding SelfDecode, I literally had the tab open on my laptop and my phone for months before I signed up. I would revisit it every once in a while but the dystopian terror of my DNA on someone else's server kept winning. My wife then got me an ancestry.com test, which I was hesitant about too. A month of being nagged finally got me to submit it. With that seal broken, SelfDecode wasn't such a leap. I submitted my ancestry stuff to them and I can honestly say that what their reports revealed has been life changing. The major revelation I'm still trying to accept is a marker that indicates I may soon develop an untreatable degenerative disease, the symptoms of which are beginning to show. Anyways, if you can find a lab that has a policy you trust, there are genetic databases online that you can manually reference your results against. It's tedious, and requires interpreting piles of obscure research papers.
  - krageon 5y ago
    > How do you use roam? I use it to structure projects I do for work (and in my personal life, but these days that is mostly eating good food and taking walks - no need for roam there :) ). I also have my daily task lists in there. What I like about it is cross-linking, especially with people (so I can easily see what I do for which people). When I have to pull apart an article about a new series of exploits I create cross-referenced entries about the techniques in the article, this allows me to more quickly get up to speed with other articles I read (because they often refer to the same concepts). As time has gone on I've started to use it for more things. In the beginning I just had a few files with my tasks, which was already better than what I had before. I use org-roam and sync my org-files to all my devices and backup spaces with syncthing and rclone (with the crypt backend), which is nice because it means my todo entries come with me. For most people that is probably not such a big thing because they can just use "regular" cloud sync, which I will not use because of privacy reasons. > there are genetic databases online that you can manually reference your results against. This is a good idea. Perhaps I will try that, thank you. > a marker that indicates I may soon develop an untreatable degenerative disease That is rough. I hope knowing about it earlier at least lets you take some palliative measures. Good luck.

ID1452319 5y ago

Regarding your "Direct training-to-employment pipeline" I've been thinking about a very similar idea. Do you think people would actually pay upfront to join on the promise they'll be refunded if they complete the course syllabus successfully? I have assumed you'd have the offer the course for free and then make your money by placing successful "graduates" with employers who pay a commission for each one.

nefitty 5y ago
I think the upfront + refund + commission structure balances the incentives. It's something that is missing with ISA structures, which unevenly optimizes the school incentive. An upfront cost is table stakes. The trainer is incentivized to perform because the collected tuitions might only represent a fraction of what could be earned. The commission is where the profit is. I would personally be super motivated to sign up, especially if the curriculum and employer partnerships were attractive. I'm riffing but I know it's a super hard problem. I wonder if game theory could or has helped here.
- ID1452319 5y ago
  I really like your idea, it would certainly eliminate the timewasters.
- ID1452319 5y ago
  I notice you mentioned trainers. I was thinking of using the free, publicly available course on sites like edX, coursra etc. and then providing mentors to help and support students. Any thoughts on that?
  - nefitty 5y ago
    I bet training material development is a huge cost! That's a great idea. Licensing might be tricky with major mooc's but Odin project and freecodecamp might be MIT licensed... The accountability, structure, support and network seem like the major value adds.

krageon 5y ago

> A system to build knowledge more effectively Assuming you are "people", have you tried roam[1][2][3]? > health plan If you do end up figuring something out for this I'd be very interested. SelfDecode's privacy policy gets very close to being acceptable for me, but sadly 23andme-level genomic analysis is either prohibitively expensive (I simply cannot drop thousands on it) or it's actually 23andme and will sell you wholesale. That more than anything makes it unacceptable to me. [1] https://roamresearch.com/ https://roamresearch.com/ [2] https://www.orgroam.com/ https://www.orgroam.com/ [3] https://logseq.com/ https://logseq.com/

nefitty 5y ago
I've tried roam, paid for hypernotes and set up tiddlyroam. I sorta get it, but they feel so hard to use. I got excited about hypernotes, especially because of how intuitive the graph view is. I lost interest, probably because I can't quickly imagine what is possible with that paradigm. How do you use roam? Regarding SelfDecode, I literally had the tab open on my laptop and my phone for months before I signed up. I would revisit it every once in a while but the dystopian terror of my DNA on someone else's server kept winning. My wife then got me an ancestry.com test, which I was hesitant about too. A month of being nagged finally got me to submit it. With that seal broken, SelfDecode wasn't such a leap. I submitted my ancestry stuff to them and I can honestly say that what their reports revealed has been life changing. The major revelation I'm still trying to accept is a marker that indicates I may soon develop an untreatable degenerative disease, the symptoms of which are beginning to show. Anyways, if you can find a lab that has a policy you trust, there are genetic databases online that you can manually reference your results against. It's tedious, and requires interpreting piles of obscure research papers.
- krageon 5y ago
  > How do you use roam? I use it to structure projects I do for work (and in my personal life, but these days that is mostly eating good food and taking walks - no need for roam there :) ). I also have my daily task lists in there. What I like about it is cross-linking, especially with people (so I can easily see what I do for which people). When I have to pull apart an article about a new series of exploits I create cross-referenced entries about the techniques in the article, this allows me to more quickly get up to speed with other articles I read (because they often refer to the same concepts). As time has gone on I've started to use it for more things. In the beginning I just had a few files with my tasks, which was already better than what I had before. I use org-roam and sync my org-files to all my devices and backup spaces with syncthing and rclone (with the crypt backend), which is nice because it means my todo entries come with me. For most people that is probably not such a big thing because they can just use "regular" cloud sync, which I will not use because of privacy reasons. > there are genetic databases online that you can manually reference your results against. This is a good idea. Perhaps I will try that, thank you. > a marker that indicates I may soon develop an untreatable degenerative disease That is rough. I hope knowing about it earlier at least lets you take some palliative measures. Good luck.