Fifteen years ago, we bought a house with a yard in which we planted lots of greenery (check); not stretching our budget (check); no pool or other frippery (check); we left the construction to the oversight of others rather than obsessing over every fireplace and window (check); and it is in a middle-class neighborhood in an otherwise working-class village (check). The commute is not short, however (fail).
My life should be bliss!
Seriously, does rationality training include congratulating yourself for lack of certain biases?
Thanks for the post!
Seriously, does rationality training include congratulating yourself for lack of certain biases?
If you never congratulate yourself for thinking correctly, but you sometimes punish yourself for thinking incorrectly, you are effectively conditioning yourself against thinking. Which would be a bad thing.
(Something similar to this was mentioned at the Rationality Minicamp.)
I specifically searched my last flat to be in a 10-20 min walking distance from the work location. Are there research results that compare the different modes of transportation? I would expect a sorting of (better) walking ⇐ public transport ⇐ driving yourself (worse). Or is the stress level the same for either?
Also was there a result in regards to the minimum distance necessary to the job location? While working from home has its own benefits, I would expect a certain distance between job and home to be good. My daily walking also helped with getting in the mood and with shutting down my work-mind.
OMG!
I feel really good about myself and my wife, now.
Fifteen years ago, we bought a house with a yard in which we planted lots of greenery (check); not stretching our budget (check); no pool or other frippery (check); we left the construction to the oversight of others rather than obsessing over every fireplace and window (check); and it is in a middle-class neighborhood in an otherwise working-class village (check). The commute is not short, however (fail).
My life should be bliss!
Seriously, does rationality training include congratulating yourself for lack of certain biases? Thanks for the post!
If you never congratulate yourself for thinking correctly, but you sometimes punish yourself for thinking incorrectly, you are effectively conditioning yourself against thinking. Which would be a bad thing.
(Something similar to this was mentioned at the Rationality Minicamp.)
I specifically searched my last flat to be in a 10-20 min walking distance from the work location. Are there research results that compare the different modes of transportation? I would expect a sorting of (better) walking ⇐ public transport ⇐ driving yourself (worse). Or is the stress level the same for either?
Also was there a result in regards to the minimum distance necessary to the job location? While working from home has its own benefits, I would expect a certain distance between job and home to be good. My daily walking also helped with getting in the mood and with shutting down my work-mind.
I think it depends on how good public transport is and how much traffic there is where you live.