This seems to be an extremely powerful method for handling decision fatigue—it’s one of the few (maybe the only?) things I’ve seen on Less Wrong that I’m going to start applying immediately because of the potential I see in it. On the other hand, I doubt it would be so effective for me for handling social anxiety or other emotion-laden situations. A voice in my head telling me to do something that I already know I should do won’t make the emotion go away, and, for me, the obstacle in these sorts of situations is definitely the emotion.
A voice in my head telling me to do something that I already know I should do won’t make the emotion go away, and, for me, the obstacle in these sorts of situations is definitely the emotion.
A voice in your head isn’t a simulation of what the idealized person would do. What you want is for your simulation to be is the experience of observing that idealized person actually doing it. Otherwise, you are just thinking (system 2) instead of simulating (system 1).
To put it another way: a voice in your head is Far, a simulated experience is Near—and Near has far more influence over your emotions (no pun intended).
Exactly my experience—it helps with making little decisions throughout the day and staying productive, but when it comes to ones I’m reluctant to make… no matter how many times the little people in my head go ‘this one!’ the issue isn’t cleared.
This seems to be an extremely powerful method for handling decision fatigue—it’s one of the few (maybe the only?) things I’ve seen on Less Wrong that I’m going to start applying immediately because of the potential I see in it. On the other hand, I doubt it would be so effective for me for handling social anxiety or other emotion-laden situations. A voice in my head telling me to do something that I already know I should do won’t make the emotion go away, and, for me, the obstacle in these sorts of situations is definitely the emotion.
A voice in your head isn’t a simulation of what the idealized person would do. What you want is for your simulation to be is the experience of observing that idealized person actually doing it. Otherwise, you are just thinking (system 2) instead of simulating (system 1).
To put it another way: a voice in your head is Far, a simulated experience is Near—and Near has far more influence over your emotions (no pun intended).
Exactly my experience—it helps with making little decisions throughout the day and staying productive, but when it comes to ones I’m reluctant to make… no matter how many times the little people in my head go ‘this one!’ the issue isn’t cleared.