I’ll try to think of ways to integrate this with what I’ve been reading in the US time use surveys. I know you’re not American, but being married in the US typically halves peoples’ leisure time spent reading and using computers and the displaced time ends up being spent as extra time at work. This pattern matches really well to what I’ve seen from my friends and colleges at old jobs who went from being single to married… even smart ones.
So I wasn’t making a wild, sexist conjecture without context. I was just pointing to the mountains of data supporting this point and assuming that people wouldn’t find it controversial.
“the displaced time ends up being spent as extra time at work”
But you’re already counting “being in full-time work” as one of your factors, so you’re counting that twice. If someone’s in full-time work, you say it’s impossible for them to read LessWrong, and then on top of that you cut out all those who are married because they’ll be working more!
You’re also assuming that someone who will be interested in reading the site will follow normal patterns of behaviour and time use, when the very fact that they’re interested in reading the site would suggest otherwise...
I’m pretty sure I’m counting each separately and disqualifying people for having either one or both. I don’t see how that’s counting twice. Usually the extra time lost during marriage goes to work because lots of people have both a spouse and a job. But even without a job, a spouse typically diminishes free time spent on solitary leisure activities by a factor of 2 which I keep mentioning. I’m glad your personal situation is better than this.
I agree that people currently on LW are somehow re-prioritizing their time in novel ways which allow them to read the site. I’m just pointing out that there are likely 10-20x as many people out there for every current LW reader who don’t have the skills to effectively do this and this barrier keeps them from possibly reading the sequences or using LW.
Maybe trying to teach people better time management skills and prioritization would be helpful? This would allow them to have the free time to possibly read LW or do whatever it was they found exciting or helpful in life.
I’ll try to think of ways to integrate this with what I’ve been reading in the US time use surveys. I know you’re not American, but being married in the US typically halves peoples’ leisure time spent reading and using computers and the displaced time ends up being spent as extra time at work. This pattern matches really well to what I’ve seen from my friends and colleges at old jobs who went from being single to married… even smart ones.
So I wasn’t making a wild, sexist conjecture without context. I was just pointing to the mountains of data supporting this point and assuming that people wouldn’t find it controversial.
“the displaced time ends up being spent as extra time at work” But you’re already counting “being in full-time work” as one of your factors, so you’re counting that twice. If someone’s in full-time work, you say it’s impossible for them to read LessWrong, and then on top of that you cut out all those who are married because they’ll be working more! You’re also assuming that someone who will be interested in reading the site will follow normal patterns of behaviour and time use, when the very fact that they’re interested in reading the site would suggest otherwise...
I’m pretty sure I’m counting each separately and disqualifying people for having either one or both. I don’t see how that’s counting twice. Usually the extra time lost during marriage goes to work because lots of people have both a spouse and a job. But even without a job, a spouse typically diminishes free time spent on solitary leisure activities by a factor of 2 which I keep mentioning. I’m glad your personal situation is better than this.
I agree that people currently on LW are somehow re-prioritizing their time in novel ways which allow them to read the site. I’m just pointing out that there are likely 10-20x as many people out there for every current LW reader who don’t have the skills to effectively do this and this barrier keeps them from possibly reading the sequences or using LW.
Maybe trying to teach people better time management skills and prioritization would be helpful? This would allow them to have the free time to possibly read LW or do whatever it was they found exciting or helpful in life.