This is the public group instrumental rationality diary for June 16-30.
It's a place to record and chat about it if you have done, or are actively doing, things like:
Established a useful new habit
Obtained new evidence that made you change your mind about some belief
Decided to behave in a different way in some set of situations
Optimized some part of a common routine or cached behavior
Consciously changed your emotions or affect with respect to something
Consciously pursued new valuable information about something that could make a big difference in your life
Learned something new about your beliefs, behavior, or life that surprised you
Tried doing any of the above and failed
Or anything else interesting which you want to share, so that other people can think about it, and perhaps be inspired to take action themselves. Try to include enough details so that everyone can use each other's experiences to learn about what tends to work out, and what doesn't tend to work out.
Thanks to cata for starting the Group Rationality Diary posts, and to commenters for participating.
Continuing with the Art of Problem Solving: Introduction to Algebra book that I'm studying with the help of zedzed (see here for an explanation):
Chapters 8 and 9 (I knew most of these chapters already, so I only did the hard problems; section 9.5 I didn't know so I did all the problems for that and graded it separately):
Chapter 8: 3 out of 6 correct (50%)
Chapter 9 except section 9.5: 5.5 out of 7 correct (79%)
Section 9.5: 96% out of 138 possible
Chapter 10: 95 out of 123 possible
Chapter 11: 95.5 out of 118 possible
Also, to help my studying I asked my wife to use Windows parental controls to lock my computer entirely during my main study period. Works wonders!
This is the public group instrumental rationality diary for June 16-30.
Thanks to cata for starting the Group Rationality Diary posts, and to commenters for participating.
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