Beside the technical posts, LW has many good articles that teach a good mindset for epistemic rationality (like the 12 Virtues and the litanies). Much of this applies to instrumental rationality. But I compartmentalize between epistemic and instrumental rationality. I use different words and thoughts when thinking about believes and actions or plans.
So I have been reading the 12 Virtues and tried to interpret it in terms of plans, actions and activities.
The first virtue (curiosity) would obviously become “something to protect”.
The fourth virtue is evenness. One who wishes to believe says, “Does the evidence permit me to believe?” One who wishes to disbelieve asks, “Does the evidence force me to believe?” ”
Here you would substitute the self-talk with something like “Am I allowed to do this?” and “Do I have to do this?”, so that it’s about what you do, not what you believe.
In the virtue of empiricism, it says that one should concentrate on the experience to anticipate and not let the debate become about anything else. A corresponding instrumental virtue
would be to concentrate on the desired results of an action or a plan, on what you want to archive.
The virtue of perfectionism could be interpreted in an instrumental way, too. But instead of errors in yourself, you’d think about errors in your actions and behaviour.
Beside the technical posts, LW has many good articles that teach a good mindset for epistemic rationality (like the 12 Virtues and the litanies). Much of this applies to instrumental rationality. But I compartmentalize between epistemic and instrumental rationality. I use different words and thoughts when thinking about believes and actions or plans.
So I have been reading the 12 Virtues and tried to interpret it in terms of plans, actions and activities.
The first virtue (curiosity) would obviously become “something to protect”.
Here you would substitute the self-talk with something like “Am I allowed to do this?” and “Do I have to do this?”, so that it’s about what you do, not what you believe.
In the virtue of empiricism, it says that one should concentrate on the experience to anticipate and not let the debate become about anything else. A corresponding instrumental virtue would be to concentrate on the desired results of an action or a plan, on what you want to archive.
The virtue of perfectionism could be interpreted in an instrumental way, too. But instead of errors in yourself, you’d think about errors in your actions and behaviour.