My other comment notwithstanding, I do think the HPMOR quote is not very helpful for someone’s mental health when they’re in pain and seems a bit odd placed atop a section on advice, and I think the advice at the wrong time can feel oppressive. The hero-licensing post feels much less like it risks feeling oppressed by every bad thing that happens in the world. And personally I found Anna’s post linked earlier to be much more helpful advice that is related to and partially upstream of the sorts of changes in my life that have reduced a lot of anxiety. If it were me I’d probably put that at the top of the list there, perhaps along with Come to Your Terms by Nate which also resonates strongly with me.
(Looking further) I see, the point of that section isn’t to be “the advice section”, it’s to be “the advice posts that don’t talk about AI”. I still think something about that is confusing. My first-guess is that I’d structure a post like this like an FAQ, “Are you feeling X because Y? Then here’s two posts that address this” and so on, so that people can find the bit that is relevant to their problem. But not sure.
My other comment notwithstanding, I do think the HPMOR quote is not very helpful for someone’s mental health when they’re in pain and seems a bit odd placed atop a section on advice, and I think the advice at the wrong time can feel oppressive. The hero-licensing post feels much less like it risks feeling oppressed by every bad thing that happens in the world. And personally I found Anna’s post linked earlier to be much more helpful advice that is related to and partially upstream of the sorts of changes in my life that have reduced a lot of anxiety. If it were me I’d probably put that at the top of the list there, perhaps along with Come to Your Terms by Nate which also resonates strongly with me.
(Looking further) I see, the point of that section isn’t to be “the advice section”, it’s to be “the advice posts that don’t talk about AI”. I still think something about that is confusing. My first-guess is that I’d structure a post like this like an FAQ, “Are you feeling X because Y? Then here’s two posts that address this” and so on, so that people can find the bit that is relevant to their problem. But not sure.