No, it was a post more specifically with the message “There are things we can do to meta-improve ourselves, and focusing on those should produce greater returns than focusing on mere improvement”. Though now I seem to remember a post making the opposite general claim as well.
I’m sure I’ve read an article with very similar content on Lw before, but I can’t seem to find it. It may have been by lukeprog.
ETA: Thanks to atucker, I know I was referring to Levels of Action by tommccabe—merits a “related” mention?
Was it this? http://lesswrong.com/lw/5i8/the_power_of_agency/
No, it was a post more specifically with the message “There are things we can do to meta-improve ourselves, and focusing on those should produce greater returns than focusing on mere improvement”. Though now I seem to remember a post making the opposite general claim as well.
This one? http://lesswrong.com/lw/58g/levels_of_action/
yes
And unless it was added later, that link was already in the text. *facepalm*