Sure, but you could start optimizing to impress an all knowing, completely rational historian from the far future.
Virtues I’ve instilled in myself that I’ve found useful: don’t be a hypocrite, don’t be one of those people who’s all talk and no action, optimal behavior is a virtue (while keeping in mind that optimal behavior may change based on your emotional state, for example, if you’re worn out, it’s likely that the optimal action is to focus on rejuvenating yourself instead of working more).
Another thing that had a positive impact on my personality was spending a lot of time playing management oriented computer games like Railroad Tycoon and Civilization, then deciding that I was wasting my time and that I wanted to apply the same optimization oriented thinking that I was using in the game to real life.
Sure, but you could start optimizing to impress an all knowing, completely rational historian from the far future.
I don’t know if imaginary person is enough for our instincts. We should also seek company of rational people, so our instincts can focus on them.
Virtues I’ve instilled in myself that I’ve found useful: …
Problem with signalling is that it can probably subvert any activity, and if something is called “virtue”, then it seems like a very good target. If you are not careful, you may find that you, for example, describe yourself as a worse person than you really are, to signal high non-hypocricy.
By the way, I would like to read an article about applying specific lessons to specific computer games in real life.
Sure, but you could start optimizing to impress an all knowing, completely rational historian from the far future.
Virtues I’ve instilled in myself that I’ve found useful: don’t be a hypocrite, don’t be one of those people who’s all talk and no action, optimal behavior is a virtue (while keeping in mind that optimal behavior may change based on your emotional state, for example, if you’re worn out, it’s likely that the optimal action is to focus on rejuvenating yourself instead of working more).
Another thing that had a positive impact on my personality was spending a lot of time playing management oriented computer games like Railroad Tycoon and Civilization, then deciding that I was wasting my time and that I wanted to apply the same optimization oriented thinking that I was using in the game to real life.
I don’t know if imaginary person is enough for our instincts. We should also seek company of rational people, so our instincts can focus on them.
Problem with signalling is that it can probably subvert any activity, and if something is called “virtue”, then it seems like a very good target. If you are not careful, you may find that you, for example, describe yourself as a worse person than you really are, to signal high non-hypocricy.
By the way, I would like to read an article about applying specific lessons to specific computer games in real life.