do not allow the feeling of “I learned something today” to substitute for Actually Doing Things.
Learning stuff can be pretty useful. Especially stuff extremely general in its application that isn’t easy to just look up when you need it, like rationality. If the process of learning is enjoyable, so much the better.
I think you may have misinterpreted a critical part of the sentence:
‘do not allow the FEELING of “I learned something today” to substitute for Actually Doing Things.’
Insight porn, so to speak, is that way because it makes you feel good, like you can Actually Do Things and like you have the tools to now Actually Do Things. But if you don’t get up and Actually Do Things, you have only learned how to feel like you can Actually Do Things, which isn’t nearly as useful as it sounds.
Sure, I agree. IMO, any self-improvement effort should be intermixed with lots of attempts to accomplish object-level goals so you can get empirical feedback on what’s working and what isn’t.
Learning stuff can be pretty useful. Especially stuff extremely general in its application that isn’t easy to just look up when you need it, like rationality. If the process of learning is enjoyable, so much the better.
I think you may have misinterpreted a critical part of the sentence:
‘do not allow the FEELING of “I learned something today” to substitute for Actually Doing Things.’
Insight porn, so to speak, is that way because it makes you feel good, like you can Actually Do Things and like you have the tools to now Actually Do Things. But if you don’t get up and Actually Do Things, you have only learned how to feel like you can Actually Do Things, which isn’t nearly as useful as it sounds.
Sure, I agree. IMO, any self-improvement effort should be intermixed with lots of attempts to accomplish object-level goals so you can get empirical feedback on what’s working and what isn’t.