Somehow I doubt the financial aid will stretch to the full amount, and my student debt is already somewhat fearsome.
I’m on the LW meetups already as it happens. I’m currently attempting to have my local one include more instrumental rationality but I lack a decent guide of what methods work, what techniques to try or what games are fun and useful. For that matter I don’t know what games there are at all beyond a post or two I stumbled upon.
Somehow I doubt the financial aid will stretch to the full amount, and my student debt is already somewhat fearsome.
You could ask Metus how much they covered for them, or someone at CFAR how much they’d be willing to cover. The costs for asking are small, and you won’t get anything you don’t ask for.
Fair point, done. On a related note, I wonder how I can practice convincing my brain that failure does not mean death like it did in the old ancestral environment.
Exposure therapy: Fail on small things, then larger ones, where it is obvious that failiure doesn’t mean death. First remember past experiences where you failed and did not die, then go into new situations.
CFAR has financial aid.
Also, attending LW meetups and asking about organizing meetups based on instrumental rationality material is cheap and fun.
Somehow I doubt the financial aid will stretch to the full amount, and my student debt is already somewhat fearsome.
I’m on the LW meetups already as it happens. I’m currently attempting to have my local one include more instrumental rationality but I lack a decent guide of what methods work, what techniques to try or what games are fun and useful. For that matter I don’t know what games there are at all beyond a post or two I stumbled upon.
You could ask Metus how much they covered for them, or someone at CFAR how much they’d be willing to cover. The costs for asking are small, and you won’t get anything you don’t ask for.
Fair point, done. On a related note, I wonder how I can practice convincing my brain that failure does not mean death like it did in the old ancestral environment.
Exposure therapy: Fail on small things, then larger ones, where it is obvious that failiure doesn’t mean death. First remember past experiences where you failed and did not die, then go into new situations.
CFAR suggests doing exercises to extend your comfort zone for that purpose.
Even in the ancestral environment, not all failures (I suspect a fairly small proportion of them) meant death.