This is my second “jefftk parenting post” that I’ve curated. Last time, I cited some reasons this seemed relevant:
I think there is actually something fairly important about the topic of raising kids, which is relevant to more common LessWrong themes. First, there is a sense in which raising a family is one of the core things humanity is about. Many LW folk don’t seem to have kids, and part of me is worried that all our philosophy and strategy is sort of missing something important if we don’t have a background sense of “what raising kids is like” subtly informing our judgments.
There is also a sense in which this post is about “how to raise an agent”, which I think ties pretty directly into core LW themes. I felt like reading the article fit into my overall worldview that includes robust agents and rationality and learning to think independently. (I think this effect was weaker than the previous “why artists study anatomy” curation, but similar in type)
This time, I’m much more explicitly excited about how the second point ties into core LessWrong themes. I’m interested in both how coordination schemes work when children interact with them, and the prospect of teaching good habits on how to think probabilistically.
Curated.
This is my second “jefftk parenting post” that I’ve curated. Last time, I cited some reasons this seemed relevant:
This time, I’m much more explicitly excited about how the second point ties into core LessWrong themes. I’m interested in both how coordination schemes work when children interact with them, and the prospect of teaching good habits on how to think probabilistically.