Hello everyone, I’m Franz. I don’t actually remember how I happened upon this site, but I do know it was rotting in my unsorted bookmark folder for over a year before I actually decided to read any post. This I do regret.
Because of circumstances I am currently in Brazil and due to a lack of internet infrastructure, I have to read the downloadable versions of the sequences and won’t be able to comment often. I do enjoying reading your insightful thoughts!
I was wondering if anyone has directly applied EY methods to their own life? For what reason and what were the results? I tend to be very unproductive with my time and incredibly guilty of procrastination, and was wondering what introspection tools and/or protocols others in similar positions have used to overcome these problems.
(I was also curious if a diagram of priors/reflection of a Bayesian-rationalist existed somewhere, as I am probably more of a visual learner)
However, in spite of how some people feel about this site, for me, it is not about [only] EY. Lots of things from Less Wrong have affected my life outside of Less Wrong, specifically (quoting from an older draft of this comment, now, so that is why the flow may be weird here):
One of the most helpful posts I came upon here was “The Power of Pomodoros”, which introduced me to the Pomodoro technique. See this PDF from the official website for a more detailed guide.
I tend to be very unproductive with my time and incredibly guilty of procrastination, and was wondering what introspection tools and/or protocols others in similar positions have used to overcome these problems.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/3w3/how_to_beat_procrastination/ may be what you’re looking for. The community is also fond of the pomodoro technique (i.e., work for 25 minutes, then take a break for 5 minutes, then repeat; use an actual timer for both parts), which I can vouch for personally, and the Getting Things Done method, which I haven’t yet tried. beeminder is also great, but requires an internet connection, so it may not be what you need.
Hello everyone, I’m Franz. I don’t actually remember how I happened upon this site, but I do know it was rotting in my unsorted bookmark folder for over a year before I actually decided to read any post. This I do regret.
Because of circumstances I am currently in Brazil and due to a lack of internet infrastructure, I have to read the downloadable versions of the sequences and won’t be able to comment often. I do enjoying reading your insightful thoughts!
I was wondering if anyone has directly applied EY methods to their own life? For what reason and what were the results? I tend to be very unproductive with my time and incredibly guilty of procrastination, and was wondering what introspection tools and/or protocols others in similar positions have used to overcome these problems.
(I was also curious if a diagram of priors/reflection of a Bayesian-rationalist existed somewhere, as I am probably more of a visual learner)
Welcome!
I have. Specifically, the How to Actually Change Your Mind sequence was very helpful to me in real life.
However, in spite of how some people feel about this site, for me, it is not about [only] EY. Lots of things from Less Wrong have affected my life outside of Less Wrong, specifically (quoting from an older draft of this comment, now, so that is why the flow may be weird here):
One of the most helpful posts I came upon here was “The Power of Pomodoros”, which introduced me to the Pomodoro technique. See this PDF from the official website for a more detailed guide.
Another helpful thing I discovered via Less Wrong is the Less Wrong Study Hall. See “Co-Working Collaboration to Combat Akrasia” and “Programming the LW Study Hall”. This is the current study hall (on Tinychat), but I think it will eventually be moved to somewhere else.
Less Wrong taught me about existential risk and efficient charity. This has produced a tangible change in what I do with my money.
lukeprog’s The Science of Winning at Life sequence was also very helpful to me.
I could write more, but I’ve already spent too much time on this comment. Enjoy Less Wrong!
http://lesswrong.com/lw/3w3/how_to_beat_procrastination/ may be what you’re looking for. The community is also fond of the pomodoro technique (i.e., work for 25 minutes, then take a break for 5 minutes, then repeat; use an actual timer for both parts), which I can vouch for personally, and the Getting Things Done method, which I haven’t yet tried. beeminder is also great, but requires an internet connection, so it may not be what you need.
I can attest to Beeminder. If you’re able to read and send emails daily, you can use it.
An Intuitive Explanation of Bayes’ Theorem has prior/posterior diagrams.