[This is] a series of discussion posts, where each post is of the form “Let’s brainstorm things you might consider when optimizing X”, where X is something like sleep, exercise, commuting, studying, etc. Think of it like a specialized repository.
In the spirit of try more things, the direct benefit is to provide insights like “Oh, I never realized that BLAH is a knob I can fiddle. This gives me an idea of how I might change BLAH given my particular circumstances. I will try this and see what happens!”
The indirect benefit is to practice instrumental rationality using the “toy problem” provided by a general prompt.
Accordingly, participation could be in many forms:
* Pointers to scientific research * General directions to consider * Personal experience * Boring advice * Intersections with other community ideas, biases * Cost-benefit, value-of-information analysis * Related questions * Other musings, thoughts, speculation, links, theories, etc.
Things to consider when optimizing: Commuting, Transportation
Previous topics:
Sleep
This post is on commuting and transportation.