Vassar’s proposed shift from saying “this is the best thing you can do” to “this is a cool thing you can do” because people’s psychologies respond better to this
Operant conditioning in general
Most generally, create a model of the other person, then use standard rationality to explore how to most efficiently change them. Obviously, the less wrong and overcoming bias knowledge base is very relevant for this.
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Vassar’s proposed shift from saying “this is the best thing you can do” to “this is a cool thing you can do” because people’s psychologies respond better to this
Operant conditioning in general
Most generally, create a model of the other person, then use standard rationality to explore how to most efficiently change them. Obviously, the less wrong and overcoming bias knowledge base is very relevant for this.