The way that I’d actually do this, and plan to do this (in line with Benquo’s reply to you), is to repackage the concept into something that I understand more deeply and which I expect to unpack more easily in the future.
Part of this requires me to do some work for myself (no amount of good authorship can replace putting at least some work into truly understanding something)
Part of this has to do with me having my own framework (rooted in Robust Agency among other things) which is different from Benquo’s framework, and Ben’s personal experience playing werewolf.
But a lot of my criticism of the current frame is that it naturally suggest compacting the model in the wrong way. (to be clear, I think this is fine for a post that represents a low-friction strategy to post your thoughts and conversations as they form, without stressing too much about optimizing pedagogy. I’m glad Ben posted the Villager/Werewolf post. But I think the presentation makes it harder to learn than it needs to be, and is particularly ripe for being misinterpreted in a way that benefits rather than harms werewolves, and if it’s going to be coming up in conversation a lot I think it’d be worth investing time in optimizing it better)
That seems like the sort of hack that lets you pass a test, not the sort of thing that makes knowledge truly a part of you. To achieve the latter, you have to bump it up against your anticipations, and constantly check to see not only whether the argument makes sense to you, but whether you understand it well enough to generate it in novel cases that don’t look like the one you’re currently concerned with.
I think it’s possible to use in a “mindful” way even if most people are doing it wrong? The system reminding you what you read n days ago gives you a chance to connect it to the real world today when you otherwise would have forgotten.
Make spaced repetition cards?
The way that I’d actually do this, and plan to do this (in line with Benquo’s reply to you), is to repackage the concept into something that I understand more deeply and which I expect to unpack more easily in the future.
Part of this requires me to do some work for myself (no amount of good authorship can replace putting at least some work into truly understanding something)
Part of this has to do with me having my own framework (rooted in Robust Agency among other things) which is different from Benquo’s framework, and Ben’s personal experience playing werewolf.
But a lot of my criticism of the current frame is that it naturally suggest compacting the model in the wrong way. (to be clear, I think this is fine for a post that represents a low-friction strategy to post your thoughts and conversations as they form, without stressing too much about optimizing pedagogy. I’m glad Ben posted the Villager/Werewolf post. But I think the presentation makes it harder to learn than it needs to be, and is particularly ripe for being misinterpreted in a way that benefits rather than harms werewolves, and if it’s going to be coming up in conversation a lot I think it’d be worth investing time in optimizing it better)
That seems like the sort of hack that lets you pass a test, not the sort of thing that makes knowledge truly a part of you. To achieve the latter, you have to bump it up against your anticipations, and constantly check to see not only whether the argument makes sense to you, but whether you understand it well enough to generate it in novel cases that don’t look like the one you’re currently concerned with.
I think it’s possible to use in a “mindful” way even if most people are doing it wrong? The system reminding you what you read n days ago gives you a chance to connect it to the real world today when you otherwise would have forgotten.