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Prepare for the Organizer's Retreat that occurs in slightly less than two weeks
Reflect on and write some rough-draft thoughts about Politics & AI Alignment
Visit the M.C. Escher exhibit at the local art museum. That and other displays or exhibits there will alter or challenge my usually occurring frames & perspectives in interesting ways, I'm excited
Study for my certification exam & inevitably work on some computer that's misbehaving or that I need to setup differently
Search for free or very cheap desks or tables or workbenches for my office
I'm often struck by the difficulty (or if one is a Luhmannian, downright impossibility) of communication. I appreciate that the LessWrong & general rationalsphere communities focus so intensely on explicit structured communication, this helps reduce inferential distances that in other communities are not effectively reduced or in some cases, not even consciously thought about. Adroitly conveying one's internal conception & experience of a thing in thingspace to others is an immensely valuable skill.