I was using “power” in the sense of the OP (which is just: more time/skills/influence). Sorry the examples aren’t as dramatic as you would like; unfortunately, I can’t think of more dramatic examples.
I had that problem too (from the commentary here, this lack of specific examples is the post’s biggest issue) -- whatever examples I could come up with seemed distinctly unspectacular.
However, I think avoiding common failure modes—being less wrong—is a decent way to increase the expected value of your power.
Unfortunately, it seems much easier to list particularly inefficient uses of time than particularly efficient uses of time :P I guess it all depends on your zero point.
I was using “power” in the sense of the OP (which is just: more time/skills/influence). Sorry the examples aren’t as dramatic as you would like; unfortunately, I can’t think of more dramatic examples.
I had that problem too (from the commentary here, this lack of specific examples is the post’s biggest issue) -- whatever examples I could come up with seemed distinctly unspectacular.
However, I think avoiding common failure modes—being less wrong—is a decent way to increase the expected value of your power.
Unfortunately, it seems much easier to list particularly inefficient uses of time than particularly efficient uses of time :P I guess it all depends on your zero point.
I think that’s the point :-)