I’m not quite sure I’d attribute the whole effect to ‘being more rational’, but I think exposure to LessWrong explains my choice to study artificial intelligence, and specifically how to ensure that future AI systems are highly reliable, to live in a group house with other LessWrong diaspora members, to sign up for cryonics, to be vegan, to donate 10% of my income to weird charities, and more mundanely to happen to be wearing a LessWrong shirt at the moment.
Seconding career choices, cryonics, and donating money. Became vegan after my exposure to LW, but not sure if the effect was strong. Exposure to LessWrong has also given me a better working model of how to do the thinking thing better. In particular, I am now much much much better at noticing confusion.
I’m not quite sure I’d attribute the whole effect to ‘being more rational’, but I think exposure to LessWrong explains my choice to study artificial intelligence, and specifically how to ensure that future AI systems are highly reliable, to live in a group house with other LessWrong diaspora members, to sign up for cryonics, to be vegan, to donate 10% of my income to weird charities, and more mundanely to happen to be wearing a LessWrong shirt at the moment.
Seconding career choices, cryonics, and donating money. Became vegan after my exposure to LW, but not sure if the effect was strong. Exposure to LessWrong has also given me a better working model of how to do the thinking thing better. In particular, I am now much much much better at noticing confusion.