Sorry, I don’t know your psychology, but I can’t imagine that this type of mindset is healthy. You shouldn’t rely on social punishment to motivate you like that.
Is the issue that it’s pain-based and hence makes my life worse (probably false for me: maths is fun and gives me a sense of pride and accomplishment when I do it, it’s just that darn System 1 always saying “better for you if you play Kerbal Space Program”), or that social punishment isn’t always available and therefore ought not to be relied on (this is probably an issue for me), or some third thing?
I am not worried about math being painful, or about social punishment being limited. I’m worried that you are setting yourself up to fail and then feel really bad about yourself, which might even cause you to forget about learning math altogether.
after TG has read the book, “think more of them”. (There’s a “bragging thread” somewhere.)
TG makes a post about what they’ve learned from reading Tao’s analysis when they’re done. (If it’s really long, then such a post might be usefully broken up into smaller posts, possibly released earlier.)
No, I don’t think I will. :)
Sorry, I don’t know your psychology, but I can’t imagine that this type of mindset is healthy. You shouldn’t rely on social punishment to motivate you like that.
Is the issue that it’s pain-based and hence makes my life worse (probably false for me: maths is fun and gives me a sense of pride and accomplishment when I do it, it’s just that darn System 1 always saying “better for you if you play Kerbal Space Program”), or that social punishment isn’t always available and therefore ought not to be relied on (this is probably an issue for me), or some third thing?
I am not worried about math being painful, or about social punishment being limited. I’m worried that you are setting yourself up to fail and then feel really bad about yourself, which might even cause you to forget about learning math altogether.
Compromise Solutions:
after TG has read the book, “think more of them”. (There’s a “bragging thread” somewhere.)
TG makes a post about what they’ve learned from reading Tao’s analysis when they’re done. (If it’s really long, then such a post might be usefully broken up into smaller posts, possibly released earlier.)