I am (being new here) working through the sequences. I do this because I’ve immediately recognized upon reading many of the responses here that I lack the internal machinery, and certainly the language, to even foster discussion of what I do and believe, and why. The goal would be to get through all of the major and minor sequences, which seems like quite the low bar, except that I work a reasonable amount of hours throughout the week, and suffer a good deal of lethargy over not spending enough mental effort on reading new things already. On that note, the major portion of this project is recreating the ability to focus on material for longer periods of time without feeling like my brain needs to shut off after using some of its energy for work activities. While work is, intellectually, hard work it is of a tried and old sort for me that allows for lethargy without a decrease in quality, a feature I would expect of most jobs.
Well, you won’t understand some of the jokes if you don’t have some familiarity with the original series, but that’s nothing a few trips to Harry Potter wikia can’t fix.
I am (being new here) working through the sequences. I do this because I’ve immediately recognized upon reading many of the responses here that I lack the internal machinery, and certainly the language, to even foster discussion of what I do and believe, and why. The goal would be to get through all of the major and minor sequences, which seems like quite the low bar, except that I work a reasonable amount of hours throughout the week, and suffer a good deal of lethargy over not spending enough mental effort on reading new things already. On that note, the major portion of this project is recreating the ability to focus on material for longer periods of time without feeling like my brain needs to shut off after using some of its energy for work activities. While work is, intellectually, hard work it is of a tried and old sort for me that allows for lethargy without a decrease in quality, a feature I would expect of most jobs.
Have you tried reading through Methods of Rationality first? That’s more fun and covers some of the same material.
Admission: I haven’t read Harry Potter, but I’m told it’s not a major prerequisite.
Well, you won’t understand some of the jokes if you don’t have some familiarity with the original series, but that’s nothing a few trips to Harry Potter wikia can’t fix.