There is a term for unconventional strategies outside of behavioural norms that provide benefits: positive deviance. It’s also a catchy and awesome-sounding term that, in the unlikely event of this concept ever making it to air, wouldn’t tar the term “rationalist” with connotations of not showering, goo diets, and saying whatever unfiltered thought passes through your mind.
That said, I like this as an intellectual exercise, so:
COZE is a good inclusion… People going out and doing un-fun things and then later being all like, “I tried a rave once, and I don’t usually like it. How about we go to pizza instead”
Have a coffee table “the lookup table” so that you can look things up and talk about learning about them when you discover new things. Or some way to put arguments on hold till you look them up...
Its easy to say “not shower” and “thats gotta be terrible”, but its (potentially hilarious) to have a guy running around town insisting people smell him because he smells great! and hasn’t showered in years! And demonstrating the success of the results; rather than the ickyness of no-showers.
goo diets is very strawmanned. Steelmanned is that hungover guy not sure what to eat—just eat soylent. That grumpy “I can’t decide what to eat” feeling and a person being angry and someone else going—just eat some soylent! and then everyone going out to dinner and talking about how delicious everything tastes.
radical truth can be painful or helpful depending on where/when it happens. you just need to get woken up by radical truth guy at 2am doing something annoying and have him yell at radical truth guy for being annoying, and then have radical truth guy stop and say, “this is so great that you are taking it on board but next time try less yelling”
There is a term for unconventional strategies outside of behavioural norms that provide benefits: positive deviance. It’s also a catchy and awesome-sounding term that, in the unlikely event of this concept ever making it to air, wouldn’t tar the term “rationalist” with connotations of not showering, goo diets, and saying whatever unfiltered thought passes through your mind.
That said, I like this as an intellectual exercise, so:
Ergonomics (standing desks, DVORAK, Vibram Five-Fingers, etc.)
Quantified Self
Nootropics / biohacking
Time-management / productivity
Comfort zone expansion?
An epistemic example instead of an instrumental one: looking up look-up-able facts instead of bickering or speculating about them.
COZE is a good inclusion… People going out and doing un-fun things and then later being all like, “I tried a rave once, and I don’t usually like it. How about we go to pizza instead”
Have a coffee table “the lookup table” so that you can look things up and talk about learning about them when you discover new things. Or some way to put arguments on hold till you look them up...
Its easy to say “not shower” and “thats gotta be terrible”, but its (potentially hilarious) to have a guy running around town insisting people smell him because he smells great! and hasn’t showered in years! And demonstrating the success of the results; rather than the ickyness of no-showers.
goo diets is very strawmanned. Steelmanned is that hungover guy not sure what to eat—just eat soylent. That grumpy “I can’t decide what to eat” feeling and a person being angry and someone else going—just eat some soylent! and then everyone going out to dinner and talking about how delicious everything tastes.
radical truth can be painful or helpful depending on where/when it happens. you just need to get woken up by radical truth guy at 2am doing something annoying and have him yell at radical truth guy for being annoying, and then have radical truth guy stop and say, “this is so great that you are taking it on board but next time try less yelling”
I like those suggestions too...