wow that’s really neat o.o are you going to post these to social media?
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As someone who has been organizing meetups in VR for about a year now [check out ea vr and h+vr), I think VR makes virtual hangouts with friends better! I am also actually quite excited about productivity in VR however the tech isn’t quite there (give it a couple years), but social VR is already lots of fun (despite still being in a fairly early state itself)!
Hanging in VR with friends feels a lot like being in the same space together. We like to chill and vibe while doing our own things too.
My personal feeling towards social VR is something like: despite how early all this tech is, it’s already this cool, and I enjoy it a lot. Imagine what it’ll be like once it’s more mature! I’m excited :)
When I notice I’m feeling paralyzed/indecisive about something, I will imagine a version of myself who is decisive, and predict what they would do. And do that.
When I feel the metal knob of the bathroom door I will check if I have my phone on me, and If I do, then I will put it in it’s charging station.
This is because I often waste lots of time scrolling on the phone in the bathroom in the morning and evening when I should be getting ready for the day and getting ready for bed.
However, I do like having some listening material while I’m in the shower, ala motivational videos or music. So later when I have some money I will buy a simple Bluetooth shower speaker.
I read this comment half a year ago and it was very helpful to me. I’m already in a much better spot now, thank you, 9 years later :)
I haven’t been on lesswrong in a while, and I just saw an earlier post that truly impressed me. Someone leaving their job at Deepmind, because they could no longer work there in good consciousness. But before leaving they tried many many avenues to try to get Deepmind to uphold their originally stated pledge to not develop autonomous weapons.
Their dedication to trying to do good in the face of overwhelming indifference, and their eventual split from the company truly impressed me.
I then started to wonder why I stopped coming here!
And then I read your post and remembered why. (Intellectual superiority complex much?)