Step two: go up one meta level to make a product which creates other products, in a highly engaging way-WIP. Eg: remove friction from the existing workflow of the game creation, or make it easier for an alpha tester to provide feedback to a new app creator.
Why haven’t I done this? Well, my current main project is shaped like this, but I do feel like a lot of distractions or perceived obligations get in my way… Eg not having a cofounder, or raising money, or optimizing where to live. Would love to hear what’s helped others focus on doing (rather than just “trying”)!
Sounds like you want to create a software library for gameification (both implementing the features and increasing their addictiveness)?
It sort of sounds like you want to take the symmetric weapon of addictiveness, which the forces of doom have perfected and the forces of hope have neglected, and make it accessible to the good guys?
When I decided to pursue an EA career, I started taking classes and committed to grad school. This fall I’m moving to Michigan for an MS in bioengineering. Obviously that’s not concretely relevant to your project.
However, in the outlines, I think it’s relevant. I spent about $1,500 every quarter for two years on the “commitment device” of classes, and am about to drop another $25,000/semester on the “commitment/networking/internship” experience of grad school. Finding a meaningful way to pay for experiences that broadcast and reinforce your commitment and networking opportunities seems like a good strategy.
So if you’re truly dedicated to this as your life’s work, what could you spend $6,000/year or more on (maybe in chunks) that would help you network and commit and gain credibility in this space? Attending conferences? Hiring a full-time freelance programmer for a month?
In online space, I saw several productive people who get reward by just crossing off the to-do list. I also get content feeling when I cross off, but it is not sufficient enough to let me do all the to-do list before sleeping. Lesswrong’s karma system I get every morning is sufficient enough to write a comment constantly. I hope you hack the mechanism and boost our productivity:)
Problem area: how do we apply highly engaging feedback mechanisms (e.g. games, internet points, social media) towards creating things of value?
Conversely, how do we prevent that same engaging feedback from destroying value (opportunity costs of time, attention, literal money)
Step one: create a highly engaging product (apps/games/websites) - done, kinda
Step two: go up one meta level to make a product which creates other products, in a highly engaging way-WIP. Eg: remove friction from the existing workflow of the game creation, or make it easier for an alpha tester to provide feedback to a new app creator.
Why haven’t I done this? Well, my current main project is shaped like this, but I do feel like a lot of distractions or perceived obligations get in my way… Eg not having a cofounder, or raising money, or optimizing where to live. Would love to hear what’s helped others focus on doing (rather than just “trying”)!
Sounds like you want to create a software library for gameification (both implementing the features and increasing their addictiveness)?
It sort of sounds like you want to take the symmetric weapon of addictiveness, which the forces of doom have perfected and the forces of hope have neglected, and make it accessible to the good guys?
When I decided to pursue an EA career, I started taking classes and committed to grad school. This fall I’m moving to Michigan for an MS in bioengineering. Obviously that’s not concretely relevant to your project.
However, in the outlines, I think it’s relevant. I spent about $1,500 every quarter for two years on the “commitment device” of classes, and am about to drop another $25,000/semester on the “commitment/networking/internship” experience of grad school. Finding a meaningful way to pay for experiences that broadcast and reinforce your commitment and networking opportunities seems like a good strategy.
So if you’re truly dedicated to this as your life’s work, what could you spend $6,000/year or more on (maybe in chunks) that would help you network and commit and gain credibility in this space? Attending conferences? Hiring a full-time freelance programmer for a month?
In online space, I saw several productive people who get reward by just crossing off the to-do list. I also get content feeling when I cross off, but it is not sufficient enough to let me do all the to-do list before sleeping. Lesswrong’s karma system I get every morning is sufficient enough to write a comment constantly. I hope you hack the mechanism and boost our productivity:)