Why optimisation is the correct action by definition, and responses to common objections and mistakes| Neel Nanda
An incredibly useful way to improve the way that I’m living my life is to run experiments on myself. Where by “experiment”, I mean to explicitly change something about how I live my life, follow this plan for some period of time, and then explicitly track how it went, and what I learned from this. F| Neel Nanda
How I think about truth-seeking and why it’s important to me| Neel Nanda
I’m currently in the middle of a virtual conference , so one thing heavily on my mind is how to get the most out of talking to people who know more than me. How to get as much information as I can, how to get it efficiently, and how to ensure I actually understand it and retain it! I think this is| Neel Nanda
How to look at problems in your life, overcome helplessness, and see them as things to be solved| Neel Nanda
The Skill of Noticing Emotions (Thanks to Eli Tyre and Luke Raskopf for helping teach me the technique. And thanks to Nora Ammann, Fin Moorhouse, Ben…| www.lesswrong.com
Outlining a common failure mode, where people focus on investing effort, rather than achieving results| Neel Nanda