FWIW, I still think ‘noticing’ is a fundamental rationality skill and have used it pretty consistently since Brienne first brought it up.
I do notice that your post seems to focus on the ‘macro level’ (i.e. notice that an overall behavior isn’t working out), whereas the noticing that I’ve made use of is more on the 5-second level – noticing the internal feeling of “hmm, this project feels doomy” or “hmm, I seem to be defensive right now” or “hmm, I just said ‘X is like Y’ – do I actually have examples backing up the claim ‘X is like Y’?”
Noticing seems like a cornerstone skill because you can’t possibly change your behavior strategically if you’re not noticing anything. And, moreover, a lot of the time the mere act of noticing can dissolve whatever maladaptive pattern you’re in.
To change something, you must first describe it. To describe something, you must first see it.
Hold still in one place for as long as it takes to see something
FWIW, I still think ‘noticing’ is a fundamental rationality skill and have used it pretty consistently since Brienne first brought it up.
I do notice that your post seems to focus on the ‘macro level’ (i.e. notice that an overall behavior isn’t working out), whereas the noticing that I’ve made use of is more on the 5-second level – noticing the internal feeling of “hmm, this project feels doomy” or “hmm, I seem to be defensive right now” or “hmm, I just said ‘X is like Y’ – do I actually have examples backing up the claim ‘X is like Y’?”
Noticing seems like a cornerstone skill because you can’t possibly change your behavior strategically if you’re not noticing anything. And, moreover, a lot of the time the mere act of noticing can dissolve whatever maladaptive pattern you’re in.