You meet an old wizened man, sitting by a fire. As you sit and talk with him, he shares his regrets—if only he were young again, the things he might do differently.
He challenges you to seek out and read a Lesswrong article called “bug hunt”, which suggests writing a list of potential improvements to your life. You evidence you have done this by giving him the 25th word of that article. Well done, he rewards you with some experience points.
Next he gives you a bound leather tome, your own bug book. He teaches you two level one spells: “hope” which records a bug in the tome, and “surpass” which marks a bug as completed. Each time the latter is cast a short explanation must be given of what was done in the real world to beat that bug.
Come back, the man suggests, when you are a level higher. Then he will teach you “ambition”, a spell to help overcome some bugs by setting a motivating goal. But you’ll need more experience points before you’re ready for that.
Or perhaps you find some bugs difficult because of internal fear. East of here, he claims, is a fearless warrior woman. She is difficult to find, but can teach you a spell called “approach”. That spell allows even the most fearsome bugs to be attacked, by approaching them incrementally.
You leave the meeting eager to employ these new spells you have learned, empowered to improve your life step-by-step.
You meet an old wizened man, sitting by a fire. As you sit and talk with him, he shares his regrets—if only he were young again, the things he might do differently.
He challenges you to seek out and read a Lesswrong article called “bug hunt”, which suggests writing a list of potential improvements to your life. You evidence you have done this by giving him the 25th word of that article. Well done, he rewards you with some experience points.
Next he gives you a bound leather tome, your own bug book. He teaches you two level one spells: “hope” which records a bug in the tome, and “surpass” which marks a bug as completed. Each time the latter is cast a short explanation must be given of what was done in the real world to beat that bug.
Come back, the man suggests, when you are a level higher. Then he will teach you “ambition”, a spell to help overcome some bugs by setting a motivating goal. But you’ll need more experience points before you’re ready for that.
Or perhaps you find some bugs difficult because of internal fear. East of here, he claims, is a fearless warrior woman. She is difficult to find, but can teach you a spell called “approach”. That spell allows even the most fearsome bugs to be attacked, by approaching them incrementally.
You leave the meeting eager to employ these new spells you have learned, empowered to improve your life step-by-step.
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