I’m not sure if I’m a Less Wrong-style rationalist, but I feel unequipped to speak to anyone else’s weaknesses!
Among the things I’m bad at, here’s a few things that get me camaraderie-about-being-bad-at-things from other rationalists:
deliberately being present in the moment, for many moments in a row, as a persistent life habit
engaging productively with doctors about my medical problems
procuring and eating good food that makes me happy
presenting myself with approachable confidence in social interactions
Edit: of these four, I have more of a lead on the first; I think Logan’s naturalism studies have a lot more to teach me. (https://www.lesswrong.com/s/evLkoqsbi79AnM5sz , https://www.loganstrohl.com/nature-study)
When it comes to the first three I would expect that people in our community are more extreme on average. Some people focused attention on getting good on those points.
The average LessWronger probably meditates more than the average person.
I’m not sure if I’m a Less Wrong-style rationalist, but I feel unequipped to speak to anyone else’s weaknesses!
Among the things I’m bad at, here’s a few things that get me camaraderie-about-being-bad-at-things from other rationalists:
deliberately being present in the moment, for many moments in a row, as a persistent life habit
engaging productively with doctors about my medical problems
procuring and eating good food that makes me happy
presenting myself with approachable confidence in social interactions
Edit: of these four, I have more of a lead on the first; I think Logan’s naturalism studies have a lot more to teach me. (https://www.lesswrong.com/s/evLkoqsbi79AnM5sz , https://www.loganstrohl.com/nature-study)
When it comes to the first three I would expect that people in our community are more extreme on average. Some people focused attention on getting good on those points.
The average LessWronger probably meditates more than the average person.