I read advice with different eyes since I read Recommendations vs Guidelines on SSC. I tried to think of or find the guidelines that put the advice into perspective. Let’s try this here:
Notice subtle things in yourself… unless you notice very many things in yourself already or tend to jump to conclusions.
Keep doing the best thing, even if you don’t have a legible story for why it’s good. But not if you suffer from it (see also Don’t go insane) or if you have other strong evidence against it—which you may find by researching advice.
Don’t go insane, but don’t worry too much about it either. A healthy environment should be prevention enough.
Reject false dichotomies… as soon as it comes clear that they are false dichotomies. Until then, you may entertain both options (maybe weighted by independent evidence).
If I’d go towards making the recommendations vs guidelines, and following the law of equal and opposite advice, I’d do the following:
Notice subtle things in yourself, unless you tend to jump to conclusions.
Keep doing the best thing, even if you don’t have a legible story for why it’s good. But beware illegible impact, as it’s very easy to be overoptimistic and illegible impact can’t be held to account since it can’t be verified by somebody not themselves, thus groups above a certain size should enforce legible impact to keep things honest and not fall prey to overoptimism.
Don’t go insane, but don’t overworry about insanity. A healthy environment is prevention enough.
Reject false dichotomies… as soon as it comes clear that they are false dichotomies. Until then, you may entertain both options (maybe weighted by independent evidence).
Research advice (consider the Advice Repositories), but avoid Analysis Paralysis.
I read advice with different eyes since I read Recommendations vs Guidelines on SSC. I tried to think of or find the guidelines that put the advice into perspective. Let’s try this here:
Notice subtle things in yourself… unless you notice very many things in yourself already or tend to jump to conclusions.
Keep doing the best thing, even if you don’t have a legible story for why it’s good. But not if you suffer from it (see also Don’t go insane) or if you have other strong evidence against it—which you may find by researching advice.
Don’t go insane, but don’t worry too much about it either. A healthy environment should be prevention enough.
Reject false dichotomies… as soon as it comes clear that they are false dichotomies. Until then, you may entertain both options (maybe weighted by independent evidence).
Research advice (consider the Advice Repositories), but avoid Analysis Paralysis.
If I’d go towards making the recommendations vs guidelines, and following the law of equal and opposite advice, I’d do the following:
Notice subtle things in yourself, unless you tend to jump to conclusions.
Keep doing the best thing, even if you don’t have a legible story for why it’s good. But beware illegible impact, as it’s very easy to be overoptimistic and illegible impact can’t be held to account since it can’t be verified by somebody not themselves, thus groups above a certain size should enforce legible impact to keep things honest and not fall prey to overoptimism.
Don’t go insane, but don’t overworry about insanity. A healthy environment is prevention enough.
Reject false dichotomies… as soon as it comes clear that they are false dichotomies. Until then, you may entertain both options (maybe weighted by independent evidence).
Research advice (consider the Advice Repositories), but avoid Analysis Paralysis.