Hello everyone, I'm Franz. I don't actually remember how I happened upon this site, but I do know it was rotting in my unsorted bookmark folder for over a year before I actually decided to read any post. This I do regret.
Because of circumstances I am currently in Brazil and due to a lack of internet infrastructure, I have to read the downloadable versions of the sequences and won't be able to comment often. I do enjoying reading your insightful thoughts!
I was wondering if anyone has directly applied EY methods to their own life? For what reason and what... (read more)
Welcome!
I have. Specifically, the How to Actually Change Your Mind sequence was very
helpful to me in real life.
However, in spite of how some people feel about this site, for me, it is not
about [only] EY. Lots of things from Less Wrong have affected my life outside of
Less Wrong, specifically (quoting from an older draft of this comment, now, so
that is why the flow may be weird here):
One of the most helpful posts I came upon here was "The Power of Pomodoros",
which introduced me to the Pomodoro technique. See this PDF from the official
website for a more detailed guide.
Another helpful thing I discovered via Less Wrong is the Less Wrong Study Hall.
See "Co-Working Collaboration to Combat Akrasia" and "Programming the LW Study
Hall". This is the current study hall (on Tinychat), but I think it will
eventually be moved to somewhere else.
Less Wrong taught me about existential risk and efficient charity. This has
produced a tangible change in what I do with my money.
lukeprog's The Science of Winning at Life sequence was also very helpful to me.
I could write more, but I've already spent too much time on this comment. Enjoy
Less Wrong!
0ModusPonies10y
http://lesswrong.com/lw/3w3/how_to_beat_procrastination/ may be what you're
looking for. The community is also fond of the pomodoro technique (i.e., work
for 25 minutes, then take a break for 5 minutes, then repeat; use an actual
timer for both parts), which I can vouch for personally, and the Getting Things
Done method, which I haven't yet tried. beeminder is also great, but requires an
internet connection, so it may not be what you need.
0Watercressed10y
An Intuitive Explanation of Bayes' Theorem has prior/posterior diagrams.
Hello everyone, I'm Franz. I don't actually remember how I happened upon this site, but I do know it was rotting in my unsorted bookmark folder for over a year before I actually decided to read any post. This I do regret.
Because of circumstances I am currently in Brazil and due to a lack of internet infrastructure, I have to read the downloadable versions of the sequences and won't be able to comment often. I do enjoying reading your insightful thoughts!
I was wondering if anyone has directly applied EY methods to their own life? For what reason and what... (read more)