Well you’ve certainly come to the right place if self-improvement and overcoming bias are what interest you. As Fluttershy pointed out, the Sequences are a great place to dive into the culture and conversation of LW. If you’re looking for sequences specifically about self-improvement, check out Living Luminously and The Science of Winning at Life.
You aren’t the only one here to try out habit changes and “life hacks,” so feel free to share your personal improvements or experiments. We have quite a sizeable demographic of people experimenting with things like Soylent and MealSquares and other ideas. So it’s always good to have another voice willing to strive for optimization.
I don’t know what college you attend, but consider checking out if you have a local LW meetup in your area. Meetups are great places to get acquainted and have some real conversation with fellow rationalists (and to just hang out). They’re a great place to start getting your feet wet.
Glad to have you join the conversation! Hope to see you around.
I actually had lived for a whole month off of DIY soylent I made, but I eventually stopped because the process was actually slightly more time consuming (although a third the cost) than my regular methods. (While probably healthier, I didn’t really notice any difference) I suspect there are probably easier ways than I had been doing it though.
One thing I’ve noticed is that LW doesn’t seem to be sending me email notifications when I get a reply. I see that I can tick a thing to get notifications of other people’s specific comments, but in my own there is what appears to be a deletion button. I would then assume it is supposed to be automatically notifying me. Fortunately I noticed the recent comments box.
Hello and welcome to LessWrong!
Well you’ve certainly come to the right place if self-improvement and overcoming bias are what interest you. As Fluttershy pointed out, the Sequences are a great place to dive into the culture and conversation of LW. If you’re looking for sequences specifically about self-improvement, check out Living Luminously and The Science of Winning at Life.
You aren’t the only one here to try out habit changes and “life hacks,” so feel free to share your personal improvements or experiments. We have quite a sizeable demographic of people experimenting with things like Soylent and MealSquares and other ideas. So it’s always good to have another voice willing to strive for optimization.
I don’t know what college you attend, but consider checking out if you have a local LW meetup in your area. Meetups are great places to get acquainted and have some real conversation with fellow rationalists (and to just hang out). They’re a great place to start getting your feet wet.
Glad to have you join the conversation! Hope to see you around.
I actually had lived for a whole month off of DIY soylent I made, but I eventually stopped because the process was actually slightly more time consuming (although a third the cost) than my regular methods. (While probably healthier, I didn’t really notice any difference) I suspect there are probably easier ways than I had been doing it though.
One thing I’ve noticed is that LW doesn’t seem to be sending me email notifications when I get a reply. I see that I can tick a thing to get notifications of other people’s specific comments, but in my own there is what appears to be a deletion button. I would then assume it is supposed to be automatically notifying me. Fortunately I noticed the recent comments box.
Definitely going to be liking it here. Thanks.