Most benefits (that I can recognize) aren’t particularly concrete. Some things (like the length of my relationship) could be in part of internalizing LW concepts but I have no way to measure it.
The biggest concrete impact is that I’ve grown more social. Not just within the aspiring rationalist community (also that’s also a big part of it) but by slowly expanding my comfort zone and having a bigger understanding on what I find important in different kinds of social encounters.
Not a very satisfactory answer, I assume. I think that’s because of two reasons:
My life wasn’t in a good spot the last year (or even two years) due to things that were more or less out of my direct control. Not the best circumstances to execute big life-changing plans.
A lot of the benefits I’ve gotten from hanging out on LW are relatively small. They do add up to larger increases in my wellbeing, but nothing particularly concrete.
Most benefits (that I can recognize) aren’t particularly concrete. Some things (like the length of my relationship) could be in part of internalizing LW concepts but I have no way to measure it.
The biggest concrete impact is that I’ve grown more social. Not just within the aspiring rationalist community (also that’s also a big part of it) but by slowly expanding my comfort zone and having a bigger understanding on what I find important in different kinds of social encounters.
Not a very satisfactory answer, I assume. I think that’s because of two reasons:
My life wasn’t in a good spot the last year (or even two years) due to things that were more or less out of my direct control. Not the best circumstances to execute big life-changing plans.
A lot of the benefits I’ve gotten from hanging out on LW are relatively small. They do add up to larger increases in my wellbeing, but nothing particularly concrete.
Maybe I’ve got a better answer in a year.