“optimize for your own understanding” chase the things that feel alive and puzzling to you, as opposed to dutifully memorizing other people’s questions and ideas. “[D]on’t ask “What are the open questions in this field?” Ask: “What are my questions in this field?””
Basically everything I’ve done that I think has been helpful at all has been the result of chasing the things that feel alive and puzzling to me.
When I feel stagnated, I very often find that it’s because I’ve been thinking too much in the frame of “the alignment problem as other people see it”.
I adore this post.
Basically everything I’ve done that I think has been helpful at all has been the result of chasing the things that feel alive and puzzling to me.
When I feel stagnated, I very often find that it’s because I’ve been thinking too much in the frame of “the alignment problem as other people see it”.