I’m not sure if TDT is available elsewhere as I gave up on self-help books many years ago.
I don’t know about self-help books, but the moral advice to choose as if you are choosing more than the immediate consequences is found in moral philosophy.
“I want to be the kind of agent that chooses X (habitually), therefore I will choose X (now)” reasoning can be found in virtue ethics, although the argument there is based on habit and character development rather than being an algorithm. Aristotle discusses the importance of practicing good decisions in the Nichomachean Ethics: “Similarly we become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.”(source)
“I want to live in a world where people choose X, therefore I will choose X” is a line of reasoning I’ve heard connected to the Jewish moral idea of tikkun olam, though I don’t have a source on that.
I agree that is similar to TDT but I would say it is too vague and general for it to have been much use to me. Part of the advantage of Lesswrong—or any intermet based medium—is that people can comment and sharpen ideas.
I used TDT to get in the habit of flossing my teeth every night—it worked beautifully.
I’m not sure if TDT is available elsewhere as I gave up on self-help books many years ago.
Also I’m not sure of the health benefits of flossing, but still.
I don’t know about self-help books, but the moral advice to choose as if you are choosing more than the immediate consequences is found in moral philosophy.
“I want to be the kind of agent that chooses X (habitually), therefore I will choose X (now)” reasoning can be found in virtue ethics, although the argument there is based on habit and character development rather than being an algorithm. Aristotle discusses the importance of practicing good decisions in the Nichomachean Ethics: “Similarly we become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.” (source)
“I want to live in a world where people choose X, therefore I will choose X” is a line of reasoning I’ve heard connected to the Jewish moral idea of tikkun olam, though I don’t have a source on that.
I agree that is similar to TDT but I would say it is too vague and general for it to have been much use to me. Part of the advantage of Lesswrong—or any intermet based medium—is that people can comment and sharpen ideas.