1. Introduction| plato.stanford.edu
This is a system I only somewhat tongue in cheek refer to as “The Fully General System For Learning To Do Hard Things”. It’s a useful conceptual framework for how to get better at things that you currently find difficult. | David R. MacIver
Have you ever mentioned something that seems totally normal to you only to be greeted by surprise? Happens to me all the time when I describe something everyone at work thinks is normal. For some reason, my conversation partner's face morphs from pleasant smile to rictus of horror. Here are a few representative examples.| danluu.com
Getting to know the right people| notebook.drmaciver.com
What is agency? How does agency work? Can you get better at it? It's actually doing stuff that gets you what you want, IDK, and maybe respectively. Here are some useful distinctions and observations that might help.| drmaciver.substack.com
Practical wisdom is the quality of knowing what to do is in a particular practical contexts. We all have some of it, and we could all benefit from learning more of it. I talk about how this newsletter is primarily a place where I try to teach practical wisdom, and provide some theory of how it works and how to get better at it.| drmaciver.substack.com
