It you can’t the alignment problem of getting yourself to sleep and wake up on time, expect to hurt yourself trying to save the world.
I disagree with this example. Bad wake and sleep times are often a physiological problem. Such problems, like any other problems, can sometimes be solved with competence and good decision making, but this post suggests sleeping at the right times is just a matter of playing the good decision making game on easy mode, and that definitely hasn’t been my experience. (I’ve gone from a terrible sleep cycle to a great sleep cycle through strategies such as aging.)
Certainly sleep issues can be a result of deeper physiological problems, but I’m doubtful as to whether this is often the case. The most likely cause is “lack of conscientiousness and beliefs that sleep times matter.” I would guess that 9 out of 10 LWers who sleep irregularly probably could fix the problem with attention and instrumental rationality.
I disagree with this example. Bad wake and sleep times are often a physiological problem. Such problems, like any other problems, can sometimes be solved with competence and good decision making, but this post suggests sleeping at the right times is just a matter of playing the good decision making game on easy mode, and that definitely hasn’t been my experience. (I’ve gone from a terrible sleep cycle to a great sleep cycle through strategies such as aging.)
Certainly sleep issues can be a result of deeper physiological problems, but I’m doubtful as to whether this is often the case. The most likely cause is “lack of conscientiousness and beliefs that sleep times matter.” I would guess that 9 out of 10 LWers who sleep irregularly probably could fix the problem with attention and instrumental rationality.