The quote appeals to me to the extent that I’m considering adopting it as a general life strategy, but I’d like more discussion around it and arguments for or against. (If you have any feel free to post here.)
In the graduation-speech approach, you decide where you want to be in twenty years, and then ask: what should I do now to get there? I propose instead that you don’t commit to anything in the future, but just look at the options available now, and choose those that will give you the most promising range of options afterward.
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quote have any origin before Final words? I searched for it but only found it in a post on heuristics that linked back there.
The quote appeals to me to the extent that I’m considering adopting it as a general life strategy, but I’d like more discussion around it and arguments for or against. (If you have any feel free to post here.)
I haven’t seen anything, and I thought it was original to Eliezer’s story.
Possibly relevant: What You’ll Wish You’d Known.