This also interests me. Some of my hopes for the Ottawa Rationality Dojo are that we can assemble people who are interested in skill development, and that we can build curricula that are useful to similar groups. I’m not convinced that I’m the kind of person who could follow these curricula alone or with an online community, so I’m trying to build it locally.
One major concern that I have with trying to build a curriculum for instrumental rationality is that the art must have a purpose beyond itself. I believe that it is for this reason that CFAR has realigned itself from teaching instrumental rationality to teaching instrumental rationality for AI alignment.
At the upcoming local SSC meetups, I will be asking “For what purpose do you intend to develop the art?” If I get answers, I’ll post them to LW.
Sounds awesome! A meatspace group would be great, I’m sure. One of my issues with self-study is having nobody to go to when I have questions or don’t understand something. Having an empirical goal can also tell you if you’ve succeeded or failed in your attempt to learn the art.
Having a group of rationalists to talk to in person has been invaluable to me this year. It’s helping me emerge from depression, overcome impostor syndrome, and find my project. The previous sentence reads like the battles have been won, but they are being fought constantly.
This also interests me. Some of my hopes for the Ottawa Rationality Dojo are that we can assemble people who are interested in skill development, and that we can build curricula that are useful to similar groups. I’m not convinced that I’m the kind of person who could follow these curricula alone or with an online community, so I’m trying to build it locally.
One major concern that I have with trying to build a curriculum for instrumental rationality is that the art must have a purpose beyond itself. I believe that it is for this reason that CFAR has realigned itself from teaching instrumental rationality to teaching instrumental rationality for AI alignment.
At the upcoming local SSC meetups, I will be asking “For what purpose do you intend to develop the art?” If I get answers, I’ll post them to LW.
Sounds awesome! A meatspace group would be great, I’m sure. One of my issues with self-study is having nobody to go to when I have questions or don’t understand something. Having an empirical goal can also tell you if you’ve succeeded or failed in your attempt to learn the art.
Having a group of rationalists to talk to in person has been invaluable to me this year. It’s helping me emerge from depression, overcome impostor syndrome, and find my project. The previous sentence reads like the battles have been won, but they are being fought constantly.
Check this list of upcoming meetups: https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/08/09/ssc-meetups-2018-times-and-places/
Right now is a really good time to start or join meatspace communities.