Anti-Lone Wolf: Trying to go alone, you may miss an important part of motivation.
Stronger Together: There is some kind of evidence that group improvement works.
What I got from my research of doing more is:
After a myriad of methods and tips tried during 4 years, I remained on the same level—doing things mostly under Panic Monster pressure. I desperately want to change this.
Having a group of people who have their views almost aligned is good, but what if one could add some sort of competition to this? My current theory is that if two persons have the same goal and similar strategies of pursuing this goal, their competition can benefit each of them. For example, I heard that while sprinters train on track, they mostly run at least in pairs while going for a record. (I haven’t found written proofs of this). This implies, I suppose, that it’s easier to get better results when you compete with someone. The other example—It is recommended to organize startups not alone, but with a co-founder. I assume that in this case, among other benefits, there is a benefit from support while one of founders is lacking motivation.
Based on this, here I am, searching for a person who has the same goal and is on the same stage of reaching this goal, with similar strategy. My characteristics: Goal: Survive. Subgoal: Help in solving AI Safety problems. Strategy: MS in CS/(perhaps ML) in Germany(winter 2018) → PhD in ML/(perhaps CS) in USA → work in AIS industry. Current state: Finished BS in Applied Math, preparing for an application. Additional info: 21 year, Russian, male, don’t smoke/drink, started from HPMOR/LW.
Afterword: I apologize if this is the wrong place for such comments. In this case, it would be nice if one gave information about where it’s appropriate to post this. I also apologize if something from this post is naive or too vague. I’m open to any questions and suggestions, but I’m not a big fan of total deanonymization.
TL;DR—A man is searching for a rival to grow together.
Hello everyone!
This comment was inspired by Anti-Lone Wolf and Stronger Together posts.
What I got from these posts is:
Anti-Lone Wolf: Trying to go alone, you may miss an important part of motivation.
Stronger Together: There is some kind of evidence that group improvement works.
What I got from my research of doing more is:
After a myriad of methods and tips tried during 4 years, I remained on the same level—doing things mostly under Panic Monster pressure. I desperately want to change this.
Having a group of people who have their views almost aligned is good, but what if one could add some sort of competition to this?
My current theory is that if two persons have the same goal and similar strategies of pursuing this goal, their competition can benefit each of them.
For example, I heard that while sprinters train on track, they mostly run at least in pairs while going for a record. (I haven’t found written proofs of this). This implies, I suppose, that it’s easier to get better results when you compete with someone.
The other example—It is recommended to organize startups not alone, but with a co-founder. I assume that in this case, among other benefits, there is a benefit from support while one of founders is lacking motivation.
Based on this, here I am, searching for a person who has the same goal and is on the same stage of reaching this goal, with similar strategy. My characteristics:
Goal: Survive.
Subgoal: Help in solving AI Safety problems.
Strategy: MS in CS/(perhaps ML) in Germany(winter 2018) → PhD in ML/(perhaps CS) in USA → work in AIS industry.
Current state: Finished BS in Applied Math, preparing for an application.
Additional info: 21 year, Russian, male, don’t smoke/drink, started from HPMOR/LW.
Afterword:
I apologize if this is the wrong place for such comments. In this case, it would be nice if one gave information about where it’s appropriate to post this.
I also apologize if something from this post is naive or too vague. I’m open to any questions and suggestions, but I’m not a big fan of total deanonymization.