I’ve certainly read this post more than once. The advice described really does seem to be pretty solid and while it may sound somewhat obvious (use all your various skills to work on [thing] instead of using one or two skills while ignoring the rest because redirecting skills is fairly doable), the general picture isn’t something I hear every day (or really any day).
Most questions that people ask you sound like “who do you want to be when you grow up”, which I guess gives one a sense of needing to figure out a specific thing (be a doctor) and it’s a little difficult to think outside this box (heal people), and this post does a wonderful job of describing how to begin thinking outside this box.
It might not be the path for everyone (some people do know exactly what they want to be) but it is really helpful for the more confused or unsure people.
Besides the helpful idea, the writing the implementation and thinking processes very well, which is amazing.
A fascinating experiment about short-term memory loss.
Gives me some ideas I’d like to try if I ever get affected so.
This post is somewhat of a description of a test run of Lesswrong values and lessons, which is very important for showcasing these values, somewhat explaining how they work, and giving people concrete ideas about what to look for.